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In this image from video, provided by Senate Television shows Vice President Mike Pence presiding over the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, during the Senate's vote on Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. The Senate confirmed DeVos with Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. (Senate Television via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2017 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The Senate was poised on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to confirm Devos by the narrowest possible margin, with Vice President Mike Pence expected to break a 50-50 tie, despite a last-ditch effort by Democrats to sink the nomination. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. to be ready to cast the tie-breaking vote for Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Clark Gilbert speaks during a news conference announcing the formally launch of a worldwide online college program Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announces the formally launch of a worldwide online college program during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Uchtdorf said, Clark Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Dallin H. Oaks, left, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gives a thumbs-up to Clark Gilbert, right, after announcement of the formally launch of a worldwide online college program during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, left, second counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, hugs Clark Gilbert, right, after announcing the formally launch of a worldwide online college program during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Salt Lake City. The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. Uchtdorf said, Gilbert will oversee a program called BYU-Pathway Worldwide. Gilbert is currently the president at BYU-Idaho. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Students at Alston Middle School in Summerville, South Carolina, were given a worksheet that required them to learn the five pillars of Islam. (CBS-5 South Carolina screenshot)
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Children hold signs protesting an anti-sanctuary bill outside the House Education Committee meeting at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. The panel rejected an effort to cut off state funding to colleges and universities that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities. No state colleges have such a policy, but Republican Rep. Brandt Smith said he was trying to be proactive. Opponents said it could lead to profiling some students. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate in Washington, Feb. 6, 2017, about the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Education Secretary. The Senate will be in session around the clock this week as Republicans aim to confirm more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks over Democratic opposition. (Senate TV via AP)
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A group at the University of Central Florida teaches a self-defense class that excludes Republicans. Members are prepared for ways to "bash" alleged fascists. (Facebook, Knights for Socialism)
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Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to be ready to cast the tie-breaking vote for Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, file photo, South Dakota coach Bob Nielson watches the scoreboard during the second half of an NCAA college football game against New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. Two years ago, the NCAA passed a proposal that encouraged college football to embrace technology by putting tablet computers on sidelines and cameras in helmets. "From a college standpoint, in terms of comparing what the NFL is doing and even what some of the high schools are doing, we're just not doing anything with regard to technology on the sideline or in the press box," said Nielson, chairman of the football rules committee. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)
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In this 2008 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart, left, talks with students at the college in Walla Walla, Wash. Robart ruled Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in federal court in Seattle to suspend President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban. (Greg Lehman/Whitman College via AP)
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In this 2009 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart poses for a photo in Walla Walla, Wash. Robart ruled Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in federal court in Seattle to suspend President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban. (Greg Lehman/Whitman College via AP)
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In this 2008 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart, right, talks with students at the college in Walla Walla, Wash. Robart ruled Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in federal court in Seattle to suspend President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban. (Greg Lehman/Whitman College via AP)
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A sign posted at Savoy Elementary School warns parents about pest problems, but the school remains open. (Deborah Simmons/The Washington Times)
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Snow covers trees at Silver Ridge Elementary School in Silverdale, Wash., on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. A snowstorm that blanketed Seattle and western Washington state into Monday morning prompted widespread school closures, flight cancellations and power outages for more than 75,000 electrical utility customers, officials said. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)
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Tom Hanks accidentally outed his high school drama teacher Best Actor winner Tom Hanks gives an emotional speech at the 66th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 21, 1994. Hanks won for his role in the movie "Philadelphia." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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In a Jan. 30, 2017 photo, at North Coast Flight School chief flight instructor Jon Scott, 42, left, and Edinboro University student Brandon Morton, 19, conduct a pre-flight inspection in Millcreek Township, Pa. Morton, from Guys Mills, is enrolled in the school's Associate of Applied Science in Aeronautical Science program and hopes to become a commercial pilot when fully trained. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)
