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In the town of Kasserine, site of the bloodiest confrontation, cars have been set on fire and police were reported to have killed a man carrying the coffin of a child. On Monday, Tunisia temporarily shut down all of its high schools and universities as it tried to stop deadly riots over joblessness and poor prospects for youths. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2007, file photo, a student puts apple slices on his tray during lunch at Central High School in St. Paul, Minn. Schoolchildren would have to pick up more whole grains, fruits and vegetables on the lunch line under proposed new federal standards for school lunches. The Agriculture Department proposal applies to lunches subsidized by the federal government and would be the first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in 15 years. They are expected to be announced Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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Play equipment at a new park bears the words "Todos Somos Juarez" ("We're all Juarez"), the name of a federal program attempting to increase education, jobs and safety in the border city. (Associated Press)
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Student Olivia Frierson presses contact pads from an AED machine onto a CPR mannequin during a CPR training class at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. The American Heart Association said Monday that all secondary school students should be required to be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and receive an overview of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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Dupree House, located in the Petworth neighborhood on Colorado Avenue NW, is operated by the nonprofit group Associates for Renewal in Education Inc. (J.M. Eddins Jr./The Washington Times)
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This photo obtained from the 2006 Mountain View High School yearbook shows Jared Loughner. A neighbor provided this photo to an Associated Press photographer outside a listed address for Mr. Loughner, where police are gathering, and said this person lived at the residence. (AP Photo)
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This handout photo provided by Purdue University shows David Nichols in a lab at the university in West Lafayette, Ind., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Nichols studies the way psychedelic drugs act in the brains of rats. But he's haunted by how his work is being hijacked by humans selling street drugs. (AP Photo/Purdue University, Mark Simons)
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FILE - In this June 3, 2008 file photo, Liberty Valley Elementary School, Danville, Pa., kindergarten student Tianna Swisher attempts to drink from the water fountain at Montour Preserve, near Washingtonville, Pa., during the school's outdoor field trip. Fluoride in drinking water, credited with dramatically cutting cavities and tooth decay, may now be too much of a good thing. It's causing spots on some kids' teeth. A reported increase in the spotting problem is one reason the federal government will announce Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, it plans to lower the recommended limit for fluoride in water supplies, the first such change in nearly 50 years. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Bill Hughes, File)
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An unidentified student is framed by a door at Millard South high school in Omaha, Neb., Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Classes resumed Friday at the school where a 17-year-old shot two administrators, killing one, before fleeing and committing suicide. At left is Millard Superintendent Keith Lutz. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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A woman wearing a security jacket walks past students as they gathered at the entrance to Millard South high school in Omaha, Neb., early morning Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, before classes resume for the first time since a 17-year-old student shot two administrators, killing one, before fleeing and committing suicide. (AP Photo/ Nati Harnik)
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Students hug at Millard South high school in Omaha, Neb., early Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Classes resumed Friday after a 17-year-old student shot two administrators, killing one, before fleeing and committing suicide. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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Millard South High School students hold a candle light vigil in front of the school Thursday Jan. 6, 2011, in Omaha, Neb. A student opened fire killing the assistant principal, and wounding the principal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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Millard South High School students hold a candle light vigil in front of the school Thursday Jan 6, 2011, in Omaha, Neb. A student opened fire killing the assistant principal, and wounding the principal on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle speaks to reporters Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, on Wednesday's shootings at Millard South High School in the city. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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The U.S. flag flies at half staff Thursday Jan 6, 2011, outside of the Millard Public Schools Administration Center in Omaha, Neb. The 17-year-old gunman who opened fire at his Nebraska high school, killing an assistant principal, had been suspended from class and removed from the building hours earlier for driving on an athletic field, police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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Omaha, Neb., Police Chief Alex Hayes takes questions from the media Thursday, Jan 6, 2011. The 17-year-old gunman who opened fire at his Nebraska high school, killing an assistant principal, had been suspended from class and removed from the building hours earlier for driving on an athletic field, police said Thursday. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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A memorial is arranged in front of Millard South High School, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, in Omaha, Neb., after a student shot and killed one administrator and wounded another. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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A medical helicopter lifts off from Millard South High School Wednesday, Jan 5, 2011, in Omaha, Neb. A student shot and wounded two adults causing students to rush into a school kitchen to take cover before his body was found in a car about a mile away. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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The car belonging to Robert Butler Jr. is towed in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, after Butler, a Millard South High School student, shot and wounded the principal and assistant principal at the school. His body was found in his car about a mile away. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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An unidentified student, center, is united with a loved one, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, outside the Millard South High School after a student shot and wounded two adults, causing students to rush into a school kitchen to take cover before his body was found in a car about a mile away. (AP photo/Dave Weaver)
