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FILE-The Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, file photo of missing teacher Tara Grinstead is prominently displayed on a billboard in Ocilla, Ga. Grinstead's disappearance on Oct. 22, 2005, was marked by a ceremony in Ocilla. Authorities in rural south Georgia say they plan to update the public, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, on their 11-year search for a missing teacher. A former beauty queen who taught at Irwin County High School, Grinstead was 30 years old when she vanished in October 2005 from her home. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor, File)
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This Feb 22, 2017 photo released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation shows Ryan Alexander Duke, in Georgia. Duke was arrested by authorities on murder charges in the disappearance of a high school teacher in rural south Georgia more than 11 years ago. (Georgia Bureau of Investigation via AP)
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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2016 file photo, singer Rihanna poses for photographers as she arrives to Christian Dior's Spring-Summer 2017 ready-to-wear fashion collection presented in Paris. Harvard University will present the singer with the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, during a ceremony on campus in Cambridge, Mass., (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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Attorney Sam Zaganjori testifies during day two of an evidentiary hearing on whether Owen Labrie will be granted a retrial at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vt., was acquitted in 2015 of raping a 15-year-old classmate when he was 18 in a game of sexual conquest at St. Paul's School in Concord. He was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault and child endangerment, as well as a felony charge of using a computer to lure the girl for sex. (Elizabeth Frantz/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool)
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Purdue's P.J. Thompson (11) drives to the basket against Penn State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Purdue won 74-70 in overtime. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
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Maryland's Melo Trimble, left, reaches for a steal as American's Saeed Nelson dribbles during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Nov. 11, 2016 in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton) **FILE**
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Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, stands near the edge of the House floor Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, during debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Rep. Marcus Riccelli, D-Spokane, center-left, and Rep. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, center right, confer on the House floor, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, during debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. Both sides will now need to negotiate a final compromise. Lawmakers are working to comply with a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that they must fully fund the state's basic education system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver, speaks on the House floor, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, during debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. Both sides will now need to negotiate a final compromise. Lawmakers are working to comply with a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that they must fully fund the state's basic education system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Rep. Kristine Lytton, D-Anacortes, left, speaks on the House floor Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, during debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. Both sides will now need to negotiate a final compromise. Lawmakers are working to comply with a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that they must fully fund the state's basic education system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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House Speaker Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, walks on the House floor, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, during debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. Both sides will now need to negotiate a final compromise. Lawmakers are working to comply with a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that they must fully fund the state's basic education system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Students from Camas High School in Camas, Wash., observe an extended debate over education funding, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. Both sides will now need to negotiate a final compromise. Lawmakers are working to comply with a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that they must fully fund the state's basic education system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Speaker of the House Frank Chopp, D-Seattle, center, stands with Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, left, and Rep. Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island, right, near the wings of the House floor Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, during debate over education funding at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House approved its education funding proposal Wednesday, just weeks after the Republican-led Senate passed its own plan. Both sides will now need to negotiate a final compromise. Lawmakers are working to comply with a 2012 state Supreme Court ruling that they must fully fund the state's basic education system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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FILE- In this March 25, 2016 file photo, Florida State guard Leticia Romero shoots during college basketball practice in the regional semifinals of the women's NCAA tournament in Dallas. Florida State's seniors have the most wins as a class in school history but this is their last chance to get the No. 8 Seminoles to the Women's Final Four for the first time in school history. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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FILE- In this March 21, 2016 file photo, Florida State coach Sue Semrau, talks with Brittany Brown (12) during the second half of a college basketball game against Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. Florida State's seniors have the most wins as a class in school history but this is their last chance to get the No. 8 Seminoles to the Women's Final Four for the first time in school history. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Feb. 16, 2017, photo, Zade Johnson, a senior at Logan High School, poses for a photo in La Crosse, Wis. Johnson was 17 when he first became homeless. Johnson became homeless to escape a bad family situation, and now stays with a family he was close to at church.(Erik Daily/La Crosse Tribune via AP)
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Attorney Jaye Rancourt, right, looks over copies of emails between St. Paul School students with Deputy Merrimack County Attorney Catherine Ruffle, left, at Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H., during an evidentiary hearing on whether Owen Labrie should be granted a retrial. Labrie, a prep school graduate convicted of using a computer to lure an underage girl for sex, returned to court for a hearing on whether his lawyers damaged his case. (Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor via AP, Pool)
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In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, prospective students wait to be interviewed for a place in the psychological trauma and treatment institute doctor Jan Kizilhan is helping establish at Dohuk university in Iraq. The program will train local mental health professionals to treat Islamic State victims, including thousands of Yazidi women and children. It will open at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
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FILE - In this May 12, 2014 file photo, "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon attends the NBC Network 2014 Upfront presentation at the Javits Center in New York. Fallons told The Associated Press Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, that he donated $100,000 to his high school alma mater, Saugerties High School in upstate New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
