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A woman, who exited the Marco Polo apartment complex, is placed in an ambulance as firefighters continue to battle the blaze at the high-rise, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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A paramedic checks on a woman, lying on a median, after she and others exited the Marco Polo apartment complex as firefighters continue to battle a blaze at the high-rise, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Firefighters work at the scene of a multiple-alarm fire at the Marco Polo apartment complex, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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A Honolulu Fire Department helicopter flies near a fire burning on a floor at the Marco Polo apartment complex, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Firefighters on a lower balcony spray water upwards while trying to contain a fire at the Marco Polo apartments, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Smoke billows from the upper floors of the Marco Polo apartment complex, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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Firefighters on several balconies spray water upwards while trying to contain a fire at the Marco Polo apartment complex, Friday, July 14, 2017, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
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In this May 17, 2017, photo, a home sits destroyed in Elk City, Okla., the day after a tornado swept through the area, killing one. Researchers at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla., said Friday, July 14, 2017, that it was able to tell 90 minutes before the storm struck that a specific storm cell would cause significant weather in the area. (AP Photo/Adam Kealoha Causey)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 15, AND THEREAFTER – FILE – In this Oct. 6, 2005, file photo, Barry Kauffman, director of Pennsylvania Common Cause, speaks at a news conference at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania requires a one-year waiting period before lawmakers and agency officials can begin lobbying former colleagues, but Kauffman says he attempted to persuade lawmakers to ban former public officials convicted of felonies from lobbying state officials. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 2014, file photo, philanthropist Howard G. Buffett, son of investor Warren Buffett, participates in a panel discussion at the conference on cover crops and soil health, in Omaha, Neb. Buffett's Foundation has contributed $55.1 million to Decatur, Ill., and its surrounding Macon County with dozens of grants. Buffet says while he plans to eventually return to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, his foundation will stay and continue to assist Decatur. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JULY 15 - In this July 7, 2017 photo, Marty Mesh, executive director of Florida Organic Growers, poses with a pepper plant at Siembra Farms in Gainesville, Fla. Mesh helped form the nonprofit organization to educate farmers and the public about organic production through programs and initiatives. (Andrea Cornejo/The Gainesville Sun via AP)
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In this July 11, 2017 photo, a soldier carries supplies through a damaged neighborhood as the sun sets on the west side of Mosul, Iraq. In only three weeks from June 16 to July 8 bombardment damaged or destroyed nearly a third of the Old City, more than 5,000 buildings, according to a survey by U.N. Habitat using satellite imagery. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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In this July 4, 2017 photo, Iraqi civilians flee fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants through the rubble of destroyed houses in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. The population of the city, once numbering 3 million, has been left battered and exhausted, with hundreds of thousands displaced. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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Debris is strewn about from a partially collapsed home in Land O' Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017.A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has swallowed a home in Florida and severely damaged another. (Alessandra da Pra/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 15 AND THEREAFTER - In a June 27, 2017 photo, Brianna Patrick, environmental education supervisor at the Heinz Wildlife Refuge in Tinicum, Pa., leads a group of campers on a nature walk. (Clem Murray/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 15 AND THEREAFTER - In a June 27, 2017 photo, Larry Maxfield, 10, a day camper at the Heinz Wildlife Refuge in Tinicum, Pa.,inspects a container holding a macro invertebrate that he and his fellow campers pulled from the freshwater tidal marsh. (Clem Murray/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
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In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 photo, former President Jimmy Carter helps build homes for Habitat for Humanity in Edmonton Alberta. Carter was back at a Habitat for Humanity worksite Friday, July 14, 2017, a day after he was hospitalized for dehydration while working with the organization to build homes for needy families in Canada. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
