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Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant (2) scrambles from the pocket against South Carolina linebacker T.J. Brunson (6) during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. Clemson defeated South Carolina 34-10. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford) **FILE**

Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma, Wisconsin are College Football Playoff top 4

By Ralph D. Russo - Associated Press

This Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, file photo, shows one of an assortment of marijuana strains during the High Times Harvest Cup in San Bernardino, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, file)

California’s legal pot countdown: What’s coming by Jan. 1

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Central Florida wide receiver Tre'Quan Smith (4) makes the catch as SMU defensive back Jordan Wyatt (15) defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Mike Stone)

No. 15 UCF stays undefeated with 31-24 victory over SMU

By JEFF CARLTON - Associated Press

The ruins of a jail remain in Giltedge, Mont., also spelled as Gilt Edge. Western legend Calamity Jane once walked these streets. Thousands did. This town was as big as Fort Benton is now. (Kristen Inbody /The Great Falls Tribune via AP)

The changing faces of 4 central Montana ghost towns

By KRISTEN INBODY - Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reacts to applause as she is introduced by William Treanor, Dean and Executive Vice President of Georgetown University Law Center, at the Georgetown University Law Center campus in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish new year service

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

This image made from video of a news bulletin aired by North Korea's KRT on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, shows what was said to be North Korea leader Kim Jung Un, center, applauding after the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo. Keeping North Korea from having a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile has long been considered a key U.S. red line; and one Pyongyang has thumbed its nose at for years. Its Fourth of July ICBM launch is just the latest step in its long march toward, and maybe over, that line. (KRT via AP Video)

How North Korea made it from Kim’s New Year’s boast to ICBM

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

People watch a TV screen in Tokyo showing a live broadcast from Florida of a news conference by U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a missile launch by North Korea, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. North Korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and an implicit challenge to Trump, who stood with the Japanese leader as Abe called the move &quot;absolutely intolerable.&quot; Details of the launch, including the type of missile, were scant. (Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP)

The Latest: Chinese newspaper says address NKorea’s concerns

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This Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014 photo shows money that was found by workers going through donated clothing at the Monroe Goodwill store in Monroe, Mich. While sorting through a recent donation, Tyler Gedelian came upon a wallet and several envelopes containing what he knew to be a significant sum of money. He contacted the Monroe Police Dept., handing over all the cash, and the wallet bearing an old identification card belonging to the clothes' owner. Police discovered the total amount to be $43,100.00, and were able to track down the relatives who made the donation so that the money can be returned to the family. (AP Photo/The Monroe Evening News, Kim Brent)

Advice for a smarter 2017

By Richard Berman

FILE - In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Tiger Woods stands on the 18th green during the trophy ceremony for Quicken Loans National PGA golf tournament winner Billy Hurley III in Bethesda, Md. Woods discusses his impending return to Riviera for the Genesis Open in February, the hometown tournament that golf's aging superstar has skipped since 2006. Despite his love for the venerable course, Woods has never won there. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Tiger Woods returns to Riviera, where PGA Tour career began

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows convicted murderer Ricky Gray who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening, Jan. 18, 2017, at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Gray is scheduled to be put to death for the murders of 9-year-old Stella Harvey and 4-year-old sister, Ruby, as well as their parents Bryan and Kathryn Harvey in 2006. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP)

Man convicted of killing family of 4 is executed in Virginia

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Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian answers questions during media day for the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Clemson Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

TV ratings dip for CFP championship on ESPN; streaming up

By RALPH D. RUSSO - Associated Press

NY woman charged in New Year’s Day slaying of mother of 3

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Passion project: Woman remodels DeQuincy cottage

By RITA LEBLEU - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, JAN. 8, 2017- In this Dec. 30, 2016 photo, the Parker family, father Odie, second from right, mother Stacy right, children Shea, background left, and Trevon, left, pose with Julie Martin Richard, and Richard's husband building contractor Jonathon, in their repaired home which was damaged by Hurricane Matthew, in Hope Mills, N.C. (Melissa McKinney /The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

Volunteers repair home damaged by Hurricane Matthew

By KIM HASTY - Associated Press

Congress Planning Huge Tax Burden Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Safeguarding the interests of the American consumer

By Brian J Wise

People walk over the Golden Horn Bridge in Istanbul, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks _ including the nightclub massacre of New Year’s revelers, most of them foreigners _ and uncertainty following the failed coup in July against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that saw more than 270 people killed. AP Photo/ Emrah Gurel)

Turkey’s tourism takes big hit after extremist attacks

By CINAR KIPER and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

Dustin Johnson tips his cap on the 18th green during the pro-am at the Tournament of Champions golf event, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Dustin Johnson puts great year behind him, ready to move on

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

Carnations left at the scene around photo of victims as people protest an attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. An assailant believed to be armed with a long-barrelled weapon, opened fire at the nightclub in Istanbul's Ortakoy district during New Year's celebrations, killing dozens of people and wounding many others.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Latest: Turkey makes veiled threat over Incirlik

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