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Washington Redskins running back Alfred Morris (46) of Team Sanders runs with the football during Pro Bowl practice at Kapolei High School on Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Kapolei, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)

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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback answers questions during a news conference with reporters, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Brownback is promoting a proposal for full state financing of all-day kindergarten classes in public schools. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

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Carlos Perrett, 18, and Janet Nieto, 18, have dedicated their years at Cesar E. Chavez High School to their studies and extra curricular activities with the goal of a bright career in political science for Perrett and international relations for Nieto. Both students have already being admitted to prestigious educational institutions outside of Texas through the help of EMERGE Fellowship. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus)

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Carlos Perrett, 18, and Janet Nieto, 18, both senior students at Cesar E. Chavez High School have been admitted to top universities with full scholarships through the support of the EMERGE Fellowship and their own hard work. Both students are the first generation in their families to go to college. Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Marie D. De Jesus)

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An Oct. 2013 photo shows the Sturgis Williams Middle School building that was damaged during the winter storm Atlas. Officials are beginning reconstruction of the middle school in Sturgis that was heavily damaged when its roof collapsed under the weight of 3 feet of snow during an early October blizzard. The school board tawarded a $102,600 contract to a local company to do interior demolition work. The job is to wrap up by the end of March. (AP Photo/Black Hills Pioneer, File)

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Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel is applauded after being named as the new president of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The Board of Regents approved Schlissel as the 14th person to lead the Ann Arbor school at a special session. Schlissel, 56, is Brown's chief academic officer. Before that, he served as dean of biological sciences at the University of California-Berkeley. He also is a biochemist who received a medical degree and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel is applauded after being named as the new president of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. The Board of Regents approved Schlissel as the 14th person to lead the Ann Arbor school at a special session. Schlissel, 56, is Brown's chief academic officer. Before that, he served as dean of biological sciences at the University of California-Berkeley. He also is a biochemist who received a medical degree and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel addresses the media Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 after being named as the new president of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Board of Regents approved Schlissel as the 14th person to lead the Ann Arbor school at a special session. Schlissel, 56, is Brown's chief academic officer. Before that, he served as dean of biological sciences at the University of California-Berkeley. He also is a biochemist who received a medical degree and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)