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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1997, file photo, Luke Woodham, 16, exits the city's courtroom in Pearl, Miss. He was convicted of three counts of murder in the stabbing death of his mother and the shooting deaths of two fellow students at Pearl High School. Woodham, now 36, is a juvenile lifer waiting to be resentenced. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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ADVANCE FOR RELEASE SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. MDT. AND THEREAFTER In this Tuesday, July 18, 2017 photo, Twin Falls High School science teachers Ashley Moretti, left, and Candace Wright, right, use their eclipse shades to look at the sun as they pose for a portrait at Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls, Idaho. The district bought 11,000 pairs of solar glasses, enough for every student and staff member to view the solar eclipse Aug. 21, from Twin Falls. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR PUBLICATION RELEASE AT 12:01 a.m. PDT, SUNDAY, JULY 30, 2017 AND THEREAFTER In this Thursday, July 20, 2017 photo, children take a swim as mermaids at the Surf 'n Slide Water Park in Moses Lake, Wash. Mermaid School teaches kids how to maneuver while in the water wearing a mermaid tail, but kids need to have some knowledge of swimming before they qualify for school, Lauren Ausere said. Lauren is a Surf ‘n Slide assistant manager and a Mermaid School instructor. (Cheryl Schweizer/Columbia Basin Herald via AP)
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A University of Tennessee player participates in a drill during NCAA college football practice at Anderson Training Facility in Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Catie McMekin/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (7) passes under pressure during practice at NFL football training camp at Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa., Friday, July 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, right, hands off to running back James Conner during practice at NFL football training camp at Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa., Friday, July 28, 2017 . (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin walks between players as they warm up during practice at NFL football training camp at Latrobe High School in Latrobe, Pa., Friday, July 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Amanda Galano explains to students how she encourages the growth of a Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum in a greenhouse at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The student interns from the University of Delaware are producing videos this summer to document the work that goes into growing a Thousand Bloom Mum. The popular 1,000-acre public garden and education center near Philadelphia wants to make sure the practices can be passed on to future generations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Amanda Galano, third from right, demonstrates how she encourages the growth of a Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum to students Rebecca Ralston, right, Joy McCusker, and Max Gold at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The student interns from the University of Delaware are producing videos this summer to document the work that goes into growing a Thousand Bloom Mum. The popular 1,000-acre public garden and education center near Philadelphia wants to make sure the practices can be passed on to future generations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Amanda Galano demonstrates to students how she encourages the growth of a Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum in a greenhouse at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The student interns from the University of Delaware are producing videos this summer to document the work that goes into growing a Thousand Bloom Mum. The popular 1,000-acre public garden and education center near Philadelphia wants to make sure the practices can be passed on to future generations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Students Joy McCusker, left, Rebecca Ralston, and Max Gold document Amanda Galano as she demonstrates how she encourages the growth of a Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum to at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. The student interns from the University of Delaware are producing videos this summer to document the work that goes into growing a Thousand Bloom Mum. The popular 1,000-acre public garden and education center near Philadelphia wants to make sure the practices can be passed on to future generations. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Anti-vaccine protestors shout slogans outside the Italian lower chamber in Rome, Friday, July 28, 2017. Italy's parliament on Friday gave final approval to making a slate of childhood vaccinations mandatory for school children up to age 16 — a move aimed at countering an anti-vaccine trend that officials have attributed to misinformation. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)
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An anti-vaccine protestor shouts slogans outside the Italian lower chamber in Rome, Friday, July 28, 2017. Italy's parliament on Friday gave final approval to making a slate of childhood vaccinations mandatory for school children up to age 16 — a move aimed at countering an anti-vaccine trend that officials have attributed to misinformation. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP)
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In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, Tyler Jarrell, 18, poses for a photo. Jarrell was killed in a thrill ride accident at the Ohio State Fair on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. The Marine Corps and school officials said Jarrell enlisted last week and was going to begin basic training next summer after his high school graduation. (U.S. Marine Corps via AP)
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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2010, file photo, a student at Fairmeadow Elementary School pays for lunch consisting of fruits and vegetables during a school lunch program in Palo Alto, Calif. The state auditor says California's Education Department is not ensuring that school districts buy American food for lunches as required by federal law. Schools in California, which has the nation's largest agricultural industry, serve $2 billion a year in federally funded lunches. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File )
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State Treasurer Lynn Fitch speaks about the positive nature of economic education for public school children during her address at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., Thursday, July 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Carolina Panthers' Christian McCaffrey (22) runs with the ball during practice at training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Carolina Panthers' Cam Newton (1) stretches during practice at training camp at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, Harold Poling, left, and Ted Weisenberger check the doors to the ITT Technical Institute after ITT Educational Services announced that the school had ceased operating in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The U.S. Education Department has not approved any applications for student-loan forgiveness in cases of possible fraud since President Donald Trump took office, according to records sent to an Illinois senator. The records also revealed that the department has continued to receive new applications from borrowers who say they were victims of fraud, mostly from Corinthian borrowers and from former students of ITT Technical Institute. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
