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FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2014 file photo avionics students Chandler Baty, left, a Lincoln High School senior, and Russell Price, a Roosevelt High School senior, inspect the landing gear of an aircraft in a 29,500 square foot hangar adjacent to the Des Moines Airport. A Des Moines airport official said Monday, Feb. 14, 2014 that high school students will be allowed to continue working on aircraft in a hanger despite the expiration of a lease in June. (AP PHOTO/THE DES MOINES REGISTER, Christopher Gannon, File) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT
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This handout photo provided by Georgetown University, taken in Jan. 2012, shows Olga Maria and Alberto Beeck. Georgetown University has received a $10 million gift for a new center aimed at fostering innovation among students who want to build skills and organizations to solve society's problems. Georgetown alumna Olga Maria Beeck and her husband, investor Alberto Beeck of Key Biscayne, Fla., made the gift and helped develop the program over the past three years, university officials told The Associated Press on Monday. (AP Photo/Georgetown University)
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A school bus is block by down trees in the aftermath of a winter storm, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Downingtown, Pa. Schools canceling classes because of winter weather in at least 10 states have used up the wiggle room in their academic calendars, forcing them to schedule makeup days or otherwise compensate for the lost time. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 file photo workmen clear a downed tree blocking a school bus in the aftermath of a winter storm, in Downingtown, Pa. Schools canceling classes because of winter weather in at least 10 states have used up the wiggle room in their academic calendars, forcing them to schedule makeup days or otherwise compensate for the lost time. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2014 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Amid a renewed Republican focus on poverty, Rubio is calling on Congress to overhaul the country’s higher education system, proposing a series of changes that he says will make college more affordable and bridge a “skills gap” in the American economy. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
