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Police search at the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia after two students were shot by another student. A boy hanging out in the high school gym with fellow students on Friday afternoon shot and wounded two of them before fleeing and being captured near his home, police said. A male student and a female student were shot, each in an arm. The wounded students were taken to a hospital near the school, where they were listed in stable condition, police said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Studenta leave the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at a Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Police enter the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at a Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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A police stands by caution tape at the Delaware Valley Charter School Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Police say two students have been shot at the Philadelphia high school. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In a photo taken by a student and provided by Boston College, Boston College professor Nick Nugent and Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant pose for a photo Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Nugent's international marketing class at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Boston College says Bryant arrived shortly after the class began and stayed for two hours until it was over. Nugent says Bryant's visit was not planned. (AP Photo/Student photo via Boston College)
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As Gov. Tom Corbett, presents Superintendent William Hite with a banner during a news conference Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Gov. Tom Corbett canceled his first visit as governor to a district-run public school in Philadelphia just before dozens of protesters had come to greet him. Corbett instead held a news conference Friday at his downtown Philadelphia office, and said he hadn't wanted to create a distraction for students at Central High School. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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As Gov. Tom Corbett, left, speaks during a news conference Superintendent William Hite, right, rolls up a banner presented him Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, in Philadelphia. Gov. Tom Corbett canceled his first visit as governor to a district-run public school in Philadelphia just before dozens of protesters had come to greet him. Corbett instead held a news conference Friday at his downtown Philadelphia office, and said he hadn't wanted to create a distraction for students at Central High School. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Students, parents and staff who are frustrated with state education funding demonstrate Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, as they march to Central High School in Philadelphia ahead of a scheduled visit by Gov. Corbett. Corbett canceled his first visit as governor to a district-run public school in Philadelphia just before dozens of protesters had come to greet him. Corbett instead held a news conference Friday at his downtown Philadelphia office, and said he hadn't wanted to create a distraction for students at Central High School. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Students, parents and staff who are frustrated with state education funding demonstrate Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, as they march to Central High School in Philadelphia ahead of a scheduled visit by Gov. Corbett. Corbett canceled his first visit as governor to a district-run public school in Philadelphia just before dozens of protesters had come to greet him. Corbett instead held a news conference Friday at his downtown Philadelphia office, and said he hadn't wanted to create a distraction for students at Central High School. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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A protester, along with students, parents and staff who are frustrated with state education funding, demonstrate Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, near of Central High School in Philadelphia ahead of a scheduled visit by Gov. Tom Corbett. The governor is expected to present the school with an award for its academic performance. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) -
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Students, parents and staff who are frustrated with state education funding demonstrate Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, near Central High School in Philadelphia ahead of a scheduled visit by Gov. Tom Corbett. The governor is expected to present the school with an award for its academic performance. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 file photo, students in Teah Pray’s third-grade class at Lead-Deadwood Elementary School in Deadwood, S.D., recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The Lead-Deadwood School District is the latest in South Dakota to have students at all grade levels recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily. (AP Photo/Black Hills Pioneer, Jaci Conrad Pearson)
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Syracuse forward C.J. Fair (5) shoots during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College in Boston, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Syracuse 69-59. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
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Syracuse head coach Quentin Hillsman directs his players in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland in College Park, Md., Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Maryland won 77-62. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY JAN. 21 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Mills River Elementary School third grade teacher Julie Ann Mitchell uses a microphone connected to an FM wireless signal that connects to a receiver in the hearing aid of her third-grade student Danny Castro to help him hear what she is teaching. School officials purchased an FM-based wireless system that allows the hearing-impaired youngster to hear his teacher through his hearing aids at a higher decibel level than he otherwise could. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Patrick Sullivan)
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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY JAN. 21 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Mills River Elementary School third grade student Danny Castro listens to his teacher Julie Ann Mitchell using an FM-based wireless system that allows the hearing-impaired youngster to hear his teacher through his hearing aids at a higher decibel level than he otherwise could. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Patrick Sullivan)
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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY JAN. 21 AND THEREAFTER - In a Jan. 9, 2014 photo, Mills River Elementary School third grade teacher Julie Ann Mitchell uses a microphone connected to an FM wireless signal that connects to a receiver in the hearing aid of her third-grade student Danny Castro to help him hear what she is teaching. School officials purchased an FM-based wireless system that allows the hearing-impaired youngster to hear his teacher through his hearing aids at a higher decibel level than he otherwise could. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Patrick Sullivan)
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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Tango a 4 year old Leonberger sits at the feet of students in D'Nae Wilson's Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday jan. 15, 2014. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)
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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Student Noah Riddle, 11, completes his worksheet while petting Tango a 4 year old Leonberger in D'Nae Wilson's Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday Jan. 15, 2014. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)
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FOR RELEASE SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Tango a 4 year old Leonberger, at left, roams the desks as her owner D'Nae Wilson, right, teaches the Mutt-I-Grees Class at Levelland Middle School Wednesday. Wilson uses the dog to help teach the class. (AP Photo/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Stephen Spillman)
