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The 165-year-old Buck Covered Bridge in Beltzville State Park will be restored. A grass-roots effort to preserve a more than 165-year-old covered bridge is underway in Carbon County. Friends of Beltzville State Park, a nonprofit group started two years ago to enhance the park outside Lehighton, took on the project to restore the bridge built by the Buck family in 1841, said John Dworsky, who is heading the project. (Ellen F. O'Connell/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)
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Termite damage can be seen on a post of the 165-year-old Buck Covered Bridge State Park in Beltzville State Park. A grass-roots effort to preserve a more than 165-year-old covered bridge is underway in Carbon County. Friends of Beltzville State Park, a nonprofit group started two years ago to enhance the park outside Lehighton, took on the project to restore the bridge built by the Buck family in 1841, said John Dworsky, who is heading the project. (Ellen F. O'Connell/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP))
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FILE - In this April 18, 2013 aerial file photo, the remains of a nursing home, left, apartment complex, center, and fertilizer plant, right, destroyed by an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. The Trump administration is delaying a new rule tightening safety requirements for companies that store large quantities of dangerous chemicals. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has delayed the effective date of the Obama-era rule until June. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt speak in Washington. The Trump administration is delaying a new rule tightening safety requirements for companies that store large quantities of dangerous chemicals. Pruitt has delayed the effective date of the Obama-era rule until June. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, 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 lawmakers are being asked to commit about $3.75 million over the next two years to fund the fight against a federal proposal to bury the nation's most radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Ryan Gosling in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Van Redin/Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Rooney Mara, left, and Ryan Gosling in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Rooney Mara in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Van Redin/Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Michael Fassbender in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Natalie Portman in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Van Redin/Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Rooney Mara in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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This image released by Broad Green Pictures shows Ryan Gosling, left, and Michael Fassbender in a scene from, "Song to Song." (Van Redin/Broad Green Pictures via AP)
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New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman speaks during a news conference in New York on Feb. 11, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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FILE - In this Monday, March 6, 2017, file photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement on issues related to visas and travel at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says that while Tillerson was CEO of Exxon he used an alias in emails to talk about climate change. Schneiderman made the accusation in a letter to a New York court Monday, March 13, 2017. He is investigating whether the company deceived investors and the public by hiding for decades what it knew about the link between fossil fuels and climate change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Workers clear debris after a tree branch fell on a parked car in Baltimore, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, as a winter storm moves through the region. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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A worker clears debris after a tree branch fell on a parked car in Baltimore, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, as a winter storm moves through the region. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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This satellite image taken around 12:12 a.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows clouds around the Northeast of the United States, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A powerful nor'easter could bring blizzard conditions and more than a foot of snow from the mid-Atlantic to parts of the Northeast, and officials warn of potential beach erosion, possible coastal flooding and power outages from the late-season snowstorm. (NOAA via AP)
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This satellite image taken around 12:12 a.m. EDT and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows clouds around the Northeast of the United States, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. A powerful nor'easter could bring blizzard conditions and more than a foot of snow from the mid-Atlantic to parts of the Northeast, and officials warn of potential beach erosion, possible coastal flooding and power outages from the late-season snowstorm. (NOAA via AP)
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Road crews up and down the East Coast made preparations for a powerful nor'easter on Tuesday. (Associated Press)
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Construction crews use a wrecking ball to dismantle the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Highway 1 Monday, March 13, 2017, in Big Sur, Calif. The bridge was compromised after slides occurred in the area associated with this winter's heavy rains. (David Royal/Monterey Herald via AP)
