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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2011, file photo, Oak Grove volunteer coach Brett Favre holds a football on the sidelines as they take on Petal during a high school football game in Hattiesburg Miss. Favre's agent says the former NFL quarterback will be an assistant coach at a Mississippi high school this fall. Bus Cook told The Associated Press Friday, July 20, 2012, that Favre will work at Oak Grove High School this fall "to help out in some capacity, but I'm not sure exactly what his role will be." (AP Photo/ Hattiesburg American, Ryan Moore, File) NO SALES
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This photo provided by the University of Colorado shows James Holmes. A university spokeswoman said Holmes, the suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, was studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. program at the University of Colorado-Denver graduate school. (Associated Press/University of Colorado)
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A small group prays July 20, 2012, outside Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., where witness were brought for questioning in regard to a gunman's rampage at a movie theater that left 12 dead and at least 50 others injured. (Associated Press)
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A woman cries July 20, 2012, outside Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., where witness were brought for questioning after a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theater, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others. (Associated Press)
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Jacob Stevens, 18, hugs his mother Tammi Stevens after being interviewed July 20, 2012, by police outside Gateway High School in Aurora, Colo., where witness were brought for questioning after a shooting at a movie theater. (Associated Press)
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In this photo taken Friday, July 13, 2012, Penn State University President Rodney Erickson listens to a reporters question at a news conference after a board of trustees meeting at the school's Worthington Scranton campus, in Dunmore, Pa. Erickson said Tuesday, July 17, 2012, that the university will respond within days to the NCAA's demand for information as the governing body decides whether the university should face penalties _ including a possible shutdown of its storied football program _ in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Students return for their first day of classes at Barwell Road Elementary School in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday. Monday was the first day of school for 26,000 kids on a year-round calendar in the Wake County, N.C., public school system. (Associated Press)
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James Ammons, the president of Florida A&M University, will step down from his position at the school. His resignation takes effect on Oct. 11. (Associated Press)
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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted on 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse. A report by former FBI director Louis Freeh due Thursday may not bode well for former school administrators. (Associated Press)
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Illustration College Debt by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Army Capt. Stephanie Godman is silhouetted by a star-filled night sky after taking part in a night ambush exercise. Women have been allowed to go to the Army's sapper school since 1999. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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The Sapper candidates navigate a firefight on a mission, during another day of Sapper School training at U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) and Fort Leonard Wood in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)