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Grayson High School football player Robert Nkemdiche, the nation's top recruit, announces his intent to play college football for Ole Miss during a signing day ceremony at his high school auditorium in Grayson, Ga., Wednesday Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/David Tulis)
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Students from Salida Del Sol Elementary School are evacuated to the school cafeteria by police officers after three schools went into lockdown on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, in Yuma, Ariz. The unconfirmed report of a person with a gun initially prompted the lockdown, but no gun was found. (AP Photo/The Yuma Sun, Craig Fry)
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Palestinian students attend class in a Ramallah, West Bank, school Sunday. A U.S.-funded study released Monday said both Israeli and Palestinian schoolbooks largely present one-sided narratives of the two sides' conflict. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Second-grader Jonathan Cheng (center) looks at fruits and vegetables during a school lunch at Fairmeadow Elementary School in Palo Alto, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2010. (Associated Press)
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Window washer Jose Torres cleans the windows Monday at the new USO center at Fort Belvoir that will provide "homelike environments to receive the training, education and job placement services needed to move forward in life." (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Palestinian students attend class in a school in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Students from Sandy Hook Elementary School sing "America the Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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** FILE ** This undated screenshot provided by the Milk Processor Education Program, known as MilkPep shows the company's Super Bowl advertisement. The Milk Processor Education Program, known as MilkPep and popular for its "Got Milk?" print ads, is featuring actor and professional wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in a 30-second ad in the second quarter that is directed by Peter Berg. (AP Photo/Milk Processor Education Program)
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The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make school snacks healthier, a move that would ban the sale of almost all candy, high-calorie sports drinks and greasy foods on campus. (Associated Press)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has proposed giving public schools a letter grade, a move that is seen as essential to generating parental and community support for improving schools. (Associated Press)
