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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 file photo, Oumou Balde, 4, left, plays with her teacher Jacqualine Sanchez, right, and pretend food in a pre-kindergarten class at the Sheltering Arms Learning Center in New York in a program to educate children about nutrition and health. According to a study published Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2014 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that obesity among children ages 2 to 5 dropped - to 8 percent, from 14 percent a decade ago. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A packed audience attended the Elk River School Board meeting Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Elk River, Minn. The meeting came at the wake of the suspension of a Rogers High School student who was suspended over a Tweet he sent. Reid Sagehorn, who was an honors student and star athlete at Rogers High School was suspended for seven weeks for tweeting — jokingly, he says — that he had kissed a teacher. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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A packed audience attended the Elk River School Board meeting Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Elk River, Minn. The meeting came at the wake of the suspension of a Rogers High School student who was suspended over a Tweet he sent. Reid Sagehorn, who was an honors student and star athlete at Rogers High School was suspended for seven weeks for tweeting — jokingly, he says — that he had kissed a teacher. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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The teachers union president, Bill Hjertstedt, addresses the the Elk River School Board during the open forum portion of the board meeting, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Elk River, Minn. The meeting came at the wake of the suspension of a Rogers High School student who was suspended over a Tweet he sent. Reid Sagehorn, who was an honors student and star athlete at the school was suspended for seven weeks for tweeting — jokingly, he says — that he had kissed a teacher. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, Corbin Dutcher, sixth grade, ties rubber bands together to make a bracelet which will be sent to Cambodia to young women rescued from human trafficking, as the students at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, joined for different projects during the annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service. Students spent the day doing service projects to honor Eilerts, who was killed in 2008 when a tornado swept over a boy scout’s camp. (AP Photo/The Messenger, Joe Sutter)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, from left, fifth-graders Shawn Mrazek, Megan Sampson and Maddie Anderson tie the fringes on a dog blanket, while Clover watches, as the students at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, joined for different projects during the annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service. Clover is a puppy in the Leader Dogs program in the Fort Dodge Correctional Facility, and the blankets made will be sent to the Leader Dog program. Students spent the day doing service projects to honor a Eilerts, who was killed in 2008 when a tornado swept over a boy scout’s camp. (AP Photo/The Messenger, Joe Sutter
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In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, freshman Sarah Wilson works on a doll project she helped organize as the students at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, joined for different projects during the annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service. The dolls will be sent to orphans in Haiti, and are one of the ways Aaron Eilerts Day is now reaching kids around the world, not just in Iowa. (AP Photo/The Messenger, Joe Sutter)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, Hannah Sampson, fifth grade, pushes stuffing into a homemade doll created by freshman Sarah Wilson, right, as the students at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, joined for different projects during the annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service. The dolls will be sent to orphans in Haiti, and are one of the ways Aaron Eilerts Day is now reaching kids around the world, not just in Iowa. (AP Photo/The Messenger, Joe Sutter)
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In this photo taken on Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, Kennedy Soper, left, sixth grade, gets help from sophomore Mallory Hammitt in creating a jeweled flower to clip on the care packages sent to Cambodia to young women rescued from human trafficking, as the students at Robert Blue Middle School in Eagle Grove, Iowa, joined for different projects during the annual Aaron Eilerts Day of Service. Students spent the day doing service projects to honor a Eilerts, who was killed in 2008 when a tornado swept over a boy scout’s camp. (AP Photo/The Messenger, Joe Sutter)
