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Texas A&M forward Robert Williams (44) dunks against Missouri during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (Timothy Hurst/College Station Eagle via AP)
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Texas A&M forward Robert Williams (44) dunks over Missouri guard Cullen VanLeer (33) during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (Timothy Hurst/College Station Eagle via AP)
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Texas A&M freshman forward Robert Williams (44) puts a shot up past Missouri defenders during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (Timothy Hurst/College Station Eagle via AP)
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Pittsburgh guard Justice Kithcart (5) passes the ball as he is pressured by Boston College forward Nik Popovic during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Boston, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. At left is Boston College forward Ervins Meznieks. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Boston College guard Ky Bowman (0) puts up a shot as Pittsburgh guard Chris Jones (12) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Boston. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via AP)
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Pittsburgh guard Justice Kithcart looks to pass as Boston College center Johncarlos Reyes defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, in Boston. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via AP)
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Students from Pittsburgh schools gather in Downtown's Market Square to protest the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. . DeVos was confirmed with a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence to break a 50-50 vote in the U.S. Senate. DeVos won confirmation as education secretary Tuesday by the slimmest of margins, pushed to approval only by the historic tie-breaking vote of Vice President Mike Pence. (Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Education Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, followed by acting Secretary Phil Rosenfelat and her husband Dick DeVos Jr., arrives to address department staff, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at the Education Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, East Los Angeles high school students protest against the election of President-elect Donald Trump outside Los Angeles City Hall. Mixed signals from the White House on gay rights and conscience protections have put two constituencies on edge: LGBT advocates already wary of President Donald Trump and religious conservatives determined to hold him to his campaign promises. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo, Baylor head coach Art Briles watches during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Kansas in Lawrence, Kan. The Big 12 conference said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, it will withhold 25 percent of Baylor's share of conference revenue until an outside review of the athletic department determines whether the school is in compliance with conference regulations and Title IX guidelines following its sexual assault scandal that has rocked the school. Baylor fired coach Art Briles last year and parted ways with university President Ken Starr and athletic director Ian McCaw after an investigation by a law form found allegations of sexual assault brought to the school were not dealt with appropriately. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2016, file photo, J. Alex Halderman, a cyber security expert and professor of Computer Science at the University of Michigan, addresses the media in Lansing, Mich. Authorities say they're investigating after some students at the university received racist and anti-Semitic emails Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, purportedly from Halderman. Halderman denies sending the emails. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, after the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary. DeVos was approved by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie in a historic vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 photo, Tony Morstatter, right, the new CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington-Normal, smiles as kindergarten through grade five unit director Shanda Butcher, left, engaged students in the after school Power Hour in Bloomington, Ill. Morstatter was named CEO on Dec. 29 and began his third week on the job Monday . "I believe in the mission of this organization to provide guidance, support and knowledge to young people to help them to become leaders in our community," Morstatter said. (David Proeber/The Pantagraph via AP)/The Pantagraph via AP)
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FILE - This Dec. 1, 2016 file photo shows Kellyanne Conway prior to a forum at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Media outlets are more aggressively fact-checking political statements. A separate fact check on Conway's false claim of a Bowling Green "massacre" on Thursday was the most-read story on the APNews.com web site Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts had progressives calling for her to run for president in 2020 after a clash with the Senate majority leader in February. Republicans signaled that they would be happy to have Ms. Warren as the face of the Democratic Party. (Associated Press/File)
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Police officers arrested two men who attacked a student on the University of California, Berkeley, campus on Thursday. Jack Palkovic, a student wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, was attacked on the campus a day after violent protests. (Associated Press)
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Penn State's Tony Carr (10) goes to the basket as Maryland's Michal Cekovsky (15) and Anthony Cowan (0) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
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Penn State's Lamar Stevens (11) goes for a rebound against Maryland's Anthony Cowan (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)
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Penn State's Tony Carr (10) puts up a shot against Maryland's Damonte Dodd (35) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Knight)