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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, section of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science is shown during construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, Frank Steslow, president of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, points out the progress in construction during a tour of the museum in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers pour concrete at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science under construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers pour concrete at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science under construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, workers are seen during construction at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016 photo, the building housing the aquarium at the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science is shown under construction in Miami. Rising next to Miami's spiffy new bayside art museum is a $305 million science museum that, like South Florida, is focused in large part on water: its centerpiece is a 500,000-gallon aquarium that will feature sharks, tuna, mahi-mahi and even sea turtles, with other smaller tanks for corals and other sea life. The Frost Science Museum, scheduled to open this spring. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In a Monday, Dec 26, 2016 photo, traffic is reduced to two lanes on Highway 75 for construction, in Omaha, Neb. Residents just south of Omaha are concerned that a highway project from Bellevue to Plattsmouth will create long-lasting issues. (Matt Dixon/The World-Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 file photo, 30 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, a motorist stops to take photos of a herd of big horn sheep grazing along U.S. Highway 93, in Boulder City, Nev. Wildlife officials say a recent count found more wild desert bighorn sheep lambs this year than last year in the River Mountains of southern Nevada. But the herd is still struggling with an outbreak of bacterial pneumonia that researchers say the animals have no natural way to fight. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, Monsanto crew members Gerard Manuel, left, and Rommel Angale, count corn sprouts in a field of test hybrids in a breeding nursery near Kihei, Hawaii. Hawaii residents concerned about pesticide use by major agriculture companies on the islands are planning a push to strengthen regulation over chemicals they fear harm their health. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP, File)
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FILE - In this May 23, 2015, file photo, a man wearing a gas mask protests against Monsanto as a nearby ukulele player strummed a song at a Waikiki Beach rally in Honolulu. He was part of an international day of protests against the agriculture company. Hawaii residents concerned about pesticides are planning a push to strengthen regulation over chemicals they fear harm their health. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File)
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A huge TV screen shows forecast of Beijing's air quality as the capital of China is blanked by heavy smog on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. China's Ministry of Environment says an unspecified number of companies have violated measures meant to reduce smog as the country deals with a phase of particularly noxious pollution. Beijing has been on "orange alert" the second highest pollution alert level since Friday. The alert was originally due to end on Sunday but authorities have extended it a further three days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A huge TV screen shows air quality in Beijing as the capital of China is blanked by heavy smog Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. China's Ministry of Environment says an unspecified number of companies have violated measures meant to reduce smog as the country deals with a phase of particularly noxious pollution. Beijing has been on "orange alert" the second highest pollution alert level since Friday. The alert was originally due to end on Sunday but authorities have extended it a further three days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A Chinese woman wearing a protection mask walks near the iconic headquarters of China's state broadcaster Central China Television (CCTV) at the Central Business District in Beijing as the capital of China is blanked by heavy smog Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. China's Ministry of Environment says an unspecified number of companies have violated measures meant to reduce smog as the country deals with a phase of particularly noxious pollution. Beijing has been on "orange alert" the second highest pollution alert level since Friday. The alert was originally due to end on Sunday but authorities have extended it a further three days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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People wearing protection masks walk near the iconic headquarters of China's state broadcaster Central China Television (CCTV) at the Central Business District in Beijing as the capital of China is blanked by heavy smog on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. China's Ministry of Environment says an unspecified number of companies have violated measures meant to reduce smog as the country deals with a phase of particularly noxious pollution. Beijing has been on "orange alert" the second highest pollution alert level since Friday. The alert was originally due to end on Sunday but authorities have extended it a further three days. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A star is twinkling above a pedestrian wearing a mask silhouetted against the city skyline shrouded in heavy smog in Beijing Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Crews work to remove downed trees and debris on Highway 49 South in Covington County, Miss., near Collins, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Elijah Baylis/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)
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Crews work to remove downed trees and debris on Highway 49 South in Covington County, Ala., near Collins, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Elijah Baylis/The Clanton Advertiser via AP)
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Crews work to remove downed trees and debris on Highway 49 South in Covington County, Ala., near Collins, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Elijah Baylis/The Clanton Advertiser via AP)
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Crews work to remove downed trees and debris on Highway 49 South in Covington County, Ala., near Collins, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Forecasters say damaging winds, hail and flash flooding will be possible on Monday as a storm system moves across the South. (Elijah Baylis/The Clanton Advertiser via AP)
