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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo releases his proposed state budget during a news conference at the Executive Mansion in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Cuomo's latest state budget proposal includes free tuition for middle class students, big investments in water quality and help for families struggling to pay for child care. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo releases his proposed state budget during a news conference at the Executive Mansion in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Cuomo's latest state budget proposal includes free tuition for middle class students, big investments in water quality and help for families struggling to pay for child care. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo releases his proposed state budget during a news conference at the Executive Mansion in Albany, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. Cuomo's latest state budget proposal includes free tuition for middle class students, big investments in water quality and help for families struggling to pay for child care. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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FILE - In this May 13, 2014, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy, center, tries a local specialty, sweet rice cakes she made with students at a high school in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Kennedy is stepping down Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 after three years as U.S. ambassador to Japan, where she was welcomed like a celebrity and worked to deepen the U.S.-Japan relationship despite regular flare-ups over American military bases on the southern island of Okinawa. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo delivers her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Providence, R.I. Raimondo says she wants to reinvent Rhode Island's manufacturing industry, provide free tuition at state colleges, raise the minimum wage and cut car taxes by 30 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, right, smiles with R.I. Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, left, after delivering her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in Providence, R.I. Raimondo said Tuesday she wants to reinvent Rhode Island's manufacturing industry, provide free tuition at state colleges, raise the minimum wage and cut car taxes by 30 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo, right, gives a thumbs up while standing at the podium next to R.I. Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, left, after delivering her State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the House Chamber at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 in Providence, R.I. Raimondo said Tuesday she wants to reinvent Rhode Island's manufacturing industry, provide free tuition at state colleges, raise the minimum wage and cut car taxes by 30 percent. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at DeVos' confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **
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Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos talks to Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., before testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Scott was to introduce her to the committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos arrives before testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 photo, Kanani Oyakawa, a crew member, recounts their incident after the Kalani High School Paddling Team arrived safely at Moanalua Bay in Hawaii-Kai, Hawaii, after their double-hull canoe began taking on water. All students returned to shore safely and no injuries were reported. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP)
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In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 photo, parents waiting onshore for the Kalani High School Paddling Team to arrive safely by rescue boat at Moanalua Bay in Hawaii-Kai, Hawaii, after team's double-hull canoe began taking on water. All students returned to shore safely and no injuries were reported. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP)
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In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 photo, Barbara Hara, gives daughter Kaylyn a hug after the Kalani High School Paddling Team arrived safely at Moanalua Bay in Hawaii-Kai, Hawaii, after their double-hull canoe began taking on water. All students returned to shore safely and no injuries were reported. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP)
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In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2017 photo, Kalani High School Paddling Team members arrive safely at Moanalua Bay in Hawaii-Kai, Hawaii, after their double-hull canoe began taking on water. All students returned to shore safely and no injuries were reported. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2017 file photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. A student's painting that divided members of Congress for its depiction of Ferguson, Mo., has been removed from its Capitol Hill display, this time more permanently. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson, File)
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FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos speaks in Grand Rapids, Mich. DeVos, Trump’s choice for education secretary, has spent over two decades advocating for school choice programs, which give students and parents an alternative to traditional public school education. Her confirmation hearing was scheduled for Jan. 17. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. DeVos has spent over two decades advocating for school choice programs, which give students and parents an alternative to traditional public school education. Her confirmation hearing was scheduled for Jan. 17. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump stands with Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos in Bedminster, N.J. DeVos has spent over two decades advocating for school choice programs, which give students and parents an alternative to traditional public school education. Her confirmation hearing was scheduled for Jan. 17. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Wasting More Money on Climate Science Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Rodney, left, and Rose Hunsicker, birth parents of Grace Packer, arrive for a memorial service in Glenside, Pa., Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Friends described Grace, allegedly killed by her adoptive mother and the mother’s boyfriend, as a bubbly girl who looked out for lonely classmates at school. (Art Gentile/The Intelligencer via AP)
