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"Martha Stewart's Cooking School," described as a culinary master class, will air weekly on PBS starting this fall. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Martina Ryberg (right) of Plymouth State University talks April 4, 2012, with Tara Rossetti of On Call International during a job fair for college students in Manchester, N.H. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson and Mayor Vincent C. Gray answer questions Wednesday about the five goals in their five-year plan to aggressively rebuild the District's public school system. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Classes for students at Gerezani Secondary School, and at other secondary schools in Tanzania, are taught only in English. Some students struggle with the language since it is spoken in relatively few homes, but English remains an official language, along with Kiswahili, one of 120 local languages. (Anna Patton/Special to The Washington Times)

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A memorial for Joanna Ramos, 10, stands outside Willard Elementary School in Long Beach, Calif. Joanna died in February after a confrontation with another girl, 11.

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From food allergies to tantrums to picky eaters, moms seem to figure out how to feed children by the time the youngest graduates from high school. (The Washington Times/File)

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Before his first formal workout with the Broncos, quarterback Peyton Manning was throwing passes to receivers Erick Decker and Brandon Stokley at Denver-area high schools. (Associated Press)

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Caprice Casson offers water to Dana Treece, 10, a drummer in the J.C. Nalle Elementary School band, as they make they way along Pennsylvania Avenue during the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 Parade on Monday, celebrating the 150th anniversary of slaves being freed in the District on April 16, 1862, by President Abraham Lincoln. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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A young drummer in the JC Nalle Elementary School band gets a little help adjusting his instrument as they make they way along Pennsylvania Avenue NW during the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 parade in Washington, D.C., Monday, April 16, 2012., celebrating the150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act. 150 ears ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Members of the Anacostia High School band practice in the shade as they wait to march in the District of Columbia Emancipation Day 2012 parade in Washington, D.C., Monday, April 16, 2012., celebrating the150th anniversary of the District of Columbia Emancipation Act. 150 ears ago, on April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed a bill ending slavery in the District of Columbia. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** This Jan. 8, 2010, courtroom file sketch shows Zarein Ahmedzay (right) with his attorney Michael Marinaccio during his arraignment at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in New York. Ahmedzay and two former high school classmates are accused of plotting to bomb subways in New York City. (Associated Press)

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associated press Navy's Bo Snelson (right) inherited his intensity and work ethic from his father, John, who also was his football coach in high school.

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Stills from the documentary "Bully," recut to achieve a PG-13 rating, show youngsters whose mistreatment in school is detailed in the film. (Photograph provided by The Weinstein Co.)

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** FILE ** In this March 16, 2011 photo, Heather Coffy, right center, leaves the St. Monica School in Indianapolis with her children, left to right, Delano Coffy, 15, Alanna Marshall, 8, and Darius Coffy, 11. Students like Delano are at the heart of brewing political fights and court battles over whether public dollars should go to vouchers to help make private schools more affordable. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

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ESPN has suspended Keith Olbermann for the rest of the week after he went on a Twitter rant against Penn State students. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Maria Campomanes and her daughter Maelauni, 9, on Wednesday leave flowers for victims of the Oikos University shooting. Ellen Cervellon, an official at the college, said she was the intended target. (Associated Press)