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10-year-old Tumi Tlebjane arrives for his first day at school as he embarks on his schooling career, in Johannesburg, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Tumi will start his studies at a Johannesburg school for students with special learning needs. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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10-year-old Tumi Tlebjane looks up at his grandmother, 64-year-old Helen Tlebjane, both from Nkosi's Haven, south of Johannesburg, as he heads for his first day of his school career, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. Tumi will start his studies at a Johannesburg school for students with special learning needs. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)
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Indiana coach Tom Crean calls to his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Anthony Cowan, left, shoots and scores ahead of Indiana's Robert Johnson during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 75-72. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Melo Trimble drives to the basket as Indiana's Thomas Bryant defends during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md.Maryland won 75-72. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland coach Mark Turgeon gestures during the second half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Indiana, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 75-72. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Indiana's Og Annunoby, center, is double teamed by Maryland's Damonte Dodd, left, and Kevin Huerter during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Damonte Dodd, center, scores against Indiana during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Justin Jackson drives to the basket as Indiana's James Blackmon Jr., right, pursues during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Damonte Dodd, left, and Indiana's Freddie McSwain Jr. struggle for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Indiana's James Blackmon Jr. scores against Maryland during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Kevin Huerter, left, and Indiana's James Blackmon Jr. go after the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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From left, Democratic Reps. William Lacy Clay of Missouri, John Conyers of Michigan, and Hank Johnson of Georgia speak in front of a painting by Missouri high school student David Pulphus after it was rehung on on Tuesday. The painting had been removed from the Congressional Art Competition display in Cannon tunnel by Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican. (Associated Press)
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A person walks in front of McDonough Hall at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, announcing that undergraduates studying business management and accounting will be able to qualify for a fifth-year master’s degree with no additional tuition. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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A person walks in front of McDonough Hall at the University of St. Joseph in West Hartford, Conn., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, announcing that undergraduates studying business management and accounting will be able to qualify for a fifth-year master’s degree with no additional tuition. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo, Retired attorney Ted Utchen encourages his passion for strong and effective communications after passing out dictionaries he donated to students at Park View Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Utchen began his crusade against bad grammar roughly 14 years ago, and since then his quest really hasn't changed. "The Dictionary Man" brings little shtick to the vocabulary lesson he repeats every year for students in schools across DuPage County. (Daniel White/Daily Herald, via AP)
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In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo, third grade students at Park View Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill., leaf through their dictionaries donated by retired attorney Ted Utchen. Utchen began his crusade against bad grammar roughly 14 years ago, and since then his quest really hasn't changed. "The Dictionary Man" brings little shtick to the vocabulary lesson he repeats every year for students in schools across DuPage County. (Daniel White/Daily Herald, via AP)
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In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo, Retired attorney Ted Utchen, who passed out dictionaries he donated to students at Park View Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill., tells third grade students about other useful information information contained in dictionaries. Utchen began his crusade against bad grammar roughly 14 years ago, and since then his quest really hasn't changed. "The Dictionary Man" brings little shtick to the vocabulary lesson he repeats every year for students in schools across DuPage County. (Daniel White/Daily Herald, via AP)
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In this Nov. 29, 2016 photo, Erin Egan, a third grade student listens to retired attorney Ted Utchen who donated dictionaries to students at Park View Elementary School in Glen Ellyn, Ill. Utchen began his crusade against bad grammar roughly 14 years ago, and since then his quest really hasn't changed. "The Dictionary Man" brings little shtick to the vocabulary lesson he repeats every year for students in schools across DuPage County.(Daniel White/Daily Herald, via AP)
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In this Jan. 4, 2017 photo, George Radashaw sits at the controls of a Cessna airplane simulator at West Michigan Aviation Academy in Grand Rapids, Mich. The charter high school at Gerald R. Ford International Airport was founded by Dick DeVos, a pilot and husband of Betsy DeVos, who is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be head of the U.S. Education Department. Betsy DeVos played a key role in encouraging her husband to set up a Western Michigan charter school, an education philosophy likely to continue if she’s confirmed by the Senate as education secretary. DeVos faces a Senate panel considering her nomination on Jan. 11. (AP Photo/Ed White)
