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This Jan. 29, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a lava stream pouring out of a tube on the sea cliff at the Kamokuna ocean entry at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. A dramatic "firehose" stream of lava is shooting out of a sea cliff on Hawaii Island, splashing into the Pacific Ocean below and exploding upon impact. A USGS geologist with the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 that one of the biggest concerns is a large "hot crack" above the lava tube, running parallel to the sea cliff and makes the land susceptible to collapse. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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This Jan. 28, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a lava stream pouring out of a tube on the sea cliff at the Kamokuna ocean entry at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. A dramatic "firehose" stream of lava is shooting out of a sea cliff on Hawaii Island, splashing into the Pacific Ocean below and exploding upon impact. A USGS geologist with the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 that one of the biggest concerns is a large "hot crack" above the lava tube, running parallel to the sea cliff and makes the land susceptible to collapse. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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This Jan. 25, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a lava stream, up to 2 yards (meters) wide pouring out of a lava tube on the sea cliff at the Kamokuna ocean entry at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. A dramatic "firehose" stream of lava is shooting out of a sea cliff on Hawaii Island, splashing into the Pacific Ocean below and exploding upon impact. A USGS geologist with the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 that one of the biggest concerns is a large "hot crack" above the lava tube, running parallel to the sea cliff and makes the land susceptible to collapse. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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This Jan. 28, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey shows a closeup view of a lava stream pouring out of a lava tube on the sea cliff at the Kamokuna ocean entry at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. A dramatic "firehose" stream of lava is shooting out of a sea cliff on Hawaii Island, splashing into the Pacific Ocean below and exploding upon impact. A USGS geologist with the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 that one of the biggest concerns is a large "hot crack" above the lava tube, running parallel to the sea cliff and makes the land susceptible to collapse. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart speaks during an NCAA college news conference during national signing day Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart speaks during an NCAA college news conference during national signing day Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart speaks during an NCAA college news conference during national signing day Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 in Athens, Ga. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority workers try to reach valves that control the flow of water in and out of Highland Park Reservoir No. 1 outside the membrane filtration plant in Highland Park neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Tests by the state Department of Environmental Protection showed low levels of chlorine in water at a facility that draws water from the city’s Highland Park reservoirs. (Rebecca Droke/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Carolina Hurricanes' Jeff Skinner (53) celebrates his goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C. The Hurricanes won 5-1. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
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FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013 file photo, traffic slows in the morning commute over the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in San Rafael, Calif. A tiny unborn hummingbird is getting in the way of a big bridge project in the San Francisco Bay Area. The discovery of a nest and egg in a tree is stalling the start of upgrades on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge about 30 miles north of San Francisco, officials said Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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This image released by Magnolia Pictures shows James Baldwin, center, in "I Am Not Your Negro." (Dan Budnik/Magnolia Pictures via AP)
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Billy Kyte, center, and Ben Leather, left, both of Global Witness, take part in a press conference, accompanied by Berta Zuniga, the daughter of environmental activist Berta Caceres, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Global Witness released a report linking top Honduran politicians and members of the business elite to violence against land activists. The international watchdog group says Honduras is the most dangerous country in the world for environmental defenders, with more than 120 of them killed there since 2010. That includes last year's murder of Caceres, who was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work leading protests in opposition to a hydroelectric project on her Lenca people's ancestral lands. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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A woman walks past a mural of slain environmentalist and indigenous leader Berta Caceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Global Witness released a report linking top Honduran politicians and members of the business elite to violence against land activists. The international watchdog group says Honduras is the most dangerous country in the world for environmental defenders, with more than 120 of them killed there since 2010. That includes last year's murder of Caceres, who was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work leading protests in opposition to a hydroelectric project on her Lenca people's ancestral lands. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
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In this aerial image made from video shows part of a hillside behind a home that collapsed and sent mud and debris into three homes in the area of Laurel View Drive in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday, Jan 30, 2017. (KABC-7 via AP)
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Local news crews report along a closed street at the bottom of hill where a landslide occurred in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. City inspectors are at a Hollywood Hills home where the backyard crumbled, sending mud and debris down a slope, across a street and into the front yards of two other houses. A fire department spokesman says the Monday night slide took out power lines and buried one vehicle but did not reach the inside of the homes. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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A city worker assesses a street where a landslide occurred in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. City inspectors are at a Hollywood Hills home where the backyard crumbled, sending mud and debris down a slope, across a street and into the front yards of two other houses. A fire department spokesman says the Monday night slide took out power lines and buried one vehicle but did not reach the inside of the homes. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Part of a home juts out precariously over an area where a landslide occurred in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. City inspectors are at a Hollywood Hills home where the backyard crumbled, sending mud and debris down a slope, across a street and into the front yards of two other houses. A fire department spokesman says the Monday night slide took out power lines and buried one vehicle but did not reach the inside of the homes. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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A city worker assesses a street where a landslide occurred in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. City inspectors are at a Hollywood Hills home where the backyard crumbled, sending mud and debris down a slope, across a street and into the front yards of two other houses. A fire department spokesman says the Monday night slide took out power lines and buried one vehicle but did not reach the inside of the homes. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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A Hollywood Hills home remains precariously on a hill where a landslide occurred in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. City inspectors are at a Hollywood Hills home where the backyard crumbled, sending mud and debris down a slope, across a street and into the front yards of two other houses. A fire department spokesman says the Monday night slide took out power lines and buried one vehicle but did not reach the inside of the homes. No one was injured. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
