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In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge crossing the Mississippi River from Missouri to Illinois is seen from St. Louis. The new four-lane, cable-stayed bridge named after St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial, a $700 million project that took a few years, and a few squabbles, to complete, is scheduled to open to motorists on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)
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In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge crossing the Mississippi River from Missouri to Illinois is seen from St. Louis. The new four-lane, cable-stayed bridge named after St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial, a $700 million project that took a few years, and a few squabbles, to complete, is scheduled to open to motorists on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)
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In this Feb. 5, 2014 photo, the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge crossing the Mississippi River from Missouri to Illinois is seen from St. Louis. The new four-lane, cable-stayed bridge named after St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial, a $700 million project that took a few years, and a few squabbles, to complete, is scheduled to open to motorists on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Derik Holtmann)
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Patricia Stoneking, left, president of the Kansas State Rifle Association, and Republican state Reps. Jim Howell, of Derby, center, and Steve Brunk, right, of Wichita, confer following a committee meeting on gun-rights legislation. Brunk is chairman of the House Federal and State Affairs Committee, which is trying to hash out a proposal to ensure that it's illegal to carry a firearm while drunk or on drugs. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Members of the Kansas House Federal and State Affairs Committee review proposed amendments in gun-rights legislation, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The legislation strips cities and counties of any power to regulate guns. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Rep. Valdenia Winn, left, a Kansas City Democrat, asks questions during a committee review of gun-rights legislation, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Watching to her right is Rep. Troy Waymaster, a Luray Republican. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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President Barack Obama speaks at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, before signing the farm bill. The president signed into law an agriculture spending bill that will spread benefits to farmers in every region of the country, while trimming the food stamp program that inspired a two-year battle over the legislation. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
