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Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles northeast of New York, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. Twenty schoolchildren and six staff members died in the rampage. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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This satellite image provided by Google shows the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. A shooting at the school Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, left the gunman dead and at least one teacher wounded. (AP Photo/Google)
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In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is looking to give 2 percent pay raises to public school teachers in exchange for increased flexibility to fire educators deemed incompetent on their performance reviews. (Associated Press)
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Cathryn Kost, 16, a junior at Westfield High School in Centreville, Va. stands in line with her tuba and two others to register for Tuba Christmas 2012, a concert that originated in 1974 as a tribute to the late artist/teacher William J. Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. More than 200 tubists came to the Kennedy Center Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 for the performance. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Students from Westfield High School in Centreville, Va., including (from left, Cathryn Kost, 16, Abigail Perez, 15, and Joseph Drzemiecki, 17, wait with their tubas in the Grand Foyer of the Kennedy Center for the start of the rehearsal for Tuba Christmas on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Hundreds of tuba players came to the Kennedy Center Thursday to participate in Tuba Christmas, a concert that originated in 1974 as a tribute to the late artist/teacher William J. Bell, who was born on Christmas Day in 1902. Participants were asked to wear bright colors. They rehearsed for two hours before performing on the Millennium Stage at 6 p.m. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Dale Martin escorted the second-runner up homecoming queen at Nowata High School on Feb. 4, 1972, after two other white girls stepped down over controversy involving his selection. The coronation went off without incident.
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Nowata High School basketball caoch Ken Zacher is shown with Dale Martin from the 1971-72 season. Martin was voted team captain, a move that stirred controversy in the rural Oklahoma town. (Nowata High School yearbook photo)
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Ken Zacher compiled a record of 91-46 as coach of Nowata (Okla.) High School. His team captain in 1971-72 was Dale Martin (left), one of five black players on the team. (Nowata High School yearbook photo)
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Maryland guard Seth Allen drives against South Carolina State in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in College Park, Md., Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Maryland guard Nick Faust drives against South Carolina State in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in College Park, Md., Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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The new home at 5420 Galena Place NW in the District’s Palisades neighborhood is on the market for $2,785,000. The six-bedroom home has 6,000 square feet of living space.
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Tony Bennett, the Indiana schools chief ousted from office five weeks ago, was named Florida’s education commissioner Wednesday. Mr. Bennett was hailed by Florida Gov. Rick Scott for his “great track record of achievement in Indiana.” (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Rabbi Yacov Gassinovitch (center), a mohel, is surround by other rabbis and relatives as he holds 8-day-old Jonathan during the boy's circumcision at synagogue in Berlin on Oct. 29, 2012. (Associated Press)
