Human Interest

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Finland's Santa, right, and Russia's Grandfather Frost meet at the two countries busiest joint border crossing in Nuijamaa, Finland on Monday Dec. 19, 2016, as an annual show of goodwill and neighborly friendship. But despite the jovial ho-ho-hos in the annual show of seasonal goodwill and neighborly friendship, there lies an increasing disquiet in the Nordic nation. (AP Photo/Vitnija Saldava)

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People stand near candles at the Christmas market, three days after a truck ran into the crowd and killed several people, near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Duke's Grayson Allen (3) shares a laugh with an official in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Elon in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Duke won 72-61. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

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This Dec. 19, 2016 photo shows an interior exit stairway at an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. After the deadly fire, officials in LA, Baltimore and other cities announced plans to aggressively pursue illegally converted warehouses and other jerry-rigged living spaces. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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This Dec. 19, 2016 photo shows Donald Cassel, 56, the proprietor of an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Cassel acknowledges he ran Purple 33 without proper authorization, but says it's not because he didn't try. The businessman-contractor-inventor who once sold skateboard parts claims he spent $70,000 on licensing and other fees to try to get the city to green-light his club, whose patrons he calls "a family." (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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This Dec. 19, 2016 photo shows Donald Cassel, 56, the proprietor of an underground music club known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Cassel acknowledges he ran Purple 33 without proper authorization, but says it's not because he didn't try. The businessman-contractor-inventor who once sold skateboard parts claims he spent $70,000 on licensing and other fees to try to get the city to green-light his club, whose patrons he calls "a family." (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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This Dec. 19, 2016 photo shows an exterior stairway of an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. After the deadly fire, officials in LA, Baltimore and other cities announced plans to aggressively pursue illegally converted warehouses and other jerry-rigged living spaces. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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This Dec. 19, 2016 photo shows the exterior of an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in the Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities searching the drab, two-story building found an illegally constructed dance floor, paired with a bar and DJ booth. (AP Photo/Christine Armario)

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This Nov. 1, 2016, photo provided by David Coons shows a fire dance performance in an underground music club known as known as Purple 33 in a Playa Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. About a week after 36 people died in a fire at an underground music party in Oakland, inspectors acting on a complaint discovered a makeshift nightclub and unpermitted living quarters concealed in a warehouse near Los Angeles International Airport. (David Coons via AP)

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FILE -In this March 27, 2012 file photo, Packy, an Asian elephant, is sprayed with water at the Oregon Zoo, in Portland. Packy at 54 is the oldest male of his species in North America. The zoo says Packy, born in 1962, became the first elephant to be born in the Western Hemisphere in 44 years. (Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2016 file photo, Coldilocks the polar bear looks up from a nap at the Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia. Coldilocks, who celebrated her 36th birthday last week, is considered the oldest polar bear in the U.S. The bears’ typical lifespan in captivity is 23 years. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2016 file photo, Colo, a western lowland gorilla, rests in her enclosure at the Columbus Zoo, in Columbus, Ohio. Colo, the very first born and oldest surviving gorilla in captivity will celebrate her 60th birthday on Thursday, Dec. 22. (AP Photo/John Minchillo,File)

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Arizona Coyotes defenseman Michael Stone shields the puck from Edmonton Oilers left wing Drake Caggiula (36) in the first period during an NHL hockey game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

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FILE - In this July 12, 2014 file photo, Garry Trudeau speaks onstage during the "Alpha House" panel at the Amazon 2014 Summer TCA, in Beverly Hills, Calif. "Doonesbury" cartoonist Trudeau has once again designed the poster for the annual winter carnival in his childhood hometown in New York. The Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of such characters as Mike Doonesbury, Zonker and Uncle Duke has designed the poster for the 2017 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, which runs from Feb. 3 through Feb. 12. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)