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Ina Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 photo, almond farmer Michael Fondse, 27, talks about the problem of theft at Fondse Brothers Inc., his family orchard and processing plant in Ripon, Calif. While neighboring farms have lost nuts by the ton, thieves have stolen from him fuel, machine parts, truck batteries and copper wire. To combat crime, they’ve installed fences, lights and surveillance cameras. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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This Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 photo shows the outside of GoldRiver Orchards, a walnut grower and processor, in Escalon, Calif. The company fell victim in October 2013 to a brazen heist when thieves made off with 140,000 pounds of processed walnuts worth $400,000. Thieves cut through wooden fence posts in the dead of night, hooked up a truck to gondola trailers brimming with nuts and drove off. (AP Photo/Scott Smith)

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In this photo provided by Elkhart, Ind., Police is Shawn Walter Bair, 22, of Elkhart, Ind. Police identified Blair Thursday, Jan 16, 2014 as the man who fatally shot two women in a northern Indiana grocery store on Wednesday. Police said he was waving a gun at a kneeling store manager when they arrived: he turned toward the officers, who shot him as the manager escaped. (AP Photo/ Elkhart Police)

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This photo taken with a cellphone camera shows police on the scene outside a home in Germantown, Md., Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, where two children were found dead and two children and an adult were found injured, hours after police had been called there for a report of a young child alone in a car. (AP Photo/Jessica Gresko)

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Plaintiff Kelsey Juliana, right, talks about her case outside a classroom-turned-courtroom at the University of Oregon School of Law after the Oregon Court of Appeals heard the case of Cherniak v. Kitzhaber in Eugene, Ore. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The lawsuit was filed against Governor Kitzhaber and the State of Oregon for failing to protect essential natural resources, including state waters, coast lines and the atmosphere as required under the Public Trust Doctrine. She is joined by attorney Tanya Sanerib, second from right, and Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, center. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Brian Davies)

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Judge Erika Hadlock, left, Presiding Judge David Schuman, center, and Judge Joel DeVore, right, listen to arguments from attorney Tanya Sanerib as the Oregon Court of Appeals hears the case of Cherniak v. Kitzhaber at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene, Ore. on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The lawsuit was filed against Governor Kitzhaber and the State of Oregon for failing to protect essential natural resources, including state waters, coast lines and the atmosphere as required under the Public Trust Doctrine. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Brian Davies)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows inmate Dennis McGuire. McGuire appeared to gasp several times and took an unusually long time to die — more than 20 minutes — in an execution carried out Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, with a combination of drugs never before tried in the U.S. An attorney for McGuire's family said it plans to sue the state over what happened. (AP Photo/Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, File)

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In this photo from Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the architect of the state's proof-of-citizenship law for new voters, is photographed during an Associated Press interview in Topeka, Kan. Kobach initiated a lawsuit by Kansas and Arizona against a federal agency to force the modification of a national voter registration form to help the states enforce their proof-of-citizenship laws. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Studenta leave the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at a Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Police enter the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at a Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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A police stands by caution tape at the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at the Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Law enforcement officials gather outside the Nevada Supreme Court in Carson City, Nev., Thursday Jan. 16, 2014, after a suspicious white powdery substance was delivered to the court. Although the package was labeled anthrax, the substance was found to not to be hazardous. (AP Photo/Sandra Cherub)

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A hazmat crew emerges from the Nevada Supreme Court after the all clear was given on Thursday Jan. 16, 2014. The building in Carson City was evacuated when a white powder was found on a letter. The substance was determined to be non-hazardous. (AP photo/Sandra Chereb)

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Perennial political candidate John Jay Hooker, an advocate for popularly electing Supreme Court justices, attends a meeting of the Tennessee Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Hooker was a plaintiff in a successful lawsuit claim that the panel did not follow legal requirements to have a similar percentage of women as in the state population. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Appeals Judge Andy Bennett addresses the Tennessee Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The panel reversed a preliminary vote that would have given Bennett a negative recommendation, meaning he would have had to stand for a contested popular election in August. He will now instead stand for a yes-no retention vote for another eight-year term. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Criminal Appeals Judge Camille R. McMullen addresses the Tennessee Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. The panel reversed a preliminary vote that would have given McMullen a negative recommendation, meaning she would have had to stand in a contested popular election in August. She will now instead stand for a yes-no retention vote for another eight-year term. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

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Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown, left, reacts to a call by referee Kevin Scott during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra reacts to a call during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade (3) prepares to shoot against Philadelphia 76ers' Hollis Thompson (31) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

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Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) goes up to shoot against Philadelphia 76ers' Evan Turner (12) and Spencer Hawes (00) during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)