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Boston College's Kristen Doherty, right, looks to pass under pressure from Maryland's Lynetta Kizer in the first half of an NCAA basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in College Park, Md.(AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Vivan Perez dishes out fruit for lunch at Kepner Middle School in Denver. The Colorado General Assembly is considering the nation's toughest ban on unhealthy fats that would apply to food served in school and after school. (Associated Press)
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In this undated photo, North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, greets students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Compared with his father, who preceded him as president, Mr. Kim is less aloof and more outgoing. (Associated Press)
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Students are escorted to the bus Tuesday as they leave Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)
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Bail for former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, who has been charged in a molestation case, was raised Wednesday to $23 million. (Associated Press)
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Bernard Goldstein, professor and dean emeritus of the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, testifies Feb. 1, 2012, before the Energy and Environment Subcommittee at the Rayburn House Office Building in D.C., about the EPA's approach to ground-water research in Pavillion, Wyo. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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President Barack Obama greets supporters after his speech at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Michigan's Al Glick Field House, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Maryland forward Ashton Pankey has decided to leave the school for family reasons. (Associated Press)
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A Tyler Elementary School student holds a program for a young artists exhibition at the Phillips Collection. The gallery shows D.C. students' artwork in its new wing. (James R. Brantley/Special to The Washington Times)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has a 51 percent approval rating, according to a Marquette University Law School poll, as he faces a recall effort. (Associated Press)
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Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos is driving the Greyhounds toward just their second 20-win season in school history. Backed by the 3-point shooting of Robert Olson (below), Loyola is 14-5, 7-2 in the Metro Atlantic. (Loyola University)
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Tom Luna, the state superintendent for Idaho, had his truck vandalized after the state's Legislature ended "continuing contracts" for new teachers and said performance, not seniority, would determine layoffs. Many states are moving to weaken tenure rights for teachers. (Associated Press)
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Penn State fan Maria Meyer attaches a set of rosary beads to a statue of Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on the Penn State University campus after learning of his death on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in State College,Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2009 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno shouts before an NCAA college football game against Temple in State College, Pa. On Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, Paterno, thewinningest coach in major college football, has died. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden speaks Jan. 19, 2012, at Galena High School in Reno, Nev. (Associated Press)
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Pre-kindergarten teacher Laura Amling helps her 3-year-old students with a project at Powell Elementary School in Washington on Dec. 6, 2011. The expansion in public prekindergarten programs has slowed and even been reversed in some states as school districts cope with shrinking budgets. As a result, many 3- and 4-year-olds aren't going to preschool. (Associated Press)
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The Anacostia Senior High School Junior ROTC students march in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast Washington, D.C. on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. This is the first time in eight years that the parade has been held, and more than 200 groups signed up to march. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sidney High School math teacher Sherry Arnold, 43, seen here in an undated photo, has been missing since Jan. 7, 2012. New details about her mysterious disappearance and reported death emerged Jan. 15, 2012, as authorities asked property owners in parts of North Dakota and Montana to look for signs of her buried body and released the names of two men being held in the case. (Associated Press/Sidney Montana Police Dept.)
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President Obama participates Jan. 16, 2012, in a community service project in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Browne Education Campus in Washington. (Associated Press)
