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In this photo provided by Holoholo Charters, a humpback whale is seen entangled in fishing gear Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in the waters off Niihau, Hawaii. Officials are looking for the animal which was most recently spotted off Niihau, Hawaii's smallest inhabited island. Ed Lyman of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary said Thursday, March 13, 2014, that fishing line seems to be wrapped across the whale's body and tail. He says about 50 to 60 feet of heavy gauge line appears to be trailing behind the animal, along with two red plastic buoys caught in the line. (AP Photo/Courtesy Holoholo Charters)
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FILE - In this undated aerial file photo is the LTV Steel processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., which was taken over by Polymet Mining Corp. to use as a copper-nickel processing plant. As the deadline approached Thursday, March 13, 2014 for the public to comment on the environmental review for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine, critics said the document is fails to address important questions about how the mine near Babbitt and the Hoyt processing plant would affect the environment. (AP Photo/Mesabi Daily News, file)
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In this March 7, 2014 photo released the U.S. Department of Energy, specially-trained workers have placed a camera atop an elevator to make unmanned tests inside a nuclear waste dump in Carlsbad, N.M. They are finalizing plans to enter the nation's only underground nuclear waste dump after two separate incidents forced its closure weeks ago, including a leak that exposed more than a dozen workers to low levels of radiation. Officials with the DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant say initial testing shows there's no contamination at an air intake shaft that leads into the mine or at the bottom of the mine's salt shaft. (AP Photo/Department of Energy)
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This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the vandalized entrance to Hidden Cave near Fallon, Nev. Federal officials are offering a $1,000 reward after someone spray-painted phrases at the archaeological site. Public tours to Hidden Cave are temporarily suspended while law enforcement investigates. (AP Photo/Bureau of Land Management)
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This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the vandalized Hidden Cave near Fallon, Nev. Federal officials are offering a $1,000 reward after someone spray-painted phrases at the archaeological site. Public tours to Hidden Cave are temporarily suspended while law enforcement investigates. (AP Photo/Bureau of Land Management)
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Debris is removed from a mound of rubble a day after a gas leak-triggered explosion, Thursday, March 13, 2014, in East Harlem, New York. Rescuers working amid gusty winds, cold temperatures and billowing smoke pulled additional bodies Thursday from the rubble of two apartment buildings that collapsed Wednesday. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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FILE - In this June 7, 2013 file photo, surfers pass in front of the San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Onofre, Calif. More than two years after the San Onofre nuclear power plant stopped production, state regulators planned to make a major decision toward filling the hole left as they consider a proposal on Thursday March 13, 2014. The proposal would allow the plant's co-owners to find replacement power. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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This undated image provided by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources shows Conservation Warden Dave Oginski shown at an unknown location. Oginski has personally helped find at least 12 lost people since starting his job in 2007. He did six search and rescues in the most recent gun deer season alone. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
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This Sept. 5, 2013 photo shows the 75-year-old lock and dam in Peoria, Ill. Illinois lawmakers say congressional negotiators are moving toward an agreement on legislation authorizing improvements to shipping channels, flood protections and other waterways projects around the country. Among the Illinois projects are the lock and dam in Peoria and the Olmsted Lock and Dam between Illinois and Kentucky. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)
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In this Sept. 5, 2013 photo, Col. Mark Deschenes with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tells Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos about the economic impact of lock and dam operations along the river as they tour the 75-year-old lock and dam in Peoria, Ill. Illinois lawmakers say congressional negotiators are moving toward an agreement on legislation authorizing improvements to shipping channels, flood protections and other waterways projects around the country. Among the Illinois projects are the lock and dam in Peoria and the Olmsted Lock and Dam between Illinois and Kentucky. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)
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In this Jan. 27, 2014 photo, Dominic Castanza, an operator at the 75-year-old lock and dam in Peoria, Ill., watches the flow of the Illinois River through the locks. Illinois lawmakers say congressional negotiators are moving toward an agreement on legislation authorizing improvements to shipping channels, flood protections and other waterways projects around the country. Among the Illinois projects are the lock and dam in Peoria and the Olmsted Lock and Dam between Illinois and Kentucky. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Ron Johnson)
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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2006 file photo, Joe Hoagland, left, pushes a canoe through a wild rice bed in White Earth, Minn., as 14-year-old Chris Salazar learns how to harvest the rice by knocking the grain off the stalks with two sticks. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Wednesday, March 12, 2014 that more data analysis must be done to determine whether it will recommend changes to the state's water quality standards to protect wild rice from sulfates. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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In this photo taken on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, Lisa Arteaga strains to see the screen on a parking meter in downtown Reno, Nev. City officials are cutting several inches off parking meter posts that are too tall for short people who strain to read the meter. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Anjeanette Damon) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT
