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Mississippi State guard Dominique Dillingham (00) and the rest of the Mississippi State bench reacts as a teammate scores a basket late in a NCAA college basketball game against Texas A&M, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)
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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus is shown hung in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. The office of Missouri Democratic Rep. William Lacy Clay has announced he intends to file a federal lawsuit Tuesday over the removal of a constituent's painting from its Capitol Hill display. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)
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In this Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017 photo, Capital Day School headmaster Tim Corkran, left, and students, Olivia Moore, Jill Jacobs, Jared Winters, Ana Razavi, teacher Audrey Bebensee and Diksha Satish pose with their $20,000 prize in Frankfort, Ky. The eighth-graders won a national app design competition sponsored by Verizon. (Alfred Miller/The State Journal via AP)
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Once seen as a luxury of the corporate world, private planes are becoming increasingly common at U.S. colleges and universities as schools try to attract athletes, raise money and reward coaches with jet-set vacations. Iowa State University President Steven Leath, a pilot, acknowledged last year that he used a school plane for trips that mixed personal and university business, a practice that came to light after he damaged the aircraft in a hard landing. (Bloomington Normal Airport Authority via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2015, file photo, Owen Labrie listens to prosecutors before being sentenced in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, N.H. Labrie was convicted of sexually assaulting a younger prep school classmate in 2014 and was sentenced to jail. A hearing is scheduled to start Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2107, to determine if he school should get a new trial on charges of using a computer to lure the underage student for sex and assaulting her. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, Pool, File)
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In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Milo Yiannopoulos speaks on campus in the Mathematics building at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP, File)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, a sensor, bottom left, is seen on the front of a driverless shuttle bus on display at the Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, Ga. Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, a driverless shuttle sits on display at the Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, Ga. Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 photo, a driverless shuttle bus retraces its tracks while on display at the Riverside EpiCenter in Austell, Ga. Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test the emerging technology. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Minnesota's Jordan Murphy (3) dunks during an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)
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Minnesota's Amir Coffey (5) was fouled by Michigan's Moritz Wagner (13) in overtime of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Star Tribune via AP)
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Michigan State head coach Suzy Merchant yells from the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan head coach Kim Barnes Arico points during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan State, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State defeated Michigan 86-68. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan State guard Branndais Agee looks to pass during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan State guard Tori Jankoska looks to pass as Michigan guards Jillian Dunston (11) and Kysre Gondrezick close in during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Jankoska scored 28 points to lead Michigan State 86-68 over Michigan. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Michigan State head coach Suzy Merchant and her team celebrate a player's three-point basket during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan State defeated Michigan 86-68. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 photo, Allen holds up a Barred owl for an assembly at Pembroke Elementary School, in Pembroke, Ky. (Meredith Willse /Kentucky New Era via AP)
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In this Feb. 15, 2017, photo, East Tennessee State University student Troy Prater, adjusts a light during a film class in Johnson City, Tenn. (Zach Vance/The Johnson City Press via AP)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 photo, state Rep. Tim Kelly, a Saginaw Township Republican, speaks at a House GOP news conference in the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Kelly likes parts of Gov. Rick Snyder's K-12 budget plan but has concerns about proposed cuts to a program that gives public schools funding for non-core classes offered to private and home-schooled students and reductions to cyber charter school funding. (AP Photo/David Eggert)
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FILE - In a Feb. 8, 2017 file photo, Michgian Gov. Rick Snyder, center, flanked by Budget Director Al Pscholka, left, and Lt. Gov Brian Calley, presents the budget before the joint Senate and House Appropriations Committees in Lansing, Mich. Faced with discouraging test scores, Gov. Rick Snyder is proposing a shift so much more state money is spent on academically at-risk students and less goes toward educating private and home-schooled students or those attending online charter schools. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)
