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FILE - This April 25, 2012 file photo shows a farmer planting corn in a field near Huff, N.D. North Dakota corn farmers are having a tough time getting their crop in the ground because of a wet spring. U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is calling on the Agriculture Department to delay the May 25, 2014, crop insurance planting deadline for corn. After that date, farmers will see reduced crop insurance coverage because their crops will be deemed more susceptible to summer heat or fall frost. (AP Photo/Dave Kolpack, File)
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FILE - In an April 7, 2014 file photo, pedestrians walk by City Hall and St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. A report released Tuesday, May 20, 2014 by the Union of Concerned Scientists says that Charleston's Historic District is one of two dozen landmarks nationwide threatened by rising sea levels. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, file)
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People ride on tractor in a flooded street in Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 19, 2014. Belgrade braced for a river surge Monday that threatened to inundate Serbia's main power plant and cause major power cuts in the crisis-stricken country as the Balkans struggle with the consequences of the worst flooding in southeastern Europe in more than a century. At least 35 people have died in Serbia and Bosnia in the five days of flooding caused by unprecedented torrential rain, laying waste to entire towns and villages and sending tens of thousands of people out of their homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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A flooded area is seen in Obrenovac, some 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 19, 2014. Belgrade braced for a river surge Monday that threatened to inundate Serbia's main power plant and cause major power cuts in the crisis-stricken country as the Balkans struggle with the consequences of the worst flooding in southeastern Europe in more than a century. At least 35 people have died in Serbia and Bosnia in the five days of flooding caused by unprecedented torrential rain, laying waste to entire towns and villages and sending tens of thousands of people out of their homes, authorities said. (AP Photo)
