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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)
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Newly-named Maryland men's head basketball coach Mark Turgeon speaks during an NCAA college basketball news conference, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Rep. Austin Scott, Georgia Republican **FILE**
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, will deliver a major speech Thursday at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center. The center is part of UM's medical school, where researchers are "vigorously" pursuing stem cell research.
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Newly-named Maryland men's head basketball coach Mark Turgeon speaks during an NCAA college basketball news conference, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to sign a bill Tuesday that would make in-state college tuition available to many illegal immigrants. A federal version of the bill failed last year in Congress.
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** FILE ** University of Maryland president Wallace D. Loh (left) and director of athletics Kevin Anderson (right) applauded an emotional Gary Williams during the news conference when Williams officially announced his retirement as the school's basketball coach after nearly 22 years. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
