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FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, feral pigs roam near a Mertzon, Texas ranch. The Texas agriculture commissioner announced Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, that he has approved the use of a poison that he says may herald a "feral hog apocalypse" in a state where an estimated 2.5 million hogs roam. Commissioner Sid Miller said this week that bait food will be laced with warfarin, which is used as a blood thinner but has proven lethal to hogs. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a joint statement to the press with Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray, at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Mexico City on Feb. 23, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Rep. Charles "Bubba" Chaney studies Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year, in a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, the governor's chief budget adviser, answers questions about Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year, in a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Charles "Bubba" Chaney studies Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year, in a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Texas Governor Greg Abbott take off in a helicopter tour of the Texas border with Mexico Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 at the Texas Department of Public Safety regional headquarters in Weslaco, Texas. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP, Pool)
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Diana Mejia, center, an activist with Winds of the Spirit N.J., is carried by Elizabeth Police officers while being arrested during an immigration protest outside of a detention center, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Elizabeth, N.J. Mejia and four other activists were taken into custody during the rally. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Diana Mejia, center, an activist with Winds of the Spirit N.J., is carried by Elizabeth Police officers while being arrested during an immigration protest outside of a detention center, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Elizabeth, N.J. Mejia and four other activists were taken into custody during the rally. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Inauguration singer Jackie Evancho, 16, and her transgender sister Juliet, 18, are offering to meet with President Trump to "enlighten" him on LGBT rights. (ABC News)
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Under a proposed agreement, sheriffs would be acting on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which would pay to have detainees kept until federal officers can get them. (Associated Press/File)
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Attorney Sam Zaganjori testifies during day two of an evidentiary hearing on whether Owen Labrie will be granted a retrial at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vt., was acquitted in 2015 of raping a 15-year-old classmate when he was 18 in a game of sexual conquest at St. Paul's School in Concord. He was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault and child endangerment, as well as a felony charge of using a computer to lure the girl for sex. (Elizabeth Frantz/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool)
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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2017, file photo, Vice President Mike Pence and President Donald Trump listen to the singing of the national anthem by Jackie Evancho during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Evancho asked Trump in a tweet on Feb. 22, 2017, to meet with her and her transgender sister on transgender rights. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Protesters hold signs in front of an LAPD officer's home in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. A Los Angeles policeman is under investigation after a video appears to show him firing a single round during an off-duty tussle with a 13-year-old boy. No one was injured but two teenagers were arrested after the incident, which spurred dozens of people to protest against police Wednesday night in the streets of Anaheim, where the officer lives and the confrontation occurred. (Joshua Sudock/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Protesters then took to Euclid Street, blocking traffic and marching north toward Ball Road, where they congregated in the intersection for several minutes in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. A Los Angeles policeman is under investigation after a video appears to show him firing a single round during an off-duty tussle with a 13-year-old boy. No one was injured but two teenagers were arrested after the incident, which spurred dozens of people to protest against police Wednesday night in the streets of Anaheim, where the officer lives and the confrontation occurred. (Joshua Sudock/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Protesters then took to Euclid Street, blocking traffic and marching north toward Ball Road, where they congregated in the intersection for several minutes in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. A Los Angeles policeman is under investigation after a video appears to show him firing a single round during an off-duty tussle with a 13-year-old boy. No one was injured but two teenagers were arrested after the incident, which spurred dozens of people to protest against police Wednesday night in the streets of Anaheim, where the officer lives and the confrontation occurred. (Joshua Sudock/The Orange County Register via AP)
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Protesters march towards the off-duty officer's home in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. A Los Angeles policeman is under investigation after a video appears to show him firing a single round during an off-duty tussle with a 13-year-old boy. No one was injured but two teenagers were arrested after the incident, which spurred dozens of people to protest against police Wednesday night in the streets of Anaheim, where the officer lives and the confrontation occurred. (Joshua Sudock/The Orange County Register via AP)
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In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee boys practice before they start their games at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee girls play a basketball game at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee boys fight for the ball during a soccer game at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee boys attend a soccer training session at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
