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FILE - In this file photo dated 1931, Mahatma Gandhi talks to a crowd in India. The Indian independence leader who is considered one of history’s great champions of non-violent struggle, Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, but never won the honor. Nobel Prizes cannot be changed or revoked, so the judges must put a lot of thought into their selections, with this year's awards due to be announced over the next two weeks. (AP Photo/James A. Mills, FILE)
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FILE - In this file photo dated December 10, 1948, Nobel Prize winners of 1948, shortly after being presented their prize inside the concert hall in Stockholm, Sweden. English writer T.S. Eliot Nobel Prize for Literature and the Swiss Scientist Paul Mueller Nobel Prize for Medicine. Mueller was honored for discovering that the powerful pesticide DDT killed flies and mosquitoes to fight Typhus and Malaria, but ended up doing both good and bad as it also poisoned wildlife. Nobel Prizes cannot be changed or revoked, so the judges must put a lot of thought into their selections, with this year's awards due to be announced over the next two weeks. (AP Photo/FILE)
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Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge paddle with others in a traditional canoe in the waters of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Rev. Michael Johnson leads a funeral processional Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 at Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood S.D. for the remains of a unknown pioneer from the 1800's, who's body was found in 2012. (Chris Huber/Rapid City Journal via AP)
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Shainie Lindsay is embraced by a friend in front of Orange Grove Gardens in Pasadena as detectives investigate the death of the father of her children, whom she said died after a struggle with police, in Pasadena, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. A sheriff's statement says the death of the unidentified man occurred about 2 a.m. Friday but gives no details. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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FILE- In this April 9, 2016 file photo, Rich Leotta, the father of police officer Noah Leotta who died after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while on duty last year, addresses Maryland lawmakers in Annapolis, Md. The face of Noah Leotta will appear on ignition interlock devices installed in the vehicles of Maryland motorists convicted of a DUI. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)
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Family and loved ones pay their respects to four siblings who were allegedly killed in their Dearborn Heights home, by Gregory Green, a father to two of the children and a step-father to the two others, before their funeral service at Detroit First Church of the Nazarene in Farmington Hills, Mich., Friday Sept. 30, 2016. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2007 file photo, Brad Pitt, and actress Angelina Jolie arrive for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The couple have reached a temporary agreement that will allow the actor to visit with his six children, sources familiar with the arrangement told The Associated Press on Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Jolie Pitt filed for divorce last week. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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West York Mayor Charles Wasko says he's the victim of a "witch hunt" amid calls for his resignation after he posted numerous racist messages on Facebook, including a photo comparing the Obama family to monkeys. (Facebook/@Charles Wasko)
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Las Vegas Metro Police investigate a fatal accident on Highway 95 northbound near the Boulder Highway exit in Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. A man sought for questioning by police in a shooting case that left a man wounded last week was struck and killed Thursday by a tractor-trailer when he tried to run across a Las Vegas freeway, police said. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
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Hollywood actor Mark Ruffalo takes part in a commercial for pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC Save the Day. (YouTube, Save the Day)
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Carnegie Deli photo via the eatery's official Facebook page. Accessed Sept. 30, 2016. [https://www.facebook.com/carnegiedelinyc/photos/a.560715333966742.1073741826.111504365554510/766392900065650/?type=1&theater]
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In this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, file photo, Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae swim in a container at the Florida Mosquito Control District Office in Marathon, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **
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Chamber pots are on display at a Toilet Museum in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. Among the most interesting of some 2,000 pieces on display is a chamber pot which was acquired for the Lincoln Bedroom of the White House in 1892 and could serve up to 17 American presidents. Another chamber pot here was commissioned for Napoleon. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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FILE - This is a Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 file photo of the 2015 Nobel literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus, left, receives the award from King Carl Gustaf of Sweden, during the 2015 Nobel prize award ceremony in Stockholm. The panel that awards the Nobel Prize in literature says this year's winner will be announced on Oct. 13, a week later than in previous years. Swedish Academy member Per Wastberg confirmed the date to The Associated Press on Friday Sept. 30, 2016. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency, File via AP)
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U.S. President Barack Obama touches the flag-draped coffin of former Israeli President Shimon Peres during his funeral at the Mount Herzel national cemetery in Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
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This cover image released by Jagjaguwar Records shows, "22, A Million," a release by Bon Iver. (Jagjaguwar via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2016 file photo, Alicia Keys performs on NBC's "Today" show in New York. Keys wrote the song “Back to Life” for the Disney film, “Queen of Katwe” starring Lupita Nyong’O and David Oyelowo. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2015 file photo, Bruce Springsteen performs at the 9th Annual Stand Up For Heroes event in New York. A Philadelphia fifth-grader ditched school for the chance to meet the rock legend at his book signing Thursday, Sept. 30, 2016, and The Philadelphia Inquirer reports “The Boss” gladly played along by signing the boy’s absence excuse note. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP, File)
