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ESPN Studios: Commentator Stephen A. Smith. (Photo by: Rodrigo Varela/ESPN images) ** FILE **

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**FILE** NASA has discovered a massive, rocky planet, dubbed Kepler-10c, that weighs 17 times as much as Earth. (AP Photo/NASA Ames, SETI Institute, JPL-Caltech, T. Pyle)

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Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency administrator, speaks June 2, 2014, at agency headquarters in Washington during an announcement of a plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent by 2030. In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan that cuts carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by nearly a third over the next 15 years, but pushes the deadline for some states to comply until long after President Obama leaves office. (Associated Press)

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Construction work continues on I-96, in the Livonia, Mich., area on June 1, 2014. A several-mile stretch of Interstate 96 in Livonia and Wayne County's Redford Township is shut down. The $148 million project to rebuild the roadway also includes bridge repair and replacement work. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Daniel Mears) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

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A surfer holds tight to his board against the strong winds and high surf of the Atlantic Ocean before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday, Oct., 28, 2012, in Long Beach, N.Y. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

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A person takes a photograph of the Hudson River as gusty winds bend trees, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Ocean waves kick up near homes along Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Mass. Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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In this aerial photo workers grade an alternate roadbed alongside Route 4 in Mendon, Vt., Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, washed out by flood waters from Tropical Storm Irene Sunday. Vermont Emergency Management officials say they'll use helicopters to airlift food, water and supplies to flood-stricken towns that have been cut off by road and bridge washouts stemming from Hurricane Irene flooding. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)