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Waves pound the sandbagged seawall in Kivalina, Alaska, Sept., 2007. (AP)

Waves pound the sandbagged seawall in Kivalina, Alaska, Sept., 2007. (AP)

**FILE**Waves are shown pounding against the sandbagged seawall in Kivalina, Alaska, Thursday, in this Sept. 13, 2007 file photo. The city of Kivalina and a federally recognized tribe, the Alaska Native village of Kivalina, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008, sued Exxon Mobil Corp. and eight other oil companies, plus 14 power companies and one coal company, claiming that the large amounts of greenhouse gases they emit contribute to global warming that threatens the community’s existence. (AP Photo/Mary Sage, file)

FILE- In this June 10, 2009 file photo, vocalist Steven Tyler, of the rock band Aerosmith, performs at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Maryland Heights, Mo. Tyler is thanking the Sturgis Police Department and others who helped him after he fell off the stage during a performance at the city's famous motorcycle rally earlier this month. Tyler says in a lengthy statement issued Thursday that he broke his left shoulder and needed 20 stitches in his head after the Aug. 5 accident in Sturgis, S.D. (AP)

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