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Students at Josh Fattal's former high school sign a banner on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, in Wyncote, Pa. Fellow American Shane Bauer and Mr. Fattal, jailed in Iran for two years on charges of spying, were released from a Tehran prison on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Two-time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant (left) of Oklahoma City shares a light moment with Charlotte rookie Kemba Walker at a summer-league all-star game at Coolidge High School. (Associated Press)
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A new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream called Schweddy Balls, based on a SNL comedy skit, is causing quite a stir among parents. (Provided by Ben & Jerry's)
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"This is definitely my passion," D.C. Teacher of the Year Shira Fishman says of teaching. After working as a mechanical engineer, she changed careers and now teaches math at McKinley Technology High School in Northeast. "She has an uncanny ability to make the content come to life," says McKinley Principal David Pinder. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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McKinley students (from left) Robert Shedrick Jr., Malik Harleston, and Ryan Sturdivant work through a math problem with Shira Fishman, the District's Teacher of the Year for 2011. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Kyle Chandler, who played a high school football coach in "Friday Night Lights," holds his Emmy for lead actor in a drama series. "I knew for a fact I would not be standing here. I did not write anything," he said. (Associated Press)
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Hecklers follow Elizabeth Eckford as she walks away from Little Rock's Central High School on Sept. 4, 1957, after she was turned away by the Arkansas National Guards. More than 50 years later, some Little Rock schools still receive money to help with the desegregation effort, but the state wants to stop paying. (Associated Press)
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Students shout slogans as they protest on the Sanaa University campus in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, to show their support of a boycott of university studies as part of demonstrations demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Arabic on the billboard reads, "The resumption of school before dropping the regime is betrayal to the blood of the martyrs." (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
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Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant dunks the ball during the second half of an All-Star basketball game featuring NBA players at Coolidge High School on Saturday. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant dunks the ball during the second half of an All-Star basketball game featuring NBA players at Coolidge High School. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Washington Wizards' John Wall moves the ball as former University of Tennessee player Bobby Maze, left, defends during the first half of an All-Star basketball game featuring NBA players at Coolidge High School. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Washington Redskins running back Tim Hightower believes he's found an offense that suits his talents. Coach Mike Shanahan runs a a similar outside-zone scheme that his college coach, Dave Clawson, ran at the University of Richmond. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Obama signs the American Invents Act on Sept. 16, 2011, at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. (Associated Press)
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Striking teachers picket outside a middle school Wednesday in Tacoma, Wash. School was out for 28,000 students for a third day Thursday after teachers in Washington state's third-largest school district voted to strike Monday night. (Associated Press)
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Ontlametse Phalatse stands on a desk surrounded by classmates at the Lorato Primary School in Hebron, South Africa. The 12-year-old has a rare condition called progeria, a genetic premature-aging disease. While she has proved to be a bright pupil at Lorato, she was often scorned because classmates and teachers thought she had AIDS. (Associated Press)
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President Obama walks on stage before speaking at Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Firefighters begin to evacuate students at Strayer University who have become trapped by floodwaters in Alexandria on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Students attending Strayer University on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Va., are trapped by flood waters Thursday, September 8, 2011. Rain associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee is causing flash floods. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS An Army sergeant talks to high school students in North Carolina about a career in the Army. While visits and calls to military recruiting offices increased after the terrorism attacks, the legend of a wave of enlistments rolling in after Sept. 11 isn't true.
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Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011, as part of the school's commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11. (AP Photo/Denton Record-Chronicle, David Minton)
