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Minnesota Wild's Mikael Granlund (64), of Finland, shoots and scores against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack (31), of Sweden, as Hurricanes' Noah Hanifin (5) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Carolina Hurricanes' Derek Ryan (33) and Minnesota Wild's Erik Haula (56), of Finland, struggle for possession of the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, March 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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In this undated photo provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal known as RB18 lies on the shore of Hawaii's Big Island. The monk seal has died after wandering into a net pen and becoming trapped at a fish farm that was partially funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Hawaii. Officials with NOAA said Thursday, March 16, 2017, the death of the 10-year-old monk seal happened at Blue Ocean Mariculture. (Julie Steelman/NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service via AP)

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In this undated photo provided by NOAA, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal known as RB18 lies on the shore of Hawaii's Big Island. The monk seal has died after wandering into a net pen and becoming trapped at a fish farm that was partially funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Hawaii. Officials with NOAA said Thursday, March 16, 2017, the death of the 10-year-old monk seal happened at Blue Ocean Mariculture, the same fish farm that NOAA's National Marine Fishery Service has been using for research in conjunction with a plan to expand aquaculture into federal waters around the Pacific. (Julie Steelman/NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service via AP)

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Conservation police search Silver Lake in Highland, Ill., on Thursday, March 16, 2017, after a car with an infant was pulled from the lake earlier in the morning. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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FILE - This May 1, 2015 aerial file photo shows the exposed lake bed of the Salton Sea evaporating near Niland, Calif. California officials have proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinkage of the state's largest lake. Gov. Jerry Brown's administration on Thursday, March 16, 2017 unveiled a plan to build ponds on the northern and southern ends of the Salton Sea. It's expected to evaporate at an accelerated pace starting next year when the San Diego region no longer diverts water to the desert region. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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FILE - In this April 29, 2015 file photo oxygen-starved tilapia floats in a shallow Salton Sea bay near Niland, Calif. California officials have proposed spending nearly $400 million over 10 years to slow the shrinkage of the state's largest lake. Gov. Jerry Brown's administration on Thursday, March 16, 2017 unveiled a plan to build ponds on the northern and southern ends of the Salton Sea. It's expected to evaporate at an accelerated pace starting next year when the San Diego region no longer diverts water to the desert region. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2009 file photo, the stubble of a grain field on the Camas Prairie is burned after harvest, producing a heavy plume of smoke, in Lewiston, Idaho. Idaho officials have approved rules loosening restrictions on agricultural field burning that health advocates say will lead to breathing problems for some residents. (Barry Kough/Lewiston Tribune via AP)

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FILE - In this April 13, 2006, file photo, Pete Vavricka conducts an underground train from the entrance of Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Nevada's congressional delegation is nearly united decrying President Donald Trump's request for Congress to allocate $120 million to restart the licensing process for a national nuclear waste dump in the desert outside Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)

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FILE - This April 9, 2015, file photo shows the south portal of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump near Mercury, Nev. Nevada's congressional delegation is nearly united decrying President Donald Trump's request for Congress to allocate $120 million to restart the licensing process for a national nuclear waste dump in the desert outside Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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The U.S. Marine Corps has received a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle from BAE Systems, the ACV 1.1, for testing. (Image: BAE Systems)

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California Department of Transportation bridge construction engineer Neil Weller points to damage to the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Demolition of the bridge, damaged by heavy rains, resumed Wednesday. The loss of the bridge has stranded residents and denied access to tourists in the popular Big Sur area and closed part of iconic Highway 1. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

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Damage to the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Highway 1 is seen in detail in Big Sur, Calif., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Demolition of the bridge, damaged by heavy rains, resumed Wednesday. The loss of the bridge has stranded residents and denied access to tourists in the popular Big Sur area and closed part of iconic Highway 1. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

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Damage to the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Highway 1 is seen in Big Sur, Calif., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Demolition of the bridge, damaged by heavy rains, resumed Wednesday. The loss of the bridge has stranded residents and denied access to tourists in the popular Big Sur area and closed part of iconic Highway 1. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

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Bruins guard Taylor Barnette (20) drives past Georgia guard J.J. Frazier during an NCAA college basketball game in the NIT in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Belmont defeated Georgia 78-69. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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A sea lion swims in the Ulatis Creek in Vacaville, Calif., toward the delta Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Marine experts have suspended their effort to rescue the sea lion from a farmland canal because he seems to be headed home on his own. (Joel Rosenbaum/The Vacaville Reporter via AP)

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Solano County human animal services officer James Lewis, left, and Adrian Slazar make an attempt to halt the progress of a sea lion in order to wait for the arrival of a rescue and recovery crew from The Marine Mammal Center, Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Vacaville, Calif. Marine experts on Wednesday have suspended their effort to rescue the sea lion from a farmland canal because he seems to be headed home on his own. (Joel Rosenbaum/The Vacaville Reporter via AP)

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A sea lion exits a drainage pipe, where it had out in a farmland canal in Vacaville, Calif., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Marine experts on Wednesday have suspended their effort to rescue the sea lion from a farmland canal because he seems to be headed home on his own. (Joel Rosenbaum/The Vacaville Reporter via AP)

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Georgia defensive back Maurice Smith runs a drill during pro day at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

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Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn gives an interview during pro day at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., Wednesday, March 15, 2017. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)