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n this April 21, 2014 photo,mechanical claws are used to remove parts of an abandoned boat from a marshy area off a road in south Mobile, Ala. More than eight years after Hurricane Katrina, work is finally underway to remove some abandoned boats from south Alabama waterways. Swampy marshes and bayous throughout the area are littered with boats that were abandoned years ago or washed up by hurricanes. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel)
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n this April 21, 2014 photo, crews prepare to remove an abandoned boat from a marshy area off a road in south Mobile, Ala., on Tuesday, April 21. More than eight years after Hurricane Katrina, work is finally underway to remove some abandoned boats from south Alabama waterways. Swampy marshes and bayous throughout the area are littered with boats that were abandoned years ago or washed up by hurricanes. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson-Gabriel)
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In this April 24, 2014 photo, a man jogs on the Belmar N.J. boardwalk as heavy equipment smooths the sand as part of an ongoing beach replenishment project. Fishing groups at the Jersey shore are opposing the ongoing beach replenishment project, saying that the sand pumped ashore is smothering prime fishing areas along jetties, and preventing anglers from accessing the rocks to fish. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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In this April 24, 2014 photo, a man fishes from a jetty at the Shark River Inlet in Avon N.J. Fishing groups at the Jersey shore are opposing an ongoing beach replenishment project, saying that the sand pumped ashore is smothering prime fishing areas along jetties, and preventing anglers from accessing the rocks to fish. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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This March 30, 2014, photo shows University of Florida researchers working with invertebrate species caught in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida and headed for a unique shipboard laboratory where the scientists are studying the animals' genetics in real time. (AP Photo/Suzette Laboy)
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Sigrid Kaag of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria on Sunday, April 27, 2014. Kaag told reporters in Damascus that 92.5 percent of Syria's chemical materials had been removed from the country and destroyed. She described it as “significant progress,” though she says the government needs to ensure the remaining materials are eradicated by the end of the month. (AP/Photo)
