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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a bull trout in the Little Lost River in Idaho. A federal lawsuit by an environmental group seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether about two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout has been dismissed. (Bart Gamett/U.S. Forest Service via AP,File)
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FIE--In this Sept. 16, 2014, file photo, Yolanda Gil harvests Merlot wine grapes at the Dineen Vineyards in Zillah, Wash. The state of Washington produced a record harvest of wine grapes in 2016. The Washington Wine Commission reported Wednesday that the 2016 harvest was 270,000 tons, up 22 percent from the previous year. (Gordon King/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP, file)
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In this image provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, the USGS's 2107 earthquake forecast map. Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years. In its annual national earthquake outlook, the USGS reported Wednesday, March 1, 2017, that a large portion of Oklahoma and parts of central California have the highest risk for a damaging quake this year: between 5 and 12 percent. The outlook is published in the journal Seismological Research Letters.(U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2011 file photo, bricks that fell after two earthquakes are seen in Sparks, Okla, Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years. In its annual national earthquake outlook, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Wednesday, March 1, 2017, that a large portion of Oklahoma and parts of central California have the highest risk for a damaging quake this year: between 5 and 12 percent. The outlook is published in the journal Seismological Research Letters. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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FILE - In this May 31, 2016 file photo, journalists stand outside the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association, AFA, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentine soccer is going through a major crisis with several teams not having payed its players salaries in months and with the continuation of the 2017 soccer tournament having stopped for lack of funds. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
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Damaged and destroyed homes lie in a small subdivision in Perryville, Mo., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, the morning after a tornado struck the area. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Debris marks the site of a home in a small subdivision in Perryville, Mo., on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, the morning after a tornado struck the area. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Debris marks the spots Wednesday, March 1, 2017, where Tuesday's tornado destroyed homes in Perryville, Mo. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014, file photo, health workers in full protective gear collect dead chickens killed by using carbon dioxide, after bird flu was found in some birds at a wholesale poultry market in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)
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An uprooted tree rests against St. Mary's Church after a storm moved through Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday. (Chris Yucus/NewsTribune via AP)
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Jeremy Gossett, right, and Mathew McBee, center, help escort a woman and her dog to a fire truck following a tornado in Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday. (Chris Yucus/NewsTribune via AP)
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Debris rest on the ground after a storm moved through Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday. (Chris Yucus/NewsTribune via AP)
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A firefighter removes fallen tree branches from the road in Ottawa, Ill., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, in a spring-like storm system. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Firefighters stand near a home that was damaged during a storm in Ottawa, Ill., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, in a spring-like storm system. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Emergency crews work the site where several structures were heavily damaged in downtown Naplate, Ill., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activated the state's emergency operations center as local officials reported damage from tornados spawned by a late-winter storm system. (Allen Cunningham/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Part of a tree rests on a home after it was damaged during a storm in Ottawa, Ill., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Tornadoes touched down in the upper Midwest and northern Arkansas on Tuesday, in a spring-like storm system. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Firefighters work the site of a damaged area in Ottawa, Ill., after a tornado moved through the area Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has activated the state's emergency operations center as local officials reported damage from tornados spawned by a late-winter storm system. (Allen Cunningham/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Florida Panthers' Aleksander Barkov (16) scores against Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) during the shootout in an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers defeated the Hurricanes 3-2. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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State Sen. Terrence Murphy speaks to Richard L. Kauffman, Chairman of Energy and Finances for New York during a joint legislative hearing on the the planned closing of the Indian Point Power Plant on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
