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Scot Ferda addresses the crowd at Whitefish High School before a moment of silence in observance of the Jan. 21, 1984 bus tragedy on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in Whitefish, Mont. A bus carrying the Whitefish High School wrestling team crashed along U.S. Highway 2 on the southern edge of Glacier National Park in 1984. Nine died and 18 others were hospitalized in the deadliest highway accident in Montana history. (AP Photo/Flathead Beacon, Greg Lindstrom )
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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, a young boy is taken on a stretcher from Cortland Elementary School in Cortland, Ill., after noxious gases released from the nearby landfill got caught in the school's ventilation system making dozens of students and teachers nauseous. None of the injuries or illnesses were life threatening. A DeKalb County judge has ordered Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., to take precautions to ensure that it doesn't happen again. (AP Photo/Daily Chronicle, Rob Winner) MANDATORY CREDIT
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY FEB. 1 - An undated photo showsTammy McRoberts, left, and Kathryn Berger who teach in the La Crosse County juvenile detention center. Both were honored earlier this school year as Teachers of the Year by Wisconsin’s Juvenile Detention Educators Association.(AP Photo/La Crosse Tribune/Erik Daily)
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, State Board of Education member Thomas Ratliff listens to testimony during a public hearing on proposed new science textbooks., in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Education is poised to tighten rules on who can serve on citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks for use statewide, hoping to tamp down future controversies over the teaching of evolution and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, pro-science supporters rally prior to a State Board of Education public hearing on proposed new science textbooks, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Education is poised to tighten rules on who can serve on citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks for use statewide, hoping to tamp down future controversies over the teaching of evolution and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Kasey Blankenship, right, leads her class in an advanced placement chemistry class at Lawrence County High School Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Moulton, Ala. The Lawrence County School system added the advanced placement classes this year after having to drop them in 2009 due to proration. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Austin Terry, Destiny Jones, Abigail Shelton and Hunter Cross work in an advanced placement chemistry class at Lawrence County High School Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Moulton, Ala. The Lawrence County School system added the advanced placement classes this year after having to drop them in 2009 due to proration. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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Howard Walker stands beside a skeleton and a periodic table in an advanced placement chemistry class at Lawrence County High School Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 in Moulton, Ala. The Lawrence County School system added the advanced placement classes this year after having to drop them in 2009 due to proration. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Gary Cosby Jr.)
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 29, 2014 photo, third-graders Clare Vosberg-Padget, left, and Emily Morgan talk during lunch at Hoover Elementary School in Dubuque, Iowa. Vosberg-Padget, 8, has become the driving force behind the installation of a "buddy bench" at her school, where children can signal to others that they'd like a playmate. (AP Photo/The Telegraph Herald, Jessica Reilly)
