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This April 2, 2014, image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows workers preparing to enter the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in Carlsbad, N.M., for the first time since the Feb. 14 radiological release. The operators of this federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump are bracing for a scathing report Wednesday, April 23, 2014, on their response to a radiation release that contaminated 21 workers and shuttered the southeastern New Mexico facility two months ago. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy)
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This April 2, 2014, image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows workers underground inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in Carlsbad, N.M., for the first time since the Feb. 14 radiological release. The operators of this federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump are bracing for a scathing report Wednesday, April 23, 2014, on their response to a radiation release that contaminated 21 workers and shuttered the southeastern New Mexico facility two months ago. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy)
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ADVANCED FOR RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014 Eland Electric employees Adam Richmond, left, and Scott Evenstad work to build the support structures for a massive 400 panel solar array behind the Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Cross residence Monday April 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Green Bay Press-Gazette, Jim Matthews)
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"The Renewable Fuel Standard was designed to drive investment in and the development of advanced biofuels. It has succeeded in doing that, if not at the pace Congress originally had hoped," said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican and a supporter of ethanol. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, on the list of potential White house hopefuls, is a featured speaker at the NRA annual meeting in Indianapolis. (Office of Gov. Mike Pence)
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A sail boat makes its way under the Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in San Francisco. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team has found the shipwreck of the City of Chester vessel in the area. The ship sunk in the San Francisco Bay in 1888 after a collision with a larger ship. The first images of the newly discovered wreckage were were released Wednesday by federal ocean scientists. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Fishermen converge on a pier near the site of a shipwreck discovery on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in San Francisco. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team has found the shipwreck of the City of Chester vessel in the area. The ship sunk in the San Francisco Bay in 1888 after a collision with a larger ship. The first images of the newly discovered wreckage were were released Wednesday by federal ocean scientists. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
