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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, Alabama farmer David Bailey looks out of his truck window at his remaining cows, in Dawson, Ala. He looks at the dirt filled farm where green grass used to be ankle deep, says Bailey. Bailey had to sell off half of his cattle heard, more than 100 animals, because he doesn't have enough hay to feed them through the winter. Some of the South’s most beautiful mountains and valleys are filling with desperation as a worsening drought kills crops, threatens cattle and sinks lakes to their lowest levels in years. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
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Japanese comedian Pikotaro, as he is known, gestures as he performs his viral hit "pen-pineapple-apple-pen" or "PPAP" during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Pikotaro says he is astonished by the global success of his PPAP song. It has more than 65 million YouTube views and was the first Japanese song in the U.S. Billboard top 100 singles in 26 years. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Japanese comedian Pikotaro speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Pikotaro behind the viral hit “PPAP” said he is astonished by the global success of his “pen-pinapple-apple-pen” song. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, a sunken boat is exposed by receding water levels on Lake Lanier as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Natural Resources Manager Nick Baggett looks on in Flowery Branch, Ga. Some of the South's most beautiful mountains and valleys this fall are filled with desperation, as a worsening drought kills crops, threatens cattle and sinks lakes to their lowest levels in years. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Alabama Forestry Commission firefighters Jim Junkin, left, and Brad Lang talk about strategies for fighting a wildfire near Brookside, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Wildfires are burning hundreds of acres of land daily across the South amid a drought. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Brad Lang, a firefighter with the Alabama Forestry Commission, sets a backfire to help extinguish a wildfire near Brookside, Ala., on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. Wildfires have burned hundreds of acres a day in the South as a drought worsens across much of the region. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 photo, geese swim in the tidal marshland waters adjacent to Oakwood Beach in Staten Island, in New York, four years after Superstorm Sandy's deadly floodwaters coursed through the neighborhood's streets. Oakwood Beach, improbably built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. Under a state buyout program, 196 homes have been demolished so far. Another 103 will soon meet the same fate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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In this Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 photo, Canada geese wade in a puddle at the dead end of Riga Street in the Oakwood Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, where it transitions into a marsh, in New York. Much of the neighborhood was underwater following Superstorm Sandy's deadly storm surge nearly four years ago. Oakwood Beach, improbably built on a salt marsh, is slowly being returned to nature after state officials concluded it would be foolish to rebuild in a place with so little protection from the sea. Under a state buyout program, 196 homes have been demolished so far. Another 103 will soon meet the same fate. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Seamus Power, of Ireland, studies his lie the No. 18 green on the first day of the Sanderson Farms Championship in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Ammon Bundy sits at a desk he is using at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon on Jan. 22. (Associated Press)
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A Halloween-themed group of Blu-ray treats include, Ash vs Evil Dead: The Complete First Season," "American Horror Story: Hotel," "The Walking Dead: The Complete Sixth Season," "iZombie: The Complete First Season," "Preacher: Season One" and "American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson."
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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2014, file photo, a fisherman stands in his boat looking across the Snake River near Homedale, Idaho. Federal officials say changes in how dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers are operated are needed to improve migratory conditions for protected runs of Snake River chinook salmon and steelhead. (Roger Phillips /Idaho Statesman via AP, File)
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Republican vice presidential candidate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence greets supporters during a campaign rally, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 photo, wild turkeys walk through the Davis Cemetery in Davis, Calif. The Davis City Council voted this week to approve a wild turkey management plan that includes trapping and relocating many of the birds and possibly killing some of the more aggressive ones. They also called for an ordinance prohibiting people from feeding the turkeys. (Randy Pench/Sacramento Bee via AP)
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Firefighters work to put out a blaze at an apartment building on the Upper East Side in New York on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. The flames quickly spread throughout the building and were shooting out the roof at one point, sending burning embers onto nearby buildings. (Matt Bonaccorso via AP)
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A firefighter looks at a damaged house in the small town of Visso in central Italy, Thursday, Oct 27, 2016, after a 5.9 earthquake destroyed part of the town. A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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California's Failing Highway 99 Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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The western North Carolina mountains are seen from a lookout on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, North Carolina, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Areas of the western Carolinas are in severe to extreme drought, with officials worried about wildfires and wilting crops. The South Carolina Drought Response Committee is meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, a Chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville, Wash. Federal authorities want to add more hatchery-raised fish to the 28 Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Detroit Red Wings center Frans Nielsen (51) advances the puck as Carolina Hurricanes left wing Viktor Stalberg (25) defends in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
