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From left, University of Idaho General Counsel Kent Nelson, Police Chief James Fry, Dean of Students Blaine Eckles and police Captain Tyson Berrett confer before a news conference on Friday, April 14, 2017, in Moscow, Idaho. The press conference was held to provide more information about a rocket fuel explosion that injured multiple University of Idaho students Thursday evening. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)
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Moscow Police Chief James Fry, right, and University of Idaho Vice President For Infrastructure Dan Ewart give a news conference on campus on Friday, April 14, 2017, in Moscow, Idaho. They spoke about a rocket fuel explosion that injured multiple University of Idaho students Thursday evening. (Geoff Crimmins/The Moscow-Pullman Daily News via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2017 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders wave at the audience as they arrive onstage at an event at LaGuardia Community College, in New York for the announcement of Cuomo's proposal for free tuition at state colleges. Democrats still smarting from Hillary Clinton's presidential loss are already looking for a new standard bearer for 2020. And some observers say Cuomo is already acting like it, increasingly positioning himself with party leaders, aiming his message at middle-class angst and touting measures such as free tuition as an example of the kind of big ideas he can accomplish. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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FILE - In this April 12, 2017 file photo provided by the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Hillary Clinton applauds as Gov. Cuomo speaks from the podium at LaGuardia Community College in the Queens borough of New York during a ceremonial bill signing of the a first-in-the nation free tuition plan for students from middle-class families. Speculation Cuomo is plotting a run for president grew louder this week after his appearance with Hillary Clinton and budget plan some observers say reads like a map to the White House. (Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP, FIle)
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In this March 17, 2017 photo, Larry Shimmin, who heads the Building Trades program at United Township High School, poses for a photo in front of a student-built house in Silvis, Ill. The students had help from electricians, plumbers and other builders when they needed specific expertise or equipment the program does not possess, but otherwise, did much of the work. (Brian Achenbach/The Dispatch via AP)
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In this March 30, 2017 photo, Hadar Hartstein, aka Miss Kindergarten, who has made a career of selling lesson plans to teachers, poses for a photograph at her home in Lake Forest, Calif. Hartstein is one of the most successful contributors of Teachers Pay Teachers, an online marketplace for teacher-created materials. She creates materials for teaching activities, takes photos of them, then sells the ideas online and says she has earned more than $1 million in sales over the past six years. (AP Photo/Amanda Lee Myers)
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In this Monday, April 3, 2017, photo, Samantha Cucu types on a laptop inside her classroom at Tappan Middle School in Ann Arbor, Mich. The English and language arts teacher is among a number of educators nationwide who purchase lessons from other teachers online. One site, Teachers Pay Teachers, said it has helped make millionaires out of some of its contributors since launching about 10 years ago. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)
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In this Monday April 3, 2017, photo, Mary Beth Nerone, a former middle-school teacher from Rochester, N.Y., shows materials from her online store in New York. After losing her job as a language arts teacher to budget cuts three years ago, Nerone began stocking the store with writing, poetry and other curricula exercises she created for other teachers to purchase. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this Monday April 3, 2017, photo, Mary Beth Nerone, a former middle-school teacher from Rochester, N.Y., display materials from her online store in New York. After losing her job as a language arts teacher to budget cuts three years ago, Nerone began stocking the store with writing, poetry and other curricula exercises she created for other teachers to purchase. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this Monday April 3, 2017, photo, Mary Beth Nerone, a former middle-school teacher from Rochester, N.Y., shows materials from her online store, in New York. After losing her job as a language arts teacher to budget cuts three years ago, Nerone began stocking the store with writing, poetry and other curricula exercises she created for other teachers to purchase. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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In this Saturday, April 8, 2017, Professor Ryan Mathur, left, prepares geological equipment to search for old lead mines with other geologists and Juniata College students in a field in Tyrone Township, Pa. The students prepared days earlier by plotting out possible sites for the search. (Ryan Brown /Altoona Mirror via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the San Bernardino City Unified School District shows Jonathan Martinez, who was killed in a San Bernardino special-education classroom on Monday, April 10, 2017. Martinez died at a hospital after being shot Monday in his classroom by the estranged husband of his teacher, Karen Smith, who also was killed. The gunman, Cedric Anderson, then fatally shot himself. (Courtesy of San Bernardino City Unified School District via AP)
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In this Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. For those who can’t afford to pay their student loan bill, experts advise not to blow it off. There are other options that can save you from financial ruin. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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People pray before placing flowers at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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People pray before placing flowers at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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After placing flowers, people turn away from a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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After leading a prayer group, Marie Cabrera, right, embraces one of the group members near a sidewalk memorial dedicated to the teacher and student who were shot to death Monday at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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A man places wreathes, including one from President Donald Trump, left, at a sidewalk memorial to the teacher and student who were shot to death at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino, Calif., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)