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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the board of trustees in the Moscow State University in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. At a meeting with students in the Moscow State University Putin said that Russia should beef up its presence in the Arctic for both economic and military reasons. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Metzel, Presidential Press Service)
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan has championed the Common Core system but apologized for saying the program's critics are driven by "white suburban moms" who fear their children's test scores will drop as a result of more rigorous standards. (Associated Press)
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FOR USE AS DESIRED, YEAR END PHOTOS - FILE - T.J. Lane unbuttons his shirt during sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool, File)
