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FILE - This is a May 1968 file photo of British actor Roger Moore of "The Saint" and James Bond fame. Roger Moore's family said Tuesday May 23, 2017 that the former James Bond star has died after a short battle with cancer  (AP Photo/ File)

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FILE- In this Thursday, April 28, 2011 file photo, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin right, jokes with WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan during the World Health Organization meeting on healthy lifestyle in Moscow. After leading the World Health Organization for the last decade, Dr. Margaret Chan knows all too well how politics infuses actions at nearly every level of the U.N. agency. As WHO member countries prepare to elect her successor on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 the Associated Press reveals eyebrow-raising details from internal documents that show how she appeased dictators in Turkmenistan and North Korea - and told then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin she'd see to how WHO might hire more Russians.(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File )

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This July 23, 2014, photo provided by University of Yamanashi shows a white mouse foster mother with pups. Freeze-dried mice sperm samples were launched in 2013 to the International Space Station and returned to Earth in 2014. The intense radiation of space caused slight DNA damage to the sperm. Yet, following in vitro fertilization on the ground, healthy offspring resulted. The baby mice grew into adults with normal fertility of their own. (Sayaka Wakayama/University of Yamanashi via AP)

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President Trump. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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FILE--In this April 26, 2017, fie photo, Caroline Elam holds up a mock prescription order calling for passage of SB562, a single-payer health care bill, during a march to the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. State experts say a California bill that would provide government-funded health coverage for everyone in the state would cost $400 billion and require significant tax increases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

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FILE--In this April 26, 2017, file photo, supporters of single-payer health care march to the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. State experts say a California bill that would provide government-funded health coverage for everyone in the state would cost $400 billion and require significant tax increases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

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17. Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert - Net worth: $3.8 billion

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5. Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids, Arsenal FC owner Stanley Kroenke - Net worth: $7.6 billion

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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, after the House pushed through a health care bill, in this Thursday, May 4, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Product of Venezuela Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on Trump's potential effect on economic growth by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop, right, throws to first, as Toronto Blue Jays' Devon Travis slides, to complete a double play on a ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays Russell Martin in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 21, 2017, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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This 2006 colorized scanning electron micrograph image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a strain of the Escherichia coli bacteria. E. coli is one of the germs that can cause sepsis. Once misleadingly called blood poisoning or a bloodstream infection, sepsis occurs when the body goes into overdrive while fighting an infection, sort of friendly fire that injures its own tissue. The cascade of inflammation and other damage leads to shock, amputations, organ failure or death. (Janice Carr/CDC via AP)

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FILE - In this Thursday, July 21, 2016 file photo, residents of the Kisenso district receive yellow fever vaccines, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel, far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press, published Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, a medical worker sprays people being discharged from the Island Clinic Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. The World Health Organization routinely spends about $200 million a year on travel, far more than what it doles out to fight some of the biggest problems in public health including AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press, published Sunday, May 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, letters written by Richard Gordon Elementary School second grade students to student Makoa Saffery who is suffering from cancer are displayed in Kingston, Wash. Makoa Saffery, 8, is out to beat cancer. In treatment at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma since February, Makoa is strong, upbeat and determined. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Adam Frazier singles off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Vince Velasquez in the third inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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A cat sits at the Des Moines animal control site, Friday, May 19, 2017 in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines' animal control facility is ill-equipped to handle even the current load of animals coming through its doors, according to a study released this month, raising questions about how it will handle an expected surge in the pet population as the city grows. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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In this Monday, May 15, 2017 photo, a dog looks out of its cage inside the Des Moines animal control facility in Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines' animal control facility is ill-equipped to handle even the current load of animals coming through its doors, according to a study released this month, raising questions about how it will handle an expected surge in the pet population as the city grows. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP )

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In this Jan. 26, 2017, file photo David Nabarro, U.N. secretary-general's special envoy on ebola, speaks to the media, at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **