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Carl P. Zeithaml, dean of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia and recently named the university's interim president, answers questions at a news conference on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily Progress, Sabrina Schaeffer)
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University Rector Helen E. Dragas reportedly told former university president Teresa Sullivan on June 8 that she had enough votes on the board to remove her and that Ms. Sullivan could either resign or be fired.(Associated Press)
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A court-appointed official overseeing the $400 million estate of Huguette Clark, daughter of a Montana copper magnate, wants the return of $37 million worth of gifts - including cash, homes, tuition and a Stadivarius violin - because the recipients allegedly maneuvered and exploited Clark, who died last year at 104. A $6 million Edouard Manet painting given to a hospital and $250,000 to the Corcoran Gallery in Washington are also under investigation. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Students Maria Sofia (left) and Malendez Campos protest May 17, 2012, at a "Right to Dream" rally in Los Angeles. The demonstrators were protesting the deportation of illegal immigrants by the Obama Administration. (Associated Press)
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From left: Students David Buenrostro, Adrian James, and Jahel Ramos protest June 14, 2012, outside the Obama campaign offices in Culver City, Calif. The students demand that President Obama issue an executive order to stop deportations of illegal immigrant students in favor of the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors). In July 2011, California Gov. Brown enacted the California DREAM Act, giving illegal immigrant students access to private college scholarships for state schools. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Auburn coach Gene Chizik talks about the shootings of college students including a couple of football players with the media on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Opelika-Auburn News, Vasha Hunt)
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Former Virginia Governor and Republican U.S. Senate candidate George Allen talks with Martha Woodbury of Springfield, Va., at the Orange Hunt Elementary School precinct in Springfield, Va., Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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Former Virginia Governor and Republican U.S. Senate candidate George Allen takes a look at student's butterfly collection as he greets kids arriving to school at the Silver Brook Elementary School precinct in Fairfax Station, Va., Tuesday, June 12, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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George Allen (right), a former Virginia governor and U.S. senator, greets voter Rod Wood of Fairfax Station at the Silver Brook Elementary School precinct in Fairfax Station on Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Mr. Allen is running in the Virginia's Republican primary in an effort to reclaim the Senate seat he lost to Jim Webb, a Democrat, in 2006. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)