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Scott Wagner, a Republican state senator from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters at a Penn Waste facility after formally announcing that he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Manchester, Pa. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com via AP)
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Scott Wagner, a Republican state senator from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters at a Penn Waste facility after formally announcing that he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Manchester, Pa. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com via AP)
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Scott Wagner, a Republican state senator from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters at a Penn Waste facility after formally announcing that he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Manchester, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Scott Wagner, a Republican state senator from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks at a Penn Waste facility while formally announcing that he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Manchester, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Scott Wagner, a Republican state senator from York County and owner of trash hauling firm Penn Waste, speaks to reporters at a Penn Waste facility after formally announcing that he will run for Pennsylvania governor in 2018, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 in Manchester, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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FILE - In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the full moon rises behind a tree next to the ruins of the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon, built in 444 BC, at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens, on the eve of the summer solstice. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, a California-led research team reported that the moon formed within 60 million years of the birth of the solar system. Previous estimates ranged within 100 million years, all the way out to 200 million years of the solar system’s creation. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows just one eave of their home barely visible after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows the home of their neighbor after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows a door of their home after they dug themselves out after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by Steven and Melissa Siig shows where snow has cascaded through a door of their home after one of several avalanches, some triggered by authorities, hit Alpine Meadows, Calif., in the north Lake Tahoe area. Officials said there was no major damage and no one was hurt. Several ski resorts in parts of the Sierra Nevada planned to stay shuttered Wednesday, including Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, which had no power because of the storm. (Steven and Melissa Siig via AP)
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Early morning traffic is at a standstill along Interstate 5 headed into Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. A major snowstorm spread through Portland and parts of Washington state overnight, toppling trees, closing schools and cutting power to thousands. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Early morning traffic is at a standstill on Interstate 5 headed into Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. A major snowstorm spread through Portland and parts of Washington state overnight, toppling trees, closing schools and cutting power to thousands.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Early morning traffic is at a standstill along Interstate 5 headed into town as a semi truck and cars block the off ramp to Highway 217 in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. A major snowstorm spread through Portland and parts of Washington state overnight, toppling trees, closing schools and cutting power to thousands.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2016 file photo, Energy Ernest Moniz speaks in Vienna, Austria. Moniz says any effort to revive the long-dormant nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain is doomed to fail because the project lacks support from elected officials in the state. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)
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A snowman wearing a traffic cone hat is shown on an overpass as early morning traffic is at a standstill in the background on Interstate 5 headed into Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. A major snowstorm spread through Portland and parts of Washington state overnight, toppling trees, closing schools and cutting power to thousands.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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This Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 photo provided by the U.S. National Park Service a road blocked by snow in Crater Lake National Park as severe weather forced the southern Oregon park's closure. The park announced Tuesday that due to heavy snowfall combined with downed trees and an avalanche on Highway 62, the park would close until road crews could clear the area. (National Park Service via AP)
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FILE - In this May 4, 2009 file photo, a Grizzly bear is seen in Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth Wyoming. Federal officials are delaying their decision on whether to lift protections for more than 700 grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park and allow hunting. (David Grubbs,/Billings Gazette via AP. File)
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Emergency responders are called to a McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing facility in Dodge Center, Minn., after a report of a possible explosion at the plant that injured several people, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The incident occurred about 10:20 a.m. Fire crews from nearby towns were called in and Minnesota Energy workers were on the scene. (Elizabeth Nida Obert/The Rochester Post-Bulletin via AP)
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Attorney General Loretta Lynch, accompanied by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, right, and others, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, to discuss Volkswagen emissions. Six high-level Volkswagen employees have been indicted by a grand jury in the company's diesel emissions cheating scandal, as the company admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a record $4.3 billion penalty. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 1971 file photo, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. conducts an experiment near a lunar crater, using an instrument from a two-wheeled cart carrying various tools. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, a California-led research team reported that the moon formed within 60 million years of the birth of the solar system. Previous estimates ranged within 100 million years, all the way out to 200 million years of the solar system’s creation. (NASA via AP)
