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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. EST - In this Feb. 23, 2017, photo, Greenville Recreation and Parks employee, Mark Dixon holds a shovel with a sand spreader at Elm Street Park in Greenville, N.C. Spring may officially be a few weeks away, but many in eastern North Carolina also know that March often delivers snow. (Juliette Cooke/The Daily Reflector via AP)
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In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, Jasen White places an American flag in one of this firetrucks that he owns antique firetrucks currently parked on a family members property in Virginia Beach, Va. White owns three antique firetrucks that he sometimes uses for community events, like Christmas parades. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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In this March 5, 2017 photo, Audra McDonald , left, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw appear at a press junket for their film, ""Beauty and the Beast," at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Ron Eshel/Invision/AP)
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In this March 5, 2017 photo, composer Alan Menken appears at the press junket for "Beauty and the Beast," at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Ron Eshel/Invision/AP, File)
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This March 5, 2017 photo shows Luke Evans , left, and Josh Gad at the press junket for their film, "Beauty and the Beast" at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Ron Eshel/Invision/AP)
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This March 5, 2017 photo shows Dan Stevens at the press junket for "Beauty and the Beast" at the Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Ron Eshel/Invision/AP)
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In this Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 photo Range Morton rides down a stairway on his fat tire bike at a park in Portland, Maine. The ginormous tires are wide enough to roll over snow and sand that would bog down a normal bike. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 8, 2017 photo a fat tire bike, right, is seen next to a mountain bike at the Gorham Bike and Ski shop in Portland, Maine. Fat tires have been around for a decade, but they've come into the mainstream in the past five years. The trend is good news for people seeking to get outdoors year round - and for bicycle shops that are keeping busy during the slow winter months. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 photo a fat tire bicyclist rides on a cross country ski trail during a race at the Sugarloaf ski resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. The mountain bikes with comically large tires have been around for a decade, but they've come into the mainstream in the past five years. Research firm The NPD Group says sales have grown eightfold over the past three years. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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In this Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 photo a fat tire bicyclist rides on a cross country ski trail during a race at the Sugarloaf ski resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Gone are the days when cyclists had to hang up their bikes the winter. These days, many of them are grinding through winter's snow and spring's mud thanks to trendy new "fat bikes" with extra wide tires. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Crystal Cove Alliance President/CEO Alix Hobbs, left, and Executive Director Laura Davick, right, are working on plans for phase two of Crystal Cove Cottages' next chapter which involves refurbishing a row of cottages on the sand. More than a dozen dilapidated cottages at an oceanfront Southern California park will be renovated and made available for overnight rentals under a plan approved by the state Coastal Commission. Commissioners on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, unanimously approved a $30 million development permit to rebuild the wood cottages at Crystal Cove State Park. (Ana Venegas/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Plans for phase two of Crystal Cove Cottages' next chapter involve refurbishing a row of cottages on the sand. More than a dozen dilapidated cottages at an oceanfront Southern California park will be renovated and made available for overnight rentals under a plan approved by the state Coastal Commission. Commissioners on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, unanimously approved a $30 million development permit to rebuild the wood cottages at Crystal Cove State Park. (Ana Venegas/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Plans for phase two of Crystal Cove Cottages' next chapter involve refurbishing a row of cottages on the sand. More than a dozen dilapidated cottages at an oceanfront Southern California park will be renovated and made available for overnight rentals under a plan approved by the state Coastal Commission. Commissioners on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, unanimously approved a $30 million development permit to rebuild the wood cottages at Crystal Cove State Park. (Ana Venegas/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Jim Herman drives on the ninth hole during the first round of the Valspar Golf Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., Thursday, March 9, 2017. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Russell Henley inspects his lie at the seventh hole while playing in the first round of the Valspar Golf Championship at Innisbrook Resort and Golf Clubs Copperhead Course on Thursday, March 9, 2017 in Palm Harbor, Fla. (Douglas R. Clifford /Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Jim Herman, center, watches Billy Horschel's drive on the ninth hole during the first round of the Valspar Golf Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla., Thursday, March 9, 2017. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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FILE - In a Tuesday June 14, 2016 file photo, Glenn Straub, the new owner of the former Revel casino in Atlantic City, N.J., inspects the property's power plant, a day before he intends to have 900 hotel rooms and some amenities open to the public. On Thursday March 9, 2017, an appeals court ruled against his claim that he should be allowed to buy the former Showboat casino next door, which is now operated as a non-gambling hotel by Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
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In this June 14, 2016 photo, Glenn Straub speaks inside the power plant he had recently bought that services his shuttered Revel casino. On Thursday March 9, 2017, an appeals court ruled against Straub's claim that he should be allowed to buy the former Showboat casino next door, which is now operated as a non-gambling hotel by Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Serena Gilich watches as Buddy Hammett, and Laurie Kuluz place crosses and flowers at the north side of the railroad tracks on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, near the scene of Tuesday's fatal train-bus wreck at the Main Street railroad crossing in Biloxi, Miss. Glitch is the wife of Biloxi Mayor Andre "FoFo" Gilich. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)
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CORRECTS LAST NAME FROM ZUMWALT TO SUMWALT- Robert Sumwalt of the National Transportation Safety Board talks during a press conference on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Biloxi, Miss., where a CSX train hit a casino tour bus the day before. (John Fitzhugh/The Sun Herald via AP)
