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In this Thursday Feb.2, 2017 photo, a plane drops fire retardant on a wildfire in Tambotinaja, Chile. Hundreds of small sheep farmers, beekeepers and wine producers in Chile have been gravely affected by the massive wildfires that hit the area during the last couple of weeks. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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A flower shoots through a landscape razed by wildfires in Chile's Cauquenes community, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. The national forestry agency says Chile's raging wildfires have destroyed nearly 904,000 acres (366,000 hectares) since Jan. 15. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 photo, a grapevine stands scorched by wildfires at a vineyard in Cauquenes, Chile. Hundreds of small sheep farmers, beekeepers and wine producers in Chile have been gravely affected by the massive wildfires that hit the area during the last couple of weeks. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Nancy Turner, board president of This Old Horse rescue, looks at blind stallion named Casanova on Feb. 3, 2017, in rural Hastings, Minn. Turner's farm took in seven blind stallions from South Dakota, including Casanova as the effort to find homes for hundreds of wild horses near Lantry, in north-central South Dakota, continues, according to Elaine Nash, director of horse rescue organization Fleet of Angels, who is spearheading the operation of placing the horses in sanctuaries and ranches across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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Nancy Turner, board president of This Old Horse rescue, pets a wild horse on Feb. 3, 2017 in rural Hastings, Minn. where dozens of wild horses have found a home. The effort to find homes for hundreds of wild horses near Lantry, in north-central South Dakota, isn't done, according to Elaine Nash, director of horse rescue organization Fleet of Angels, who is spearheading the operation of placing the horses in sanctuaries and ranches across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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A blind stallion named Casanova stands as Nancy Turner, board president of This Old Horse rescue, poses on Feb. 3, 2017 photo, in rural Hastings, Minn. Turner's farm took in seven blind stallions from South Dakota, including Casanova as the effort to find homes for hundreds of wild horses near Lantry, in north-central South Dakota, continues, according to Elaine Nash, director of horse rescue organization Fleet of Angels, who is spearheading the operation of placing the horses in sanctuaries and ranches across the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
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This photo provided by the University of Hawai'i News shows a geodesic dome located 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii. The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaiʻi Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) aims to help determine the individual and team requirements for long-duration space exploration missions including travel to Mars. (University of Hawai'i News via AP)
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In this Feb. 26, 2015 file photo, solar panels that are part of the Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association's community gardens are shown in Rockford, Minn. Plunging solar power costs are leading U.S. electric companies to capture the sun just when President Donald Trump is moving to boost coal and other fossil fuels. Major electric utilities are moving into smaller-scale solar farming, a niche developed by local cooperatives and non-profits. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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In this Dec. 3, 2016 photo, a man holds a rare frog that hasn't been seen in decades, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Artholeptis troglodytes, also known as the “cave squeaker” because of its preferred habitat, was discovered in 1962 but there were no reported sightings of the elusive amphibian after that. An international “red list” of threatened species tagged them as critically endangered and possibly extinct. (AP Photo/ Francois Becker)
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FILE - This Dec. 2, 2016 file photo shows Bruno Mars performing at the 2016 Jingle Ball in Los Angeles. Mars was in top form at a pre-Super Bowl show in Houston Friday night, Feb. 3, 2017, matching the energy he showed when he hit the stage at halftime last year and in 2014. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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Michael Rondeau, CEO of the Cow Creek tribe, left, and Tim Vredenburg Director of Forest Management for the tribe pose for a photograph in Roseburg, Ore. on Friday Jan. 27, 2017. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians teamed up with Lone Rock Timber Management Company to create the sole proposal to buy 82,500 acres of the Elliott State Forest from the state of Oregon. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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Lone Rock land management crew member Alferdo Martinez plants two-year-old Douglas fir seedlings in a section of the Callahan Mountains west of Roseburg, Ore. on Friday Jan. 27. 2017. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians teamed up with Lone Rock Timber Management Company to create the sole proposal to buy 82,500 acres of the Elliott State Forest from the state of Oregon. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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Lone Rock land management crew member Cristobal Carrion plants two-year-old Douglas fir seedlings in a section of the Callahan Mountains west of Roseburg, Ore. on Friday Jan. 27, 2017. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians teamed up with Lone Rock Timber Management Company to create the sole proposal to buy 82,500 acres of the Elliott State Forest from the state of Oregon. (Michael Sullivan/The News-Review via AP)
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Anaheim Ducks center Rickard Rakell (67) is pursued by Florida Panthers center Colton Sceviour (7) as he takes the puck down the ice during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Florida Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle flings a plastic rat thrown on the ice by fans after the Panthers defeated the Anaheim Ducks 2-1, during an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Carolina Hurricanes' Jaccob Slavin (74) and Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) chase the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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New Mexico state Sen. Benny Shendo, D-Jemez Pueblo, at podium, addresses a gathering of leaders from the state's 23 Native American tribes and pueblos in the Statehouse in Santa Fe on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. The flag of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe flew in the capital as New Mexico tribes expressed solidarity with opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota in a letter to President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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An Orange Sewer and Water Authority employee look at the water break damage in Chapel Hill, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in N.C., officials in Chapel Hill are asking everybody to stop using water after the water main break and a low tank levels. Bottled water is being rushed to student dorms at North Carolina’s flagship public university and nearby nursing homes after a series of malfunctions shut down the municipal water system. Restaurants, schools in Chapel Hill and Carrboro and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill closed Friday after a water treatment plant was shut down by a miscue in chemical treatment and a water main broke. (Bernard Thomas/The Herald-Sun via AP)
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FILE - This Jan. 23, 2017 file photo shows the Delaware River Bridge in Bristol, Pa. Pennsylvania Turnpike officials say the major bridge linking the Pennsylvania and New Jersey turnpikes is expected to remain closed for repairs for at least two more months, and they are still trying to determine why one of its steel trusses fractured. The turnpike commission told The Associated Press on Friday, Feb. 3 that the Interstate 276 span over the Delaware River could reopen in early April if a repair plan goes smoothly. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - This Jan. 23, 2017 file photo shows the Delaware River Bridge in Bristol, Pa. Pennsylvania Turnpike officials say the major bridge linking the Pennsylvania and New Jersey turnpikes is expected to remain closed for repairs for at least two more months, and they are still trying to determine why one of its steel trusses fractured. The turnpike commission told The Associated Press on Friday, Feb. 3 that the Interstate 276 span over the Delaware River could reopen in early April if a repair plan goes smoothly. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
