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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2015 file photo, protesters, including college students, fast-food restaurant employees and other workers, display placards and chant slogans as they march in Boston. New laws taking effect on Jan. 1, 2016, will raise the minimum wage in several states, including Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. pauses as he speaks at Northstar Elementary School in Knoxville, Iowa, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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The War on Women (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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Pennsylvania state map.

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Oklahoma state map.

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Michigan state map.

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District of Columbia state map.

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Maryland center Diamond Stone stands on the court in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland Eastern Shore, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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National Edition News cover for December 28, 2015 - States pushing legislation for concealed weapons on campus: Johnny Colombo visits a booth on the campus of Texas State University-San Marcos in San Marcos, Texas, Monday, Nov. 19, 2007. A group at the school are among 8,000 students nationwide who have joined the non-partisan Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, arguing that students and faculty should be allowed to do so on college campuses. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Pro-gun advocates say massacres such as the one that occurred at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Oct. 1, could be stopped sooner if students were allowed to carry firearms on campus. (The News-Review via Associated Press)

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Dalene Bowden, a cafeteria worker at an Idaho middle school, is devastated after she was reportedly fired for giving food to a young student who had forgotten her lunch money. (KPVI)

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Glenn Hughes.

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets supporters during a town hall meeting at Keota High School, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, in Keota, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Who killed Batman's parents?

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Professor Ann Cvetkovich waits to speak during a public forum at the University of Texas campus as a special committee studies how to implement a new law allowing students with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms into class and other campus buildings, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The law takes effect in August 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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In this Dec. 19, 2015, photo. Hillary Clinton speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Using a savvy social media campaign, in-person pleas and pithy T-shirts, three Iowa high school students have successfully lobbied Clinton to visit their small town. Clinton will appear Dec. 22 in Keota, a town of about a thousand people in southeast Iowa. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)