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This March 21, 2012 photo provided by NOAA Fisheries (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ) shows Gulls feeding on hundreds of stunned herring brought to the surface by a humpback whale in Southeast, Alaska. There's an abundant number of Southeast Alaska Pacific herring, and the species doesn't warrant a listing under the Endangered Species Act, announced by NOAA on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/NOAA Fisheries)

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Associated Press' temporary legislative relief reporter Andrew Smith poses for a photo on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Smith, who has covered local and state government issues in Tennessee for several years, will join South Carolina Statehouse reporter Seanna Adcox to help cover the remainder of the 2014 legislative session as well as this year’s June primary election. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)