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Sonic works the airfield at MacDill AFB chasing birds on 4/7/14. Sonic works with partner Lindsey Garven they work together to keep birds off of the MacDill airfields. Sonic loves to chase the birds. The birds are a hazard to aircraft, they can cause damage or ingested in the engines could cause a crash. Garven is the 6th Air Mobility Wing Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) contractor. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Skip O'Rourke)

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Sonic and Lindsey Garven rest after Sonic did a good job chasing birds off of a field near MacDill's runway, April 7, 2014. Sonic and Garven work together to keep birds off of the MacDill airfield. Sonic loves to chase the birds. The birds are a hazard to aircraft, they can cause damage or ingested in the engines could cause a crash. Garven is the 6th Air Mobility Wing Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) contractor. (AP Photo/The Tampa Bay Times, Skip O'Rourke)

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Consumer Energy's B.C. Cobb Plant in Muskegon is seen on Dec. 13, 2010. Officials with Consumers Energy said they're committed to helping find a new use for the site of a coal-fired power plant in western Michigan that's scheduled to close in two years. The Muskegon Chronicle reports that the unit of Jackson-based CMS Energy Corp. offered updates Tuesday April 22, 2014 on plans to decommission the B.C. Cobb plant in Muskegon. The utility says it will work to maintain federal dredging of the Muskegon Lake port. (AP Photo/

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In this map provided on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will likely soon deploy more powerful sonar equipment that can delve deeper as the current search of the most likely crash site in the Indian Ocean has failed to yield any clues, Australia's defense minister said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joint Agency Coordination Centre) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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In this photo provided by the New Hampshire State Police, a small plane lies partially submerged after crashing in New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. New Hampshire State Police say the pilot, who was found submerged in water and clinging to the plane, was the only occupant and was rescued. (AP Photo/New Hampshire State Police)

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Ernie Tapanes, a senior project manager with Odyssey Marine Exploration, shows reporters around the Odyssey Explorer in North Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The Explorer leaves this week on an expedition to recover the remaining gold from the wreck of the S.S. Central America off the North Carolina coast. It's not clear just how much gold might still be in the wreck of the ship which sank during an 1857 hurricane. An expedition a quarter-century ago recovered gold bars and coins worth an estimated $50 million at that time. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

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FILE - In this April 12, 2014, file photo, the Bundy family and their supporters fly the American flag as their cattle is released by the Bureau of Land Management back onto public land outside of Bunkerville, Nev. The federal Bureau of Land Management says six cattle died in the roundup of animals it says rancher Cliven Bundy allowed to graze illegally on public land outside his southern Nevada property. The BLM said Tuesday, April 22, 2014, that two of four animals that were euthanized bore Bundy brands. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jason Bean, File) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT