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Ryne Caldwell of the Athens-Clarke County Facilities Management sets up voting machines at Thomas N. Lay Community Center in Athens, Ga., Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Members of the Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections and members of the Athens-Clarke County Facilities Management set up voting machines at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga., Monday, November 07, 2016. (John Roark/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)
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Jeremy Frazier, Cushing assistant city manager, stands in his office littered with insulation, ceiling tiles and debris after Sunday night's 5.0 magnitude earthquake in Cushing, Okla. Frazier said it was a strong quake. He felt it at home which is only three blocks from city hall. (Jim Beckel The Oklahoman via AP)
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FILE - In this June 27, 2011 file photo, floodwaters from the Souris River surround homes and a back hoe near Minot State University in Minot, N.D. The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Souris River flood protection project in Ward County and is accepting public comments through Dec. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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Tesla electric cars are recharged at a Tesla Motor Supercharging station at a rest stop on Interstate 95 in Darien, Conn., Sept. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **
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This image made from video provided by KFOR-TV shows damage on a street in Cushing, Okla., after an earthquake Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. A sharp earthquake centered near one of the world's key oil hubs Sunday night triggered fears that the magnitude 5.0 temblor might have damaged key infrastructure in addition to causing what police described as "quite a bit of damage" in the Oklahoma prairie town. (KFOR-TV via AP)
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This image made from video provided by KFOR-TV shows damage on a street in Cushing, Okla., after an earthquake Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. A sharp earthquake centered near one of the world's key oil hubs Sunday night triggered fears that the magnitude 5.0 temblor might have damaged key infrastructure in addition to causing what police described as "quite a bit of damage" in the Oklahoma prairie town. (KFOR-TV via AP)
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North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has taken a beating from critics over a law dictating which restrooms transgender people can use, pointing it its economic harm and the declining reputation of the state. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken Oct. 19, 2016, a chinook salmon, below, and a steelhead, above, move through the fish ladder at the Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in Washington state. There is a renewed push to remove the Lower Granite and three other dams on the Snake River to save wild salmon runs. (Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review via AP)
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CORRECTS TO THAT BY 2020, THE LEVEL OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS PER UNIT OF GDP WILL BE 18 PERCENT LOWER THAN IN 2015 - A man and a child wear masks during a heavily polluted day in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. China has announced a plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years, while capping coal consumption and increasing the use of non-fossil fuels. Under the plan, by 2020, the level of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be 18 percent lower than in 2015, the State Council said on its website Friday, Nov. 4. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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Presidential guards perform their ceremonial duties in front of the Greek parliament in Athens, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. The parliament was illuminated in green light to celebrate the entry into the U.N. Paris Climate Change agreement. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
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People gather in the landmark Jemaa el-Fnaa square, in Marrakesh, Morocco, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. The Climate Conference, known as the COP22, starts Monday in Marrakech and is expected to attract hundreds of participants and state representatives. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
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Wendy Gable, with Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, throws wood onto a pile that was removed from a home that was heavily damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, S.C., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Nearly a month since floodwaters consumed the town, few have returned. The fear is that many never will. A stew of contaminants stood inches to feet deep in homes for a week. As it receded, toxic black mold grew rampant, leaving nearly all of the town’s 261 homes uninhabitable. Few, if any, had flood insurance. (AP Photo/Mike Spencer)
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This Oct. 14, 2016, file photo shows pedestrians carrying umbrellas as they cross Powell Street and cable car tracks in San Francisco. (Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
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The Eiffel Tower lit up in green to mark the success of the Paris Agreement, Friday Nov.4, 2016 in Paris. The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force Friday faster than anyone had anticipated, after a year with remarkable success in international efforts to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases. Inscription reads, "Paris Agreement it's done".(AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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FILE- In this Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 file photo, an artwork entitled 'One Heart One Tree' by artist Naziha Mestaoui is displayed on the Eiffel tower ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, in Paris. The Paris Agreement on climate change comes into force Friday Nov. 4, 2016, after a year with remarkable success in international efforts to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, FILE)
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The Eiffel Tower lit up in green to mark the success of the Paris Agreement, Friday Nov.4, 2016 in Paris. The Paris Agreement on climate change enters into force Friday faster than anyone had anticipated, after a year with remarkable success in international efforts to slash man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming gases. Inscription reads, "Paris Agreement it's done".(AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2016, file photo, palm trees are reflected on the hood of a Tesla Model S on display in downtown Los Angeles. Lower-income buyers of electric cars will get a bigger break under California's newest rebate rules, while deals for higher earners will disappear. Changes to the state's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project went into effect this week for buyers of all-electric, plug-in hybrid and fuel-cell cars. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
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Voters stand in line outside the North Miami Public Library waiting to cast ballots during early voting, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016, in North Miami, Fla. (Roberto Koltun/Miami Herald via AP) ** FILE **
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Thinx period underwear ads, as screen captured from CNN.com. The ad shown at bottom was rejected by Bay Area Rapid Transit for violating the agency's anti-profanity policy.
