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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gestures after receiving a Doctor of Laws degree from University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, during a ceremony at the university in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2010 file photo, an apple, stuffed animals, and flowers are among the items placed at a growing memorial to slain teacher Jennifer Paulson across the street from Birney Elementary School in Tacoma, Wash. When the economy tanks, school shootings rise, unlike other violent crime, a new study finds. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at Northwestern University analyzed data from 379 shootings in schools, not just mass shootings or gang involved ones, between 1990 and 2013 and found an interesting correlation between changes in national and local unemployment rates and how frequent the shootings happen. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Vahideh Rasekhi, an Iranian doctoral student at Stony Brook University, greets friends and family as she is released from detention at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Boston College's Jerome Robinson (1 scores past Virginia Tech defenders Zach LeDay (32) and Ty Outlaw (42) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday Jan. 29 2017. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Iowa guard Makenzie Meyer, left, shoots against Maryland center Brionna Jones in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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In this Jan. 26, 2017 photo, students Allie Trojano, front, and Deron Noel, rear, work on dessert projects during a class at the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier, Vt. Enrollment in culinary institutes across the country is in decline and some cooking schools have announced they are closing. NECI, which faces imminent sale, said it is committed to staying relevant and in demand. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, comedian Keith Wann performs for the Happy Hands American Sign Language club, students from the Salish Sea Deaf School, family and friends at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, comedian Keith Wann performs for the Happy Hands American Sign Language club, students from the Salish Sea Deaf School, family and friends at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, comedian Keith Wann performs for the Happy Hands American Sign Language club, students from the Salish Sea Deaf School, family and friends at Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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In this Jan. 18, 2017, photo, Burlington-Edison High School teacher Liza Bancroft translates Keith Wann's comedy actat Burlington-Edison High School in Burlington, Wash. (Scott Terrell/Skagit Valley Herald via AP)
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Auburn coach Bruce Pearl calls to his team, TCU students in swim trunks behind him, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. (Paul Moseley/Star-Telegram via AP)
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Penn State guard Tony Carr catches a pass between Illinois defenders during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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Penn State forward Lamar Stevens shoots against Illinois' Mike Thorne Jr. during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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Penn State guard Tony Carr catches a pass over an Illinois defender during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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A photo of Penn State coach Patrick Chambers is raised in the student section during an NCAA college basketball game against Illinois, Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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Penn State guard Shep Garner goes in for a layup against Illinois during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Jan 28, 2017, in State College, Pa. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OF JAN. 28 AND THEREAFTER- Rainbow trout trout alevins sit in a petrie dish on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, at Park Elementary in Richmond, Utah. Students are raising the fish from eggs until they are released in the spring as part of the Trout in the Classroom project. (Eli Lucero/Herald Journal via AP)
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Kerry Coarse, coordinator for support services for the Northwest Primary School, shows Dania Khatib, 5, the school playground as her mother Mahasen Boshnaq, left, and father Ahmed Khatib, right, follow behind in Rutland, Vt. The Syrian refugee family arrived in Rutland this month. Khatib said he looks forward to being self-sufficient, working, having a home for his family and school and clothing for his children. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Newly arrived refugee Dania Khatib, 5, tours a classroom with her mother Mahasen Boshnaq, center rear, and father Ahmed Khatib, right, at the Northwest Primary School Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Rutland, Vt. The Khatib family arrived in Rutland this month. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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Lt. Gov. Syrus Habib, bangs the gavel as he presides over the Senate, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Senators were debating whether to vote on the "levy cliff" bill, which would delay a reduction in the amount of money school districts can collect though property taxes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
