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Paddle boarding instructor Kathy Summers (right) lines up a group of her students on the Potomac River below the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Washington. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES Quarterback John Beck rolled out for a pass Tuesday, one of three days the team practiced at a Northern Virginia high school.
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This undated photo courtesy of Troy Glasgow shows the entrance to Gibson Hall at the Memphis College of Art in Overton Park in Memphis, Tenn. In designing the new entrance to Gibson Hall, the college's administrative building, Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects wanted to highlight the color red, a signature color for the college. LuciteLux acrylic was chosen for its translucent properties and its unique look when illuminated. (AP Photo/Troy Glasgow)
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National Geographic Bee 2011 champion Tine Valencic, 13, from Coleyville, Texas, smiles as he talks on the phone with his father (who was at home and couldn't make it to the final round in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 25, 2011) telling him he won. In his hand Tine holds the winning check, a $25,000 scholarship. Although he has already taken the ACT college entrance exam and scored a 32 out of 36, Tine says he still has five years to decide where he wants to go to college and what he wants to study. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is set to open a third round of Race to the Top education grants Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Ryan Kerrigan (top), the Redskins' top draft pick in April, runs a defense drill during an informal practice at a high school in Northern Virginia. Rookie receiver Leonard Hankerson (right), selected 79th overall out of Miami, makes a move after catching a pass. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Washington Redskins rookie receiver Leonard Hankerson (left) pulls down a short pass as some members of the Washington Redskins hold an informal practice at a high school in northern Virginia, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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**FILE ** Washington Mystics rookie Jasmine Thomas, shown in college on March 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray promised that all contracts for more than $1 million would go to the D.C. Council for review, but a contract for school security remains unchecked. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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A rescue worker walks past debris at Joplin High School in Joplin, Mo., on Monday, May 23, 2011. A large tornado moved through much of the city Sunday, severely damaging the school, a hospital, and hundreds of homes and businesses. The twister killed at least 89 people. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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** FILE ** King Abdullah (center) of Saudi Arabia waves during the inauguration of the Princess Noura bint Abdulrahaman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. The school will be the biggest women's university in the world, with capacity for 40,000 students. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)
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DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, shown here talking to reporters outside the federal courthouse after a hearing in April, made a graduation speech at the University of Maryland that compared the players' lockout fight against the owners to the detractors the students will face in their future.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Wesleyan University students in Middletown, Conn., pick up cheeses at a co-op in a dorm basement. College students nationwide are becoming more aware of the quality of their food.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama greets graduates, some overcome with emotion, before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday.
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President Obama stands Monday with graduate Christopher Dean (right) and Principal Alisha Kiner before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn. (Associated Press)
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President Obama is greeted by Booker T. Washington High School students Cassandra Henderson (left) and Christopher Dean after stepping off Air Force One in Memphis, Tenn., for private meetings with families affected by flooding and to deliver the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School. (Associated Press)
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Jens Soering, the son of a German diplomat, was a University of Virginia student when the Haysoms were killed. He is serving two life sentences.
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A California Institute of the Arts student tunes up a robot in preparation for a concert at the school's Walt Disney Modular Theater. The orchestra is composed equally of people and robots, with trained musicians manipulating and instructing the bots.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Lizzie Eggart, a student at the California Institute of the Arts, works on the Egg Babies lighting robot, part of the school's KarmetiK Machine Orchestra. "Depending on what kind of note it is - bass, high note, treble - it will respond with a color," Ms. Eggert explained.
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives the commencement address at West Virginia University Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Morgantown, W.Va. Clinton delivered the commencement address to about 1,000 graduates of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)
