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In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 photo, West High School Asst. Principal Christine Pittam and senior Kai DiBirk sign up to participate in the Pocket Points app, announced by the school in Salt Lake City. West High is the 16th campus in the state to use Pocket Points, which encourages students to lock their phones while at school by offering discounts and promotions at participating restaurants and businesses. (Francisco Kjolseth /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Bonneville High senior Sam Bush, 18, middle, warms up with her teammates in the wrestling room at Bonneville High School in Washington Terrace on Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Bush is only the second Utah high school girl to sign a scholarship. She signed a letter of Intent with MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill. (Nicole Boliaux /The Deseret News via AP)
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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. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Police officers arrest two men who attacked a student on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. Jack Palkovic, a student wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, was attacked on the University of California, Berkeley campus a day after violent protests led authorities to cancel a controversial speech. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks to students and others during a a panel discussion and a question and answer session at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks to students and others during an appearance at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks to students and others at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, standing, circulates among the crowd while speaking to students and other invitees during the Thomas J. Volpe lecture series at St.Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Students from Cypress Ranch High School are shown making the Nazi salute in this screen capture from a KPRC-TV report about the incident. (KPRC/Click2Houston.com) [http://www.click2houston.com/news/cypress-ranch-high-school-students-in-hot-water-after-hitler-pose-in-senior-pictures]
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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo provided by Ken Chapman, of Morrisville State College, a 175-ton steam turbine moves down a street aboard a large flatbed in Morrisville, N.Y. The turbine was made at General Electric's Schenectady N.Y. plant and is slowly making its way across the central section of the state while headed to Pennsylvania. (Ken Chapman/Morrisville State College via AP)
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In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo provided by Ken Chapman, of Morrisville State College, a 175-ton steam turbine moves down a street aboard a large flatbed in Morrisville, N.Y. The turbine was made at General Electric's Schenectady N.Y. plant and is slowly making its way across the central section of the state while headed to Pennsylvania. (Ken Chapman/Morrisville State College via AP)
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A promotional image for the University of North Florida's 2017 Sex Week in early March. (UNF image via Evensi.us)
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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, students from Public School 3 in Jersey City, N.J., wave flags representing the nations of origin of immigrants who became U.S. citizens during a ceremony at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is celebrated each year on Sept. 17, on the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution in 1787. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at California Polytechnic State University as part of his "The Dangerous Faggot Tour" of college campuses, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in San Luis Obispo, Calif. His speech was met with dozens of angry protesters outside a campus theater. (David Middlecamp/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP) ** FILE **
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Maggie Thomson, 9, of Albuquerque, tries on a hijab with the help of a University of New Mexico Muslim student on campus in Albuquerque Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Students took part in "World Hijab Day", an event created in 2013 in reaction to Muslim women being harassed for wearing the head covering used by some women who practice Islam. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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A Muslim student, left, helps Sarah Pooley, 14, of Albuquerque, try on the traditional head covering known as a hijab on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Students took part in "World Hijab Day" on Wednesday, an event created in 2013 in reaction to Muslim women being harassed for wearing the head covering used by some women who practice Islam. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Sarah Rivali, 33, left, tries on a hijab with the help of Aicha Nahod, of Tunsia, on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Students took part in "World Hijab Day" an event created in 2013 in reaction to Muslim women being harassed for wearing the head covering used by some women who practice Islam. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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With an eye on 2018, the Libertarian Party has re-emerged with quiet praise for President Trump — and some criticism too. (Libertarian Party)
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Mississippi head coach Hugh Freeze discusses the school's 2017 recruiting class at an NCAA college press conference on national signing day, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Oxford, Miss. (Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP)