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In this April 25, 2014 photo, a pedestrian passes the closed emergency room of Flint River Community Hospital in Montezuma, Ga. Flint River Hospital had for years reported it was saddled with unpaid bills and underpaid by government-run insurance programs for the poor and elderly. Alarmed by hospital closures, health officials in Georgia are changing rules to let stressed rural hospitals become expanded emergency rooms that can also handle routine childbirths or outpatient surgery. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this April 25, 2014 photo, a sign points the way to Flint River Hospital which closed its emergency room last year, in Montezuma, Ga. Residents must now drive 20 or 30 miles on slow country roads to the nearest hospital. Alarmed by hospital closures, health officials in Georgia are changing rules to let stressed rural hospitals become expanded emergency rooms that can also handle routine childbirths or outpatient surgery. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this April 25, 2014 photo, Gary Roberts, left, cuts the hair of Charles Allen, both lifelong residents, in his barber shop in Montezuma, Ga. Roberts once worked at the now closed Flint River Hospital. Alarmed by hospital closures, health officials in Georgia are changing rules to let stressed rural hospitals become expanded emergency rooms that can also handle routine childbirths or outpatient surgery. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this April 25, 2014 photo, the emergency room of Flint River Community Hospital sits closed in Montezuma, Ga. Analysts say that rural hospitals are struggling nationally because they typically serve small populations of customers more likely to be older, uninsured or enrolled in government health care programs that do not fully pay their bills. Alarmed by hospital closures, health officials in Georgia are changing rules to let stressed rural hospitals become expanded emergency rooms that can also handle routine childbirths or outpatient surgery. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - In this March 6, 2013 file photo, workers labor at the 'C' Tank Farm at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, near Richland, Wash. The cleanup of the nation’s largest collection of radioactive waste left over from the production of nuclear weapons was supposed to be nearing an end by now, but 25 years after a landmark agreement was signed to deal with the waste, $30 billion has been spent, and officials are still decades and tens of billions of dollars away from finishing the cleanup of the radioactive mess. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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FILE - In this April 3, 2008 file photo, the sun shines on a radioactive hazard warning sign at a landfill used to bury hazardous materials at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. The cleanup of the nation’s largest collection of radioactive waste left over from the production of nuclear weapons was supposed to be nearing an end by now, but 25 years after a landmark agreement was signed to deal with the waste, $30 billion has been spent, and officials are still decades and tens of billions of dollars away from finishing the cleanup of the radioactive mess. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, file)
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FILE - In this July 14, 2010 file photo, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are shown on the job near a tank farm where highly radioactive waste is stored underground near Richland, Wash. The cleanup of the nation’s largest collection of radioactive waste left over from the production of nuclear weapons was supposed to be nearing an end by now, but 25 years after a landmark agreement was signed to deal with the waste, $30 billion has been spent, and officials are still decades and tens of billions of dollars away from finishing the cleanup of the radioactive mess. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny, file)
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Opponents of a plan to widen a highway through the historic district of Eufaula, Ala., study satellite images of the area inside Shorter Mansion on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Supporters of the proposal say it would help ease traffic congestion, but others fear the work would damage the Southern charm of the town, which draws thousands of visitors annually. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Steve Rodgers stands outside his thrift store as he discusses his support for a plan to widen U.S. 431 through historic Eufaula, Ala., on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Rodgers and other backers say the project is needed to ease traffic congestion through the city, but opponents fear a loss of shady trees would hurt its Southern charm. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Cars and trucks drive through the tree-shaded historic district of Eufaula, Ala., on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The state is considering widening the road, a project opponents fear would destroy the town's Southern charm, but supporters say the move is needed to ease traffic congestion. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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Doug Purcell, former executive director of the Historic Chattahoochee Commission, discusses his opposition to a plan to widen the highway through the historic district in Eufaula, Ala., on Wednesday, May 7, 2014. While backers say the project would relieve traffic congestion caused by tourists, Purcell fears the work would kill trees and damage the Old South charm of the riverside town. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
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This May, 1972 photo released by the National Archives, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency, shows a Mexican farm worker in a lettuce field, in Blythe, Ca. The photo is part of "The Way We Worked" , part of the Smithsonian's Museum on Main Street program ? and opens Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Angola, Louisiana, and 270 miles away in Tunica, Mississippi. Identical exhibits also are being shown in Rhode Island, Michigan and California. (AP Photo/Charles O’Rear, National Archives, Records of the Environmental Protection Agency)
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Chuck Burr cultivates a row of onions May 12, 2014 on his organic seed farm outside Ashland, Ore. Organic farmers are asking voters in Jackon and Josephine counties to adopt a ban on cultivating genetically engineered crops, which organic farmers fear could cross-pollinate with some of their crops. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
