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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In an April 11, 2014 photo, Trevor Jensen, left, and Tyrell Reichert, reposition the body of Dundy County-Stratton High School’s “Power Drive” electric vehicle. The "Power Drive" electric car program, sponsored since 1998 by the Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District, gives high school students hands-on experience in a challenge to design and build a safe, energy-efficient one-person electric vehicle. (AP Photo/McCook Gazette, Connie Jo Discoe)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MAY 4 AND THEREAFTER - In an April 11, 2014 photo, Keeley Confer takes a turn in the driver’s seat of the electric car, although she is not a driver but the Dundy County-Stratton High School's first-ever electric vehicle competition team’s official records keeper, writing a blog, designing and updating the web page and documenting the car’s and the team’s progress. The "Power Drive" electric car program, sponsored since 1998 by the Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District, gives high school students hands-on experience in a challenge to design and build a safe, energy-efficient one-person electric vehicle. (AP Photo/McCook Gazette, Connie Jo Discoe)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, Lowrider cars line up outside the Mayan Theatre hosting the Lucha VaVoom Valentine’s show of Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling and Burlesque performances in Los Angeles. The esoteric hybrid of American burlesque and Mexican wrestling is an outrageous hit. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 photo, wrestling fan Nikki Layson, left, cheers performers at the Lucha VaVoom Valentine’s show of Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling and Burlesque at the Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. The esoteric hybrid of American burlesque and Mexican wrestling is an outrageous hit. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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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)