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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014, AND THEREAFTER - In this undated photo, investigator for the Division of Forestry, John Bird, poses for a photo with his bloodhound Jesup in Charleston, W.Va. The two work to find arsonists who set forest fires. In the 19 years since the bloodhound program began, the number of arson-related fires has declined dramatically. (AP Photo/The Charleston Gazette, John McCoy)

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A flag from a hunting club formed during the Reconstruction era in South Carolina is seen at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., on April 30, 2014. The flag is part of a new exhibit of flags at the museum that opens on May 5, 2014. Hunting clubs were formed by whites in the South as social clubs but also to oppose Reconstruction governments following the Civil War. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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A rare 42-star American flag is seen at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., on April 30, 2014. The flag is part of a new exhibit of flags at the museum that opens on May 5, 2014. The flag was never officially adopted by the government because Idaho became the 43rd state first. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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In this April 16, 2014 photo provided by the Cornell Cooperative Extension, Michael Burgess presses young Juneberry plants into the soil in a greenhouse at Cornell University's research farm overlooking Lake Champlain in Willsboro, N.Y. Juneberries are being promoted by horticultural researchers as an easy-to-grow and nutritious alternative crop for Northeast farmers. (AP Photo/Cornell Cooperative Extension, Jim Ochterski)