Why does photo stream duplicate my photos

All my photos from my iphone are getting re-imported into iPhoto by photo stream. I turned it off, but I now have hundreds of duplicates. Apparently the only solutions to remove the duplicates are to do it by hand or purchase 3rd party software. I hate Photo Stream...

Do you have HDR turned on on your iPhone camera? And if you do, is it keeping the original JPG? If it is, it will save two versions of each photo.
Do you have HDR turned on:
Go to Camera App
Tap Options on screen
See if HDR is turned on.
Turn HDR off.
Are you saving the JPG:
Settings > Photos
Turn off Keep Normal Photo

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