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Rep. Bruce Wheeler, D-Tucson, debates an amendment to House Bill 2291, an expansion for Arizona's school-voucher program, before members vote on the measure at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Phoenix. Key Republicans banded with Democrats to vote down House Bill 2291, which would have made another 100,000 to 120,000 low-income students eligible for the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Rep. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, debates an amendment to House Bill 2291, an expansion for Arizona's school-voucher program, before members vote on the measure at the Arizona Capitol on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Phoenix. Key Republicans, including Carter, joined Democrats to vote down House Bill 2291, which would have made another 100,000 to 120,000 low-income students eligible for the Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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This photo taken Jan. 31, 2014, shows Lesly Hernandez, left, a senior at Jack E. Singley Academy in Irving, Texas hugging her mother Juana Sanchez, center, goodbye as she drops her off at the DFW airport where Sanchez manages an airport restaurant on. Hernandez picks up her little brother, Kevin, 5, at his elementary school after class while their mother is at work or cosmetology school. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Matthew Busch)
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This photo taken Jan. 31, 2014, shows Lesly Hernandez, a senior at Jack E. Singley Academy in Irving, Texas, and a member of the small school club, girls of technology, picking up her little brother, Kevin, 5, right, at his elementary school after class while their mother is at work. Girls of technology is a small club of girls at Singley aiming for a career in technology. Hernandez takes on many extra-curricular activities including sports, robotics club, and the girls of technology club while at the same time helping to take care of her younger brother. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Matthew Busch)
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Committee members light candles made by middle school students that will be used in a Healing walk Friday before the start of the 4-17 Forever Forward ceremony, Thursday, April 17, 2014, in West, Texas. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion. (AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald, Rod Aydelotte)
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In This Photo Provided By The University Of La Verne, Trish Arzola, the mother of Arthur "Tury" Arzola, Jr. is hugged by her sons David and James at a candlelight vigil, as family, friends and colleagues gathered for a memorial service on Wed. April 16, 2014 at The University of La Verne. The La Verne graduate student was one of the 10 people killed in the tragic crash when a FedEx truck collided into a busload of students, chaperones and advisors who were heading to Humboldt State University. Arzola was a recruiter for Humboldt State University, and part of the close-knit University of La Verne community. (AP Photo/University Of La Verne, Nancy Newman) Nancy Newman Photography (714) 317-1518 NancyNB@earthlink.net
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Union College team captain Mat Bodie celebrates his team's NCAA hockey championship, during a rally Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Schenectady, N.Y. Union defeated Minnesota last Saturday for its first national championship. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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First lady Michelle Obama watches as hands shoot up during a town hall meeting at Howard University in Washington, Thursday April 17, 2014 . The first lady joined juniors and seniors from Chicago public high schools on the first day of their four-day visit to Howard University, as part of a program to immerse talented high school students in a college campus environment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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First lady Michelle Obama smiles at rapper Bow Wow at Howard University in Washington, Thursday April 17, 2014. The first lady joined juniors and seniors from Chicago public high schools on the first day of their four-day visit to Howard University, as part of a program to immerse talented high school students in a college campus environment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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First lady Michelle Obama cheers as she arrives for a town hall meeting at Howard University in Washington, Thursday April 17, 2014. The first lady joined juniors and seniors from Chicago public high schools on the first day of their four-day visit to Howard University, as part of a program to immerse talented high school students in a college campus environment. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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D.C. Fire & Emergency Medical Services Recruit Class 367 graduation at Gallaudet University in Northeast on April 17. Khalid Naji-Allah /Special to The Washington Times