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Former U.S. Ambassador to China and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. ends his address to graduates of the South Carolina Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
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University of Maryland president Wallace Lowe, left, and Director of Athletics Kevin Anderson, right, applaud an emotional Gary Williams during a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., where Williams officially announced his retirement as the school's basket(...)
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Coach Gary Williams waves to the crowd in the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., during a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at which the coach officially announced his retirement. He has coached basketball for the past 30 years, 22 of which have been at the University of Maryland. (Barbara L. S(...)
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University of Maryland students Michael Rossbach, left, a junior, and Andrew Pajak, a sophomore, donned their Maryland shirts to attend a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., where Coach Gary Williams officially announced his retirement. "It's heartbreakin(...)
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Hundreds of University of Maryland students and alumni applaud as Coach Gary Williams enters the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Friday, May 6, 2011 to officially announce his retirement as the school's basketball coach. Many students sported yellow "Garyland" t(...)
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Gary Williams waves to the crowd of University of Maryland students and alumni in the audience at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., on Friday, May 6, 2011, the day that, after a 33-year career, 22 of which have been at the University of Maryland, Williams officially announced his retirement. (...)
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University of Maryland students and alumni give Coach Gary Williams a standing ovation during a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., where the coach announced that, after a 33-year career, 22 of which have been at the University of Maryland, he would be re(...)
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Coach Gary Williams enters the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park on Friday, May 6, 2011 for a press conference to officially announce his retirement after a 33-year career, 22 of which have been at the University of Maryland. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Flanked by University of Maryland president Wallace Lowe, left, and diretor of athletics Kevin Anderson, coach Gary Williams gives one last wave to the crowd of Terps fans who came out to the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., on Friday, May 6, 2011 to officially say goodbye and thank him for his (...)
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Outgoing Maryland basketball coach Gary Williams speaks Friday during a news conference to formally announce his retirement as the head basketball coach at Maryland in College Park, Md. Williams coached college basketball for 33 years, the last 22 at his alma mater. (Associated Press)
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'IT'S THE RIGHT TIME': Gary Williams' firebrand style of coaching defined Maryland basketball since he arrived in College Park in 1989. (The Washington Times)
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Second-year nursing student Deborah Brown of Bryans Road, Md., checks the blood glucose level of another nursing student during class at Everett. All students taking medical professional classes wear scrubs to prepare them for their professional careers.
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ivy Dorsett, a nursing instructor at Everest College, hands out papers during class at the for-profit institution, which offers associate's degrees and diploma programs. About 350 students attend the McLean campus.
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Associated Press photographs Four MIT grad students walk through a Nairobi, Kenya, slum in late March seeking answers about the usage of a nearby U.S.-funded medical clinic.
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The four MIT students tour Kibera's back alleys, past the one-room tin shacks, and jumped over slimy streams of sewage in their search for why Kenyans are reluctant to use the health clinic. Many residents, the students heard, didn't even know about the medical facility.
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Middle school teacher Gary Weddle, 50, holds his cut beard while shaving the remaining stubble on Sunday evening after learning of the death of Osama bin Laden. On 9/11, he vowed to not shave until the al Qaeda leader was caught or killed. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, here in 2008, says a loss of bipartisan cooperation is hampering current education reform efforts.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "It's been healing, for myself as well as others," said Brook Peters, 14, with his mother, Michelle Peters, about the Sept. 11 documentary he put together. "I definitely had a very bad experience that day." He was in kindergarten in New York City at the time.
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Associated Press Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels chats with student Cree DeDeaux, 14, during a tour of the Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School in Indianapolis on April 15. Indiana on Wednesday passed the largest school-voucher bill in the nation's history. Mr. Daniels is expected to sign the measure into law.
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Quarterback Ricky Dobbs (4) finished his Navy career as the school's all-time leader in touchdowns (49) and fifth in rushing yardage (2,665). (The Washington Times)
