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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has acknowledged he engaged in "regrettable" behavior and "demonstrated bad judgment," after a British newspaper published a photograph of the swimmer smoking from a bong.

Sports attorney Ryan Smith thinks Michael Phelps should speak to public about his opposition to drug use.

Ryan Smith, a sports attorney and BET talk show host, on Monday spoke to John Roberts on CNN's "American Morning" about how the incident could affect Phelps' career.

John Roberts: What was your reaction to news of this picture of Michael Phelps surfacing?

Ryan Smith: The thing with Michael Phelps is, he's not only been an outspoken athlete against drugs so he's done a lot of testing, he's been supportive of WADA, which is the World Anti-Doping Agency. But he's really a guy of high character.

So you look at this, and my first thought was, "What about his endorsement deals? What's going to happen in those?" A lot of endorsement deals have clauses that say that you can't do bad actions like this, not only crimes, but just things that you do bad in public could result in the termination of your contract. So he could lose a lot of money on this.

Roberts: Now he never really admitted to smoking marijuana. ... The United States Olympic Committee isn't going to sanction him, it looks like, but did call his actions disappointing. But to the greater issue that you were talking about, in terms of his endorsement deals, do you think anybody is going to say, well, this is the straw that broke the camel's back with this guy? He had one incident back in 2004. But are you going to dump Michael Phelps because of this picture?

Smith: It could happen, and the reason why is because a lot of these companies that are sponsoring him really are focused on kids and how actions of their athletes affect children. So that can be a big problem.

The other thing is, unlike an athlete that plays sports every year in the public spotlight, the Olympics for swimmers comes only every four years. So he doesn't have that chance to rehabilitate his image immediately like a lot of other athletes, a basketball player or a football player would.

So companies might say, you know what, let's not work with Michael Phelps right now, because he doesn't really have a chance to redeem himself. A picture says a thousand words, and how can he fight that?

Roberts: How could you turn this around? If you were his attorney, if you were advising him what would you do?

Smith: The first thing I would suggest is a drug test. And I know that that's not required. And I also know that he's not really going to have a problem with swimming in 2012. But I would just show that hey, I'm clean, I'm doing great. The next thing I would do is go out there in the public and talk about the troubles with working with drugs and really show the public that you are not about drug use, you are not about doing bad things in public. You are only about supporting the rules of WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and supporting their drug testing program. So you can show that, hey, this is a minor incident, not a big deal. And really what it's all about is remaining clean.

Roberts: If you were to lay a bet, would you say anybody drops him?

Smith: I would say he'll have some problems. I don't know if I would say that a big sponsor would drop him, but I would say that a more wholesome-oriented sponsor might.

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(CNN) -- The brutal winter storm that caused havoc from Texas to Maine has paralyzed swaths of Kentucky, where officials are working to cope with what they say is the worst power outage in the state's history.

"We are kind of in a state of emergency. It's pretty bad," said iReporter Dwight Stanley of Louisville, Kentucky.

Andrew Melnykovych, spokesman for Kentucky's Public Service Commission, said it is "an indescribable mess everywhere."

Ice storms covered parts of the state Friday, with moderate snowstorms expected to continue into Saturday morning, the National Weather Service said.

Temperatures that dipped into the teens on Friday are expected to rise to the upper 30s to lower 40s on Saturday, the weather service said.

Larry Holeman, deputy emergency management director of rural Grayson County, called his hard-hit community "a war zone."

The emergency reflects the challenges faced in states such as Kentucky, where many rural and remote regions struggle to keep warm and dry under dire weather conditions.

Nine weather-related deaths have been reported, with two confirmed, said the office of Gov. Steve Beshear. A previously confirmed death has since been found to be unrelated to the weather.

In western Louisville, three adults were found dead Friday morning of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator the family brought indoors, Mayor Jerry Abramson said.

The deaths prompted authorities to issue a stern warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide.

"We've lost three citizens because people weren't listening to the fire department when they look into the cameras and talk on the radios and say, 'listen up, carbon monoxide kills,' " Abramson said in a press conference Friday afternoon. "We can't talk enough about it."

The storm caused the largest power outage in Kentucky's history, with more than 607,000 customers out of power.  Watch residents of Grayson County, Kentucky, try to cope with outage Â»

But Melnykovych said that while the state is saying 607,000 customers have lost power, he thinks the number is closer to 650,000 because the state figure comes only from utilities it regulates.

When Hurricane Ike hit in September, 600,000 customers lost power. Melnykovych said the temperature was around 75 degrees and power outages were more of an "inconvenience than a life-threatening situation." iReport.com: Send your wintry weather photos, videos

"Hurricane Ike didn't have this kind of impact," he said.

Of the state's 120 counties, 78 have declared emergencies. So have 47 cities, the governor's office said.

At least 113 emergency shelters have been opened.

Jewel Tomes, who lives in Leitchfield, took shelter at a high school after a complex for the elderly lost power and was "thrilled to have a place to come to."

"The high school here was generous, and more than 500 people have been sheltered here, and we have had cots and blankets and three meals a day. And we had medication," she said.

Around 93,000 customers on 55 water systems remain without access to water because of outages and storm damage.  Photos of storm's impact Â»

Crews across the state were working to clear roads of snow, ice and trees.

A key concern is getting generators to water treatment facilities because of the large number of people without water.

The Kentucky National Guard, which has had 620 soldiers on duty, is bolstering to 1,000 the number of soldiers aiding recovery efforts.

Three of the battalions are headed to Paducah, Owensboro and Benton in the west and others are headed to other hard-hit spots.

The state said the Federal Emergency Management Agency will operate out of a National Guard center in Frankfort.

Beshear praised the Obama administration's prompt reaction to the storm.

"They really hit the ground running," he said. "They're working very hard to get all the equipment and supplies here that we need."

For a third day, Beshear on Friday visited regions of the state slammed by the storm.

"Western Kentucky has obviously been hit very badly by this storm," Beshear said Friday.

It's the first ice storm for Debbie Pelissero, who moved to Lexington from San Diego in May. She took pictures of the "peaceful and surreal" scenes for her California family.

"I never saw anything like it before. I've never lived in anything like this," she said, watching crews salt the road for the next expected storm.

The newcomer is learning a basic principle about her new Kentucky home, uttered by the governor.

Kentuckians, he said are "a very resilient bunch."

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Editor's note: CNN has asked its journalists across the country to offer their thoughts on how the economic crisis is affecting their cities. In this installment, Bob Crowley reports from Boston, Massachusetts.

Hardware store owner Brendan Kenney says "people who have money should go out and spend it."

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- Brendan Kenney has seen enough bad news about the economy.

"I'm also getting tired of being worried," he says.

His family has been running a small hardware store in Brookline, Massachusetts, just outside Boston, for about 56 years. He says business has slowed down a little, but mostly because winter is normally the slow time of year for them.

Though he hopes the stimulus plan will help his and other small businesses, he believes people shouldn't be afraid.

"I think the American consumer holds a lot of power," he continues. "I think people who have money should go out and spend it."

Like many in the Boston area, Kenney doesn't want to hear more discouraging stories and sees that as part of the problem.

"It's just negative story after negative story, kind of creating a crisis of confidence."  Watch Boston-area reaction to the economic slump ÃÂ»

South of Boston, Jose Nieto, from Plainville, has his own reasons to be discouraged. Between September and October of last year, he was laid off twice.

Nieto, a civil engineer who works on road construction projects, had felt fortunate. After losing his job of 14 years, he was able to find employment after only being out of work for two weeks.

After being on the new job for three weeks, however, he got called into the boss's office.

"I said, 'Oh, no. My God, not again.'" He was faced with looking for work in an industry that traditionally slows down in the winter months.

"It's more than losing your job. It gives you a feeling of rejection," he says. Yet, Nieto feels this is a time to learn valuable lessons, especially for those who need to dip into their savings when unemployment checks don't cover all of the bills.

"I think a lot of people will learn from this situation, and, going forward, they'll try to save more money."

He has been trying to stay healthy, busy and positive. Passing the time working on projects in his basement workshop and taking yoga classes has helped him get through the rough spots, and his luck is turning. He was offered a job that starts in March.

"It is a relief, because I'm employed," he says, "however, I'm taking a job for much less money."

Nieto believes that most employers cannot afford to hire at the salaries they could offer in the past.

Like Kenney's hardware store, Sue Stein's American craft gallery, also in Brookline, is not seeing any major shifts in her business, yet.

"Our business has been certainly down, but not devastating," she says.

Fire Opal, her gallery, sells everything from earrings to pottery to scarves, all made by artists from around the country.

To keep her business healthy, she says, she is trying to make adjustments like buying less merchandise. But she is changing her approach to her customers as well.

She says she tries to keep "understanding that people are having a hard time and trying to find things that are more in their price range."

Like Kenney and Nieto, Stein is also trying to stay optimistic.

"I think if we all are very careful," she says, "we'll sort of ride it out and then things will adjust."

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- With U.S. gasoline prices setting records, opponents of the war in Iraq have raised a new complaint this week: The budget windfall that skyrocketing oil prices has given Baghdad.

Iraqi employees attend the opening ceremony of a new oil refinery plant in Najaf, Iraq, on March 15.

Crude oil futures topped $112 a barrel in Wednesday's intraday trading in New York -- up from about $35 a barrel before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Though Iraq's oil exports have yet to top prewar levels, the price rise has meant a $6.4 billion surplus for the Iraqi government, according to the Pentagon's last quarterly report on the war.

With the five-year-old war's cost to U.S. taxpayers estimated at more than $600 billion, the Iraqi windfall provoked sharp questions from Congress during two days of testimony by the top U.S. officials in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.

"This nation's facing record deficits, and the Iraqis have translated their oil revenues into budget surpluses rather than effective services," Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, the Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday.

"Under these circumstances and with a strategic risk to our nation and our military readiness, we and the American people must ask: Why should we stay in Iraq in large numbers?"

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California, proposed the Iraqi government pay the cost of stationing U.S. troops in its country under any future agreement between Washington and Baghdad -- and said he would introduce legislation to require that.

"The United States government and the people of the United States have paid an awful price," Rohrabacher said. "It's time for the Iraqis to pay that price for their own protection."

Crocker said Iraq has allocated $13 billion for reconstruction projects in 2008 and plans to add another $5 billion this summer. The U.S. focus will shift to improving Iraq's economy at the local level and expanding its export capacity, he said.

"The era of U.S.-funded major infrastructure projects is over. We are seeking to ensure that our assistance, in partnership with the Iraqis, leverages Iraq's own resources," he said.

Five years after Baghdad fell to a U.S.-led army, many Iraqis still lack basic services such as water, sewer connections and electricity. Nevertheless, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the government is "doing its best" to spend money to improve the country.

"I think the government has a responsibility, definitely, to care for its people, to provide services and to use the oil money for reconstruction and development," Zebari said.

The United States has committed about $45 billion to Iraq's reconstruction since the March 2003 invasion, according to a report last month from the Government Accountability Office.

The agency, the investigative arm of Congress, concluded that Iraq's oil revenues could top $100 billion in 2007 and 2008.

When President Bush announced he was dispatching almost 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq in January 2007, he told Americans that Iraqis would spend $10 billion on reconstruction projects and pass a law allocating the country's oil wealth as steps toward a political settlement of the war.

The GAO, however, found Iraq had spent only 7 percent of that budget by November 2007, and the proposed oil law has stalled in the country's fractious parliament.

Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh blamed the ongoing insurgency and the "socialist command economy" left behind by ousted dictator Saddam Hussein for the slow pace of reconstruction.

"At the time we were trying to reform it, open up the system, when we are faced with the terrible challenge of al Qaeda and this tornado of terrorism afflicting the society day in, day out," Saleh said. "People should not be too judgmental."

But Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, said Tuesday the issue is "a burr in the saddle of the American people" -- particularly since Bush administration officials told Congress before the invasion that Iraq could finance its own reconstruction with oil revenues.

Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina -- a Republican opponent of the war -- pointed out the United States "is borrowing money from foreign governments to pay our bills" while oil and gas prices have more than doubled.

"The issue is that we in this Congress are going to be cutting programs to help our elderly with health care," he said Wednesday.

"The American people want to know that the Iraqi government understands that we do not have treasure and blood to go on and on and on." E-mail to a friend

CNN's Jill Dougherty in Baghdad contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama each accused the other of borrowing portions of their presidential campaign speeches Monday.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, left,  on the stump with Sen. Barack Obama.

The Clinton campaign accused Obama of borrowing from a close supporter, and the Illinois senator responded by saying his own words have been used by Clinton.

On a conference call with reporters, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said it was clear Obama had "lifted rhetoric" from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.

Late Monday, Clinton followed up with a swipe of her own.

"If your whole candidacy is about words, then they should be your own words," Clinton said in Madison, Wisconsin. "That's what I think."

Obama downplayed the significance of the accusation.

"I've written two books, wrote most of my speeches. So I think putting aside the question ... in terms of whether my words are my own, I think that would be carrying it too far," Obama said.

"Deval and I do trade ideas all the time, and you know he's occasionally used lines of mine," Obama said.

Obama said he also used some of Deval's words at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Wisconsin.

"I would add I've noticed on occasion Sen. Clinton has used words of mine as well," said Obama. "As I said before, I really don't think this is too big of a deal."

Obama campaign officials said Clinton had a pattern of borrowing from some of her rival's signature phrases, including "Yes, We Can" and "Fired Up, Ready to Go." They circulated a YouTube video and list of these alleged instances to reporters.

The Clinton campaign earlier pointed to similarities between the words of Obama and Patrick that have raised eyebrows and attracted traffic on YouTube.

A central passage in a speech Obama gave Saturday -- aimed at convincing voters that his campaign is not just about lofty rhetoric -- is adapted from one that Patrick used in his 2006 campaign, the Obama campaign said when asked about it.

The controversy is lost on the Massachusetts governor, who endorsed Obama.

Obama's campaign had Patrick call the New York Times over the weekend and issue a statement.

"Senator Obama and I are long-time friends and allies. We often share ideas about politics, policy and language," Patrick said in the statement. "The argument in question, on the value of words in the public square, is one about which he and I have spoken frequently before. Given the recent attacks from Senator Clinton, I applaud him responding in just the way he did."  Watch a comparison of Obama's and Patrick's speeches Â»

The Obama campaign also confirmed comments chief strategist David Axelrod -- an adviser on Obama's Senate campaign and Patrick's gubernatorial run -- made to the New York Times about the speeches.

"They often riff off one another. They share a world view," Axelrod told the Times about Obama and Patrick. "Both of them are effective speakers whose words tend to get requoted and arguments tend to be embraced widely."

Responding to attacks from Clinton that he offers words while she offers action, Obama has been arguing that words matter.

Saturday night at a gala for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Obama said to frequent applause, "Don't tell me words don't matter! 'I have a dream.' Just words. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.' Just words. 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself.' Just words, just speeches!"

In 2006, Patrick, fending off attacks from his rival Kerry Healey, told a crowd, "Her dismissive point, and I hear it a lot from her staff, is all I have to offer is words. Just words. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal' -- just words. Just words. 'We have nothing to fear but fear itself' -- just words. 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country' -- just words. 'I have a dream' -- just words."

Clinton has argued that while Obama provides rousing speeches, she has the stronger grasp of the issues and the knowledge of how to use the presidency to start making changes from "day one."

Speaking last week at a General Motors plant in Ohio, she said, "There's a big difference between us -- speeches versus solutions, talk versus action. You know, some people may think words are change. But you and I know better. Words are cheap. I know it takes work." E-mail to a friend

CNN's Josh Levs, Rebecca Sinderbrand and Chris Welch contributed to this report.

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PICHER, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Wearing powder blue pants and a plaid fedora, 84-year-old Orval "Hoppy" Ray arrived fashionably late to a celebration in Picher, Oklahoma, a vacated mining town at the center of one of the nation's largest and most polluted toxic-waste sites.

Hoppy Ray, 84, was among the last people to leave the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma.

Former residents, bought out by the government because their town was deemed so dangerous, gathered in Picher's elementary school to say farewell to a place where kids suffered lead poisoning, where homes built atop underground mines plunged into the Earth and where the local creek coughs up orange water, laced with heavy metals.

A toothpick dangling out of the corner of his chapped mouth, Ray greeted several old friends as if he were in any other small town in America.

"Hello there, Hoppy! How the hell are ya?" one called out.

Gray mountains of toxic gravel loomed behind the school, just out of sight, as Hoppy hobbled past a bundle of balloons and through the front doors, cane in hand. He tipped his hat as he entered.

"Looks like a good crowd," he said. "Everybody seems to be havin' a good time. That's the main thing."

In a town this tragic and for a person as stubborn as Hoppy, that's a big statement.

As his abandoned town fades to dust, Hoppy has gone into the business of memories. He wants to remind townspeople, and the world, that a person's home should always be loved -- no matter how toxic.  See Hoppy share memories of Picher Â»

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Hoppy didn't understand what all of the fuss was about.

It was 2006, and the federal government announced it would pay people to leave Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site, which is part of the government's toxic-waste cleanup program. A report had found that much of the area was at risk of collapsing into the extensive lead and zinc mines.  Timeline: How Picher became toxic Â»

The buyout plan was seen as a blessing by some scared families.

But not Hoppy.

Hoppy swore he wouldn't leave his hometown, that he would die before he'd leave Picher, even if his electricity and water were turned off.

He'd grown up there, worked in the mines alongside his father -- and all three of his brothers. But Picher was more than a place to make money. It was a place of patriotism and purpose: The metals they dug out of caves deep in the ground were processed and turned into bullets that armed U.S. soldiers in both world wars.

The wars ended, though, and so did the world's interest in Picher. By 1970, the last mine shut down.

Hoppy's family stayed.

They couldn't leave a place that had threaded itself into their lives so deeply.

* * * * *

After making a quick stop in the crowded school cafeteria, Hoppy found a more suitable post on the sidelines of the reunion, in a narrow hallway.

He sat in a chair with a smirk on his face, using his cane to ping friends in the shins, or sometimes in the groin, to get their attention.

"This here's the last man standing," one man said, chuckling, as he stopped by Hoppy's seat.

Hoppy's son and grandson arrived with several cardboard boxes of books, pulled from the bed of the old miner's pickup. With the help of another local-history buff, Hoppy has self-published three books. The latest, "Just Call Me Hoppy," chronicles his memories of a pre-toxic Picher, a time he believes everyone else has forgotten.

The book begins in 1925, when the mines were at their peak -- and the year Hoppy was born.

At 17, he left Picher to fight in World War II. After he was injured when his Navy ship was hit by a suicide bomber, Hoppy returned home to finish high school and go to work in the mines.

In those years, Picher was a bustling town with neon signs "like Las Vegas," Hoppy recalled.  See photos of the town Â»

When the mines slowed down and money was tight, Hoppy hustled billiard tables at a pool hall downtown. When the mines shut entirely, he bought the pool hall and hung on its walls some of his dad's mining gear: a kerosene lamp, a helmet.

The items puzzled kids who came into the Pastime Pool Hall. What were the mines like? they asked Hoppy. What did they mine for, anyway?

Shocked by the younger generation's ignorance, Hoppy became a collector. He asked the kids to bring in mining memorabilia. In exchange, he'd let them shoot a few rounds of pool for free.

"I thought it was important that people ought to know what Picher's role was in two world wars," Hoppy said. "Hell, to me, it was important. ... Without the mines here in Ottawa County [Oklahoma], those wars would've lasted a lot longer."

Hoppy's book details Picher's patriotic spirit, its sense of purpose during the wars. But it mentions the Superfund buyout only in passing and never explains that the town is toxic. It doesn't say that four of Hoppy's great-grandchildren tested for high levels of lead in their blood. They are among the victims of Picher's toxic legacy.

Hoppy figures the world hears plenty about all that. He'd rather focus on the Picher he loves. The walls of his pool hall -- the sign in the window says "Hoppy's Museum" -- are now papered with photos and artifacts.

Neighboring buildings are boarded up, their windows broken, the paint peeling. Tree-size weeds crack the sidewalks.

Hoppy's pool hall breathes life into this abandoned place, where only a few people still live. On Monday nights, he opens the doors to local musicians. When he goes home, he leaves a single bulb lit over the door.

It's the only light on the street.

* * * * *

One morning, about two weeks before Picher's June 13 reunion, Hoppy's son moved his dad out of town while Hoppy was at his favorite restaurant eating breakfast.

Hoppy was furious.

"I unlocked the door ... and I didn't have a stick of furniture," he said. He stood in the entryway in disbelief.

David Ray showed up behind his dad, bearing the news that Picher had left him behind. It was time to go. He was moving to Miami, a town just 10 miles south.

Hoppy remains bewildered by the situation. He lies awake at night in his new home. He tunes the television to a country-music station and blares familiar songs to try to lull himself to sleep.

On the rare instances when that has worked, Hoppy has dreamed of a pre-toxic Picher. He sees packed movie theaters and bar fights.

He sees the people from the photos on the walls of his pool hall, all of whom are gone.

Some mornings, Hoppy leaves breakfast and drives to his old home instead of his new one in Miami, as if he's on autopilot.

His house in Picher, the one where he lived for nearly half a century, is tagged with yellow spray paint: TBCD.

To be condemned.

Why is moving just 10 miles away so devastating?

Outside Picher, the mining town's former residents are branded "lead heads" and "chat rats." People wonder whether living in the polluted area made them stupid.

Like any downtrodden group, Picher residents once found strength in numbers, in their insulated community.

Now they must find their way in a larger world -- a world they don't fully understand, one that understands them only as the products of a toxic town.

It's no wonder they seek solace in memories.

* * * * *

From his post in the hallway at Picher's wake, Hoppy sold $300 worth of books -- not enough to cover costs but enough to leave him satisfied.

His night was cut short when the muscles in his chest seized up.

He had two heart attacks in recent weeks, and doctors said the stress was getting to him.

Hoppy's son told his dad he was "out of gas." It was time to go.

Hoppy's family loaded his unsold books back into the bed of his pickup, and the old miner drove down empty streets to a still-unfamiliar home.

He says he moved to Miami "under protest." But he's easing to the idea a bit.

"They told me they were gonna move me to Miami," he joked, "and I said, 'Over my dead body, you will!' "

He continued, changing tone: " 'Oh, well,' I said, 'I've been dead from the waist down now for 10 years anyway.' "

He has found purpose by resurrecting Picher's untold story -- at the pool hall, at the reunion and through his books.

He's not happy about having to leave his home. But he's no longer the stubborn man who couldn't dream of the world beyond Picher.

"There's not any point in thinking about it," he said, "because there ain't a damn thing you can do about it -- just break out, go someplace else and start all over again."

The walls in his new living room are still bare. But he has ordered two 6-foot-long murals of Picher, photographs of the town in its heyday.

The mountains of gravel waste were smaller then -- and growing. For Hoppy, the photos capture a town on the upswing.

He went to Picher's wake expecting it to feel like a funeral.

He left with a sense of relief.

And afterward, for the first time in weeks, he slept through the night.

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text: of

text: his

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text: a

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text: wars

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text: so

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text: interest

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text: cane

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text: groin

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text: attention

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text: 's

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text: he

text: stopped

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text: seat

text: Hoppy

text: 's

text: son

text: and

text: grandson

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text: with

text: several

text: cardboard

text: boxes

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text: books

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text: from

text: the

text: bed

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text: the

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text: 's

text: pickup

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text: Call

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text: memories

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text: forgotten

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text: book

text: begins

text: in

text: when

text: the

text: mines

text: were

text: at

text: their

text: peak

text: and

text: the

text: year

text: Hoppy

text: was

text: born

text: At

text: he

text: left

text: Picher

text: to

text: fight

text: in

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: After

text: he

text: was

text: injured

text: when

text: his

text: Navy

text: ship

text: was

text: hit

text: by

text: a

text: suicide

text: bomber

text: Hoppy

text: returned

text: home

text: to

text: finish

text: high

text: school

text: and

text: go

text: to

text: work

text: in

text: the

text: mines

text: In

text: those

text: years

text: Picher

text: was

text: a

text: bustling

text: town

text: with

text: neon

text: signs

text: like

text: Las

text: Vegas

text: Hoppy

text: recalled

text: See

text: photos

text: of

text: the

text: town

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text: down

text: and

text: money

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text: pool

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text: dad

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text: mining

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text: the

text: Pastime

text: Pool

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text: mines

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text: Hoppy

text: What

text: did

text: they

text: mine

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text: the

text: younger

text: generation

text: 's

text: ignorance

text: Hoppy

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text: collector

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text: the

text: kids

text: to

text: bring

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text: mining

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text: rounds

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text: Hell

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text: important

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text: mines

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text: a

text: lot

text: longer

text: Hoppy

text: 's

text: book

text: details

text: Picher

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text: patriotic

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text: of

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text: the

text: wars

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text: the

text: Superfund

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text: in

text: passing

text: and

text: never

text: explains

text: that

text: the

text: town

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text: toxic

text: It

text: does

text: n't

text: say

text: that

text: four

text: of

text: Hoppy

text: 's

text: great

text: grandchildren

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text: for

text: high

text: levels

text: of

text: lead

text: in

text: their

text: blood

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text: among

text: the

text: victims

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text: Picher

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text: toxic

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text: the

text: world

text: hears

text: plenty

text: about

text: all

text: that

text: He

text: 'd

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text: focus

text: on

text: the

text: Picher

text: he

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text: The

text: walls

text: of

text: his

text: pool

text: hall

text: the

text: sign

text: in

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text: window

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text: Hoppy

text: 's

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text: papered

text: with

text: photos

text: and

text: artifacts

text: Neighboring

text: buildings

text: are

text: boarded

text: up

text: their

text: windows

text: broken

text: the

text: paint

text: peeling

text: Tree

text: size

text: weeds

text: crack

text: the

text: sidewalks

text: Hoppy

text: 's

text: pool

text: hall

text: breathes

text: life

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text: abandoned

text: place

text: where

text: only

text: a

text: few

text: people

text: still

text: live

text: On

text: Monday

text: nights

text: he

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text: the

text: doors

text: to

text: local

text: musicians

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text: he

text: goes

text: home

text: he

text: leaves

text: a

text: single

text: bulb

text: lit

text: over

text: the

text: door

text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: only

text: light

text: on

text: the

text: street

text: One

text: morning

text: about

text: two

text: weeks

text: before

text: Picher

text: 's

text: June

text: reunion

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text: 's

text: son

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text: dad

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text: town

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text: eating

text: breakfast

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text: I

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text: door

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text: I

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text: He

text: stood

text: in

text: the

text: entryway

text: in

text: disbelief

text: David

text: Ray

text: showed

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text: behind

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text: dad

text: bearing

text: the

text: news

text: that

text: Picher

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text: him

text: behind

text: It

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text: time

text: to

text: go

text: He

text: was

text: moving

text: to

text: Miami

text: a

text: town

text: just

text: miles

text: south

text: Hoppy

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text: by

text: the

text: situation

text: He

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text: awake

text: at

text: night

text: in

text: his

text: new

text: home

text: He

text: tunes

text: the

text: television

text: to

text: a

text: country

text: music

text: station

text: and

text: blares

text: familiar

text: songs

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text: to

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text: to

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text: rare

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text: a

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text: bar

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text: the

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text: the

text: photos

text: on

text: the

text: walls

text: of

text: his

text: pool

text: hall

text: all

text: of

text: whom

text: are

text: gone

text: Some

text: mornings

text: Hoppy

text: leaves

text: breakfast

text: and

text: drives

text: to

text: his

text: old

text: home

text: instead

text: of

text: his

text: new

text: one

text: in

text: Miami

text: as

text: if

text: he

text: 's

text: on

text: autopilot

text: His

text: house

text: in

text: Picher

text: the

text: one

text: where

text: he

text: lived

text: for

text: nearly

text: half

text: a

text: century

text: is

text: tagged

text: with

text: yellow

text: spray

text: paint

text: TBCD

text: To

text: be

text: condemned

text: Why

text: is

text: moving

text: just

text: miles

text: away

text: so

text: devastating

text: Outside

text: Picher

text: the

text: mining

text: town

text: 's

text: former

text: residents

text: are

text: branded

text: lead

text: heads

text: and

text: chat

text: rats

text: People

text: wonder

text: whether

text: living

text: in

text: the

text: polluted

text: area

text: made

text: them

text: stupid

text: Like

text: any

text: downtrodden

text: group

text: Picher

text: residents

text: once

text: found

text: strength

text: in

text: numbers

text: in

text: their

text: insulated

text: community

text: Now

text: they

text: must

text: find

text: their

text: way

text: in

text: a

text: larger

text: world

text: a

text: world

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: fully

text: understand

text: one

text: that

text: understands

text: them

text: only

text: as

text: the

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text: upswing

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question: What site is the one of oldest, largest most polluted toxic-waste sites in U.S?

answer: Picher, Oklahoma,

text: Picher, Oklahoma,

question: What is prone to collapse?

answer: Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site,

text: Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site,

question: What does the program pay people to do?

answer: to leave Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site,

text: to leave Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site,

question: What does the governement program pay people to do?

answer: leave Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site,

text: leave Picher and the Tar Creek Superfund Site,

question: What state is Picher in?

answer: Oklahoma

text: Oklahoma

question: What town is full of toxins?

answer: Picher, Oklahoma.

text: Picher, Oklahoma.