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FILE - This July 2, 2015 file photo shows a sign encouraging residents to save water Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Amid a wet start to California's rainy season, and some mending of Californians' backsliding ways on water conservation, the advice of the state's drought czar: Relax and enjoy the rain. For now. The board will release Californians' latest monthly water-use figures Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, under the state's nearly three-year drought emergency. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
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FILE - This combination of two file photos shows, top, the cracked and dry bed of the Almaden Reservoir on Feb. 7, 2014, in San Jose, Calif., and, below, the same reservoir full of water on March 14, 2016. Amid a wet start to California's rainy season, and some mending of Californians' backsliding ways on water conservation, the advice of the state's drought czar: Relax and enjoy the rain. For now. The board will release Californians' latest monthly water-use figures Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, under the state's nearly three-year drought emergency. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during the New Jersey National Guard's annual Military Review Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, in Sea Girt, N.J. Christie talked about the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy and praised the guard's response to the storm that devastated parts the Jersey Shore. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ** FILE **
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FILE – In this Sept. 2, 2016, file photo, Grant Kimberley checks soybean plants on his farm near Maxwell, Iowa. Ohio farmers are dealing with low commodity prices caused by record-setting harvests in other Midwest states. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
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Illustration on the U.S. space program under a Trump administration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Delivered to Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters on Monday, a blistering letter signed by more than 25 interdenominational black bishops and pastors finds fault with her commitment to religious liberty and support for abortion rights. (Associated Press)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, Cynthia Furse, Associate Vice President for Research and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah, holds a chunk of coal and a carbon-fiber prosthetic leg to illustrate the carbon-friendly methods of turning coal-derived pitch into carbon-fiber composite material. Engineers from the University of Utah are launching a $1.6 million project to research cost-effective ways to help revitalize coal communities threatened by a decline in production and turning coal into carbon-fiber with less impact on the environment is being championed as a viable solution. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this Monday, Oct. 24, 2016 photo, a goat grazes after being released into a 3-acre enclosure in Cottage Grove, Minn. A herd of 20 goats are grazing on invasive plants at Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park for a week or two, kicking off the county’s efforts to use a non chemical approach to a buckthorn infestation. (Scott Takushi/Pioneer Press via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 photo, a yard sign opposing an industrial wind project sits at the side of the road in Grafton, Vt. Voters in Grafton and Windham are going to cast ballots Nov. 8 on whether to go forward with a plan for 24 turbines in the two communities. Developer Iberdrola Renewables is offering residents of the two towns direct payments if the project is built. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
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In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, Owen Shiozaki, USDA supervisor of the pest inspection team, use a long-handled mirror to look under the chassis of a semi-truck for signs of pests and invasive species near Bow, Wash., that he hopes to keep out of the United States. "It's not just a Washington problem," he said. "We're trying to prevent them from spreading all over the country." (Brandy Shreve/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015, file photo, Chinese Coast Guard members approach Filipino fishermen as they confront each other off Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, also called the West Philippine Sea. The Philippines and the U.S. are trying to verify a report that Chinese coast guard ships have left a disputed shoal, allowing Filipino fishermen back to the rich fishing area that China seized in 2012, triggering tensions in the South China Sea. (AP Photo/Renato Etac, File)
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In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 photo, Jesse Aubie drills a new drinking water well in Topsham, Vt. Despite recent rain and snow, much of Vermont is now in a drought and the state is asking residents to conserve water when possible and report shortages. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Libertarian vice presidential nominee, Bill Weld, walks down a hallway to his campaign rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Weld sees a receptive audience for his ticket's message in Alaska, a state where he's investing time in the run-up to the Nov. 8 general election. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)
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Libertarian vice presidential nominee Bill Weld speaks with a supporter prior to addressing a campaign rally in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Campaign consultant Apollo Pazell is at right. Weld sees a receptive audience for his ticket's message in Alaska, a state where he's investing time in the run-up to the Nov. 8 general election. (AP Photo/Michael Dinneen)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 29, AND THEREAFTER – In this Oct. 19, 2016 photo, Mining engineer Henry "Hank" Zielinski overlooks a landscape of waste coal that his employer Northampton Fuel Supply is reclaiming, as he visits the site in Foster Township, Luzerne County, Pa. Coal waste discarded by miners of yesteryear wasn't useful for the furnaces of homes and factories of previous generations, but now mining engineers like Henry "Hank" Zielinski can extract fuel from waste coal. (Kent Jackson/Hazelton Standard-Speaker via AP)
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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Gelene Jeudy, 16, pumps water from a contaminated well in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Wells and piped networks that people depend on for clean water across the country’s southern peninsula were contaminated or damaged by a combination of ocean storm surge and sewage from the overflowing latrines that are commonly used in rural Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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FILE - This September 2015 photo provided by NOAA Fisheries shows an adult female orca, identified as J-16, as she's about to surface with her youngest calf, born earlier in the year, near the San Juan Islands in Washington state's Puget Sound. Whale researchers who track the small endangered population of Puget Sound orcas say three whales are believed dead or missing since summer. The Center for Whale Research says that as of Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, there are only 80 animals. Two females and a 10-month old calf are believed gone. (NOAA Fisheries/Vancouver Aquarium via AP, File)
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Gladys Coego, left, and Tomika Curgil, were charged with voter fraud in Miami-Dade County on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. (Miami-Dade Corrections via Miami Herald)
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In this Oct. 25, 2016 photo, children collect drinking water from a station set up by Swiss Humanitarian Aid, in Aux Coteaux, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Wells and piped networks that people depend on for clean water across the country's southern peninsula were contaminated or damaged by a combination of ocean storm surge and sewage from the overflowing latrines that are commonly used in rural Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
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Veterinarians work on removing pieces from the carcass of a large male blue whale that washed ashore at Thornton State Beach in Daly City, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. The veterinarians work with the Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
