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A sign pointing the way to a sand loading site at the Superior Silica Sands sand mine is shown on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Kosse, Texas. Demand for sand is surging as oil and gas production in the Permian Basin is booming again. Not only is the need for more sand on the rise with the increase in oil and gas production in west Texas, but much more sand is being pumed into each well now withi the emerging thesis that more sand equals more oil extracted. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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The completed four Rainbow Flag crosswalks at the intersection of Westheimer Road and Taft Street have became a popular spot for photographs Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Houston. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
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This screenshot provided by vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic shows a track of the route of the container ship ACX Crystal that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off Shimoda in the Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2017, killing seven U.S. sailors. The track of the container ship’s route by MarineTraffic shows it made a sudden turn as if trying to avoid something at about 1:30 a.m., before continuing eastward. It then made a U-turn and returned around 2:20 a.m. to the area near the collision. (MarineTraffic via AP)
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This screenshot provided by vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic shows a track of the route of the container ship ACX Crystal that collided with the USS Fitzgerald in the waters off Shimoda in the Izu Peninsula, southwest of Tokyo, Saturday, June 16, 2017, killing seven U.S. sailors. The track of the container ship’s route by MarineTraffic shows it made a sudden turn as if trying to avoid something at about 1:30 a.m., before continuing eastward. It then made a U-turn and returned around 2:20 a.m. to the area near the collision. (MarineTraffic via AP)
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In this Saturday, June 17, 2017 file photo, the damaged USS Fitzgerald is seen near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the waters off the Izu Peninsula. The USS Fitzgerald was back at its home port in Japan after colliding before dawn Saturday with the container ship four times its size. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Traditional Dancers of the Tsuu T'ina Nation (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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Heritage Park Blackfoot First Nations guide explains "smudge" prayer ceremony (Photograph by Jacquie Kubin / Special to The Washington Times)
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Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, chips to the 18th green during the fourth round of the U.S. Open golf tournament Sunday, June 18, 2017, at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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Newt Gingrich has many criticisms of the "Russia baloney" story, and he has written a new book on President Trump as well. (Center Street)
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Caption: Newt Gingrich has many criticisms of the "Russia baloney" story, and he has written a new book on President Trump as well. (Center Street)
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President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, June 18, 2017, from Camp David in Maryland. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017 photo, eight-year-old Quinn Hickey checks on the progress of a recently planted tomato plant in the new vegetable garden at the Palmer Hills Golf Course in Bettendorf, Iowa. (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad City Times via AP)
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In this June 2017 photo, Brian Hickey, golf maintenance manager at the Palmer Hills Golf Course in Bettendorf, talks about the recently planted vegetable garden, in Bettendorf, Iowa. Hickey indicated the produce will be served at the Palmer Grill during the entire growing season. (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad City Times via AP)
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FILE - In this June 24, 2016 file photo, road signs signaling to US 119 along Frame Road in Elkview, W.Va., are surrounded by flood waters. A year after the floods, the owner of the Crossings Mall in Elkview is replacing a washed-out bridge that made the mall inaccessible and forced hundreds to be laid off or displaced, although two anchor stores are returning. A Kroger plans to reopen in August 2017, and Kmart has said it will reopen once the bridge is rebuilt. (Sam Owens/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP)
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Journalists observe the damaged USS Fitzgerald at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. Navy divers found a number of sailors' bodies Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, right, Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks during a press conference near the damaged USS Fitzgerald, rear, at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. The USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan Saturday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, right, Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks during a press with damaged USS Fitzgerald as background at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. The U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan, Saturday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin, Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, speaks during a press conference with the damaged USS Fitzgerald as background at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. The U.S. destroyer Fitzgerald collided with a container ship in the busy sea off Japan, Saturday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Damaged part of USS Fitzgerald is seen at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. Navy divers found a number of sailors' bodies Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship Saturday in the busy sea off Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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The damaged USS Fitzgerald is seen near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. destroyer collided with the Philippine-registered container ship ACX Crystal in the waters off the Izu Peninsula Saturday, June 17, 2017. The USS Fitzgerald was back at its home port in Japan after colliding before dawn Saturday with a container ship four times its size, while the coast guard and Japanese and U.S. military searched for seven sailors missing after the crash. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)