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Little remains at the site of the West plant explosion as most of the debris has been hauled off leaving just a few remaining trees and protective fence, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion. Fifteen people were killed, including 12 volunteer firefighters and others responding to the fire, and more than 200 were injured. The (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)
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A statute with the prayer for fire fighters sits in front of a cross outside the volunteer fire department, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in West, Texas, that bears the names of some of those killed one year ago today when a fertilizer plant exploded. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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A sign in the shape of the star has a hand painted message that reads, Keep Calm We're Survivors, in front of a newly constructed home where a nearby fertilizer plant exploded one year ago today, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in West, Texas.Today marks the one year anniversary of the explosion at a fertilizer plant that killed fifteen people, including 12 volunteer firefighters and others responding to the fire, and more than 200 were injured. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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"The American sugar market can only be described as a government-mandated cartel, which would likely be deemed illegal if it had arisen without government assistance," wrote Luke Gelber, a manager at Citizens Against Government Waste. (Associated Press)
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The instrument panel of a prototype electric carriage is displayed at the New York International Auto Show in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show on Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A prototype of an electric carriage is displayed at the New York International Auto Show in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show on Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Visitors to the New York International Auto Show sit in an electric carriage prototype in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show on Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A prototype of an electric carriage is displayed at the New York International Auto Show in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show on Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Visitors to the New York International Auto Show sit in an electric carriage prototype in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. A prototype of the old-timey electric cars that Mayor Bill de Blasio would like to take the place of horse-drawn carriages on New York City streets will be unveiled at the New York Auto Show on Thursday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
