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Bob Orso of Covina, takes a closer photo of the historic locomotive Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Metrolink Station in Covina, Calif., on Sunday, Jan., 26, 2014. The locomotive will head for Colton over the next several weeks before No. 4014 departs for Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Los Angeles County Sheriff officers keep spectators away the tracks as they try to take pictures the historic locomotive, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Metrolink Station in Covina, Calif., on Sunday, Jan., 26, 2014. The locomotive will head for Colton over the next several weeks before No. 4014 departs for Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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A "BIG Boy" written in chalk at the historic locomotive Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Metrolink Station, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Covina, Calif. The locomotive will head for Colton over the next several weeks before No. 4014 departs for Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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Spectators take pictures of the historic locomotive Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Metrolink Station, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, in Covina, Calif. The locomotive will head for Colton over the next several weeks before No. 4014 departs for Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

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"I've been doing lots of events and the overwhelming sentiment is that we need to extend emergency unemployment compensation for million of Americans who are still looking for work but can't find it," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Democrat. (associated press)

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President Obama's State of the Union address will strike themes intended to fire up Democratic voters for the midterm elections, including proposals for a nearly 40 percent hike in the federal minimum wage and an extension of long-term unemployment benefits. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)