Education

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Students posing as Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Republican rival Rep. Paul Ryan shake hands Wednesday during setup for Thursday night’s vice presidential debate at Centre College in Danville, Ky. (Associated Press)

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Students at Centre College in Kentucky have their own name for the vice presidential debate taking place on campus Thursday. To them, it’s a festival they’re calling the Thrill in the ’Ville. (Centre College)

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Supporters of the University of Texas rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, as the high court takes up a challenge to the university's program that considers race in some college admissions. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Baseball books and memorabilia fill shelves in the office of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, a lifelong fan of the game and standout player at Dunbar High School who vividly remembers attending Senators games at Griffith Stadium. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Baseball books and memorabilia fill shelves in the office of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, a lifelong fan of the game and standout player at Dunbar High School who vividly remembers attending Senators games at Griffith Stadium. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A class titled “Reagan 101” begins later this month at Eureka College, the late president’s Illinois alma mater, taught by Reagan historian Craig Shirley. (Courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library)

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Supporters of Samantha Pawlucy, a student at Charles Carroll High School in Philadelphia, gathered outside the school to show support for the teen as she returned to class on Oct. 9, 2012, for the first time since she was allegedly singled out by a teacher for wearing a Mitt Romney T-shirt to school. (Associated Press)

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A police transport vehicle drives up the path where a body has been found off the trail in Thaiss Memorial Park in Fairfax, Va. on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012. Fairfax County Police have not yet determined if it is the body of missing 17-year-old W.T. Woodson High School student Bryan Glenn, who was last seen Oct. 1 when he dropped his brother off at school and whose car was found in the park's parking lot the next day. A search party set out near 10 a.m. this morning, and a small group later found the body. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)