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This remote camera photo taken May 4, 2014 and provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shows a black wolf that appears to be a female in the same area as the wolf OR7 in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Oregon's famous wandering wolf, OR-7, may have found the mate he has trekked thousands of miles looking for. Wildlife authorities said Monday, May 12, 2014, that cameras on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in the southern Cascades captured several images of what appears to be a black female wolf in the same area where OR-7's GPS collar shows he has been living. (AP Photo/USFWS)

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This remote camera photo taken May 3, 2014 and provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shows the wolf OR7 in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Oregon's famous wandering wolf, OR-7, may have found the mate he has trekked thousands of miles looking for. Wildlife authorities said Monday, May 12, 2014, that cameras on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in the southern Cascades captured several images of what appears to be a black female wolf in the same area where OR-7's GPS collar shows he has been living. (AP Photo/USFWS)

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Millennials are breaking tradition by purchasing fewer homes. (Associated Press)

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Rhonda Thompson, right, who owned land and a cabin in the community of Oso, Wash. that was hit by a deadly mudslide on March 22, 2014, talks Monday, May 12, 2014, with conservationist Rob Kavanaugh, left, during a break in a Forest Practices Board hearing in Olympia, Wash., held to discuss the history and current rules surrounding landslide hazards in Washington state. (AP Photo)

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Debbie Durnell, whose husband Tom Durnell was killed in the mudslide that hit Oso, Wash., on March 22, 2014, testifies Monday, May 12, 2014, at a Forest Practices Board hearing in Olympia, Wash., held to discuss the history and current rules surrounding landslide hazards in Washington state. (AP Photo)

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Aaron Everett, chairman of the Washington state Forest Practices Board, listens to testimony, Monday, May 12, 2014, during a board hearing in Olympia, Wash., held to discuss the history and current rules surrounding landslide hazards in Washington state following the mudslide that struck on March 22, 2014 near Oso, Wash., killing 41 people and leaving two missing. (AP Photo)

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Peter Goldman, director of the Washington Forest Law Center, testifies Monday, May 12, 2014, at a Forest Practices Board hearing in Olympia, Wash., held to discuss the history and current rules surrounding landslide hazards in Washington state. (AP Photo)

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Rhonda Thompson, right, who owned land and a cabin in the community of Oso, Wash. that was hit by a deadly mudslide on March 22, 2014, cries Monday, May 12, 2014, as she listens to testimony during a Forest Practices Board hearing in Olympia, Wash., held to discuss the history and current rules surrounding landslide hazards in Washington state. (AP Photo)

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Rob Kavanaugh, left, a conservationist and citizen activist, testifies Monday, May 12, 2014, at a Forest Practices Board hearing in Olympia, Wash., held to discuss the history and current rules surrounding landslide hazards in Washington state. (AP Photo)

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IN COMMAND: Mr. Putin makes a triumphant visit Friday to Crimea, a recently annexed peninsula that hosts a major Russian navy base on the Black Sea.

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FILE - The Marathon Oil Company Detroit Refinery is shown in a Nov. 2, 2005 file photo. Permits have been updated for the Detroit-area steelmaker and an oil refinery, the state Department of Environmental Quality announced Monday, May 12, 2014. The heavy oil upgrade permit for the Marathon refinery in southwest Detroit makes emission limitation adjustments and production adjustments. Some operations will see a decrease in the allowable emissions.(AP Photo/file)

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FILE -- In this March 21, 2005 file photo, the Severstal steel plant in Dearborn, Mich., is shown. Permits have been updated for the Detroit-area steelmaker and an oil refinery, the state Department of Environmental Quality announced Monday, May 12, 2014. A 2014 permit for Dearborn-based Severstal expands testing requirements, adds emission limits for fine particulates, enhances emission and operational monitoring requirements and provides the DEQ with more tools to make sure the steelmaker continues to comply. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Adam Pankoke, left, and Nick Streit, clear fallen trees in Beaver Crossing, Neb., Monday, May 12, 2014. Beaver Crossing was hit hard after several tornadoes moved across Nebraska on Sunday causing damage to homes and businesses in or near Sutton, Garland, Cordova and Daykin. The storms also left more than 18,000 utility customers without electricity. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)