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FILE - In this April 14, 2014 file photo, the chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshal Angus Houston speaks at a press conference about the ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia. Houston has become the global face of the massive monthlong search operation off Australia's west coast to find the missing Boeing 777, which is believed to be resting somewhere on the silt-covered bottom of the Indian Ocean in a patch the size of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
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FILE - In this April 7,2014 file photo, the chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston listens to a question from the media during a press conference about the ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia. Houston has become the global face of the massive monthlong search operation off Australia's west coast to find the missing Boeing 777, which is believed to be resting somewhere on the silt-covered bottom of the Indian Ocean in a patch the size of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)
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Candles burn at the front of a stage during a memorial service, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in West, Texas. Thousands gathered for the service that honored all those killed in a fertilizer plant explosion one year ago. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Thousands of people gather outside and under the roof of a pavilion for a memorial service, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in West, Texas. The service honored those killed by a fertilizer plant explosion one year ago. Fifteen people were killed, including 12 volunteer firefighters and others responding to the fire, and more than 200 were injured. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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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)
