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Pope Benedict XVI greets faithful during his visit at St. Mary University college in London, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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Children from the Holy Cross Primary School in Plymouth western England meet Pope Benedict XVI during a celebration of Catholic education at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, London. Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on the second day of a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/ Steve Parsons/Pool)
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Line of police officers watch over the crowd outside St Mary's University College in Twickemham, London where Pope Benedict XVI is attending a celebration of catholic education, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Pope Benedict XVI presides during a celebration of Catholic Education at St Mary's University College, in Twickenham, London, Friday Sept. 17, 2010. Thousands of cheering Catholic schoolchildren feted Pope Benedict XVI with songs and gifts Friday on his second day in Britain, offering a boisterous welcome as the pontiff urged them to ignore the shallow temptations of today's "celebrity culture." (AP Photo/Ben Stansall, Pool)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Sister Julia Marie walks with students to her classroom before teaching a chemistry class at St. Cecilia Academy, a high school, on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn. The Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia has 27 postulants entering the convent this fall, likely the largest group of new nuns in training in the U.S., according to religious scholars.
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Sygifrid Saweru is headmaster of Msaranga Secondary School, one of dozens of secondary schools built in the region to accommodate a surge in primary school graduates. The desks are on dirt floors because the building is only half-finished. (Associated Press)
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Students crowd a biology class at Msaranga Secondary School near Moshi, Tanzania, where youngsters hunger for education. To get into the classroom, however, they have to pay substantial fees for items such as uniforms and desks. (Associated Press)
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A D.C. Mayoral Primary Election ballot is seen on election day at the Takoma School in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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D.C. residents cast their ballots during the D.C. Mayoral Primary Election's at Plummer Elementary School in Washington on September 14, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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Students arrive at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex in Los Angeles. The site where Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968 opened Monday as a $578 million complex of schools for thousands of students after years of disputes over historic preservation. (Associated Press)
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Imam Zaid Shakir lectures during Islamic history class at Zaytuna College in Berkeley. In the years to come, Zaytuna's founders hope to enroll more students, add more majors, offer graduate programs and have their own campus. The school is raising money from Muslim communities in the U.S. (Associated Press)
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An Uzbek woman weaves silk in a workshop in Margilan. Children miss school in silk season and work from pre-dawn to midnight.
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In this Aug. 26, 2010, photograph, University of Illinois at Springfield Career Counselor Gail Kilbury, right, speaks with students seeking employment, during a University of Illinois Job Fair in Springfield, Ill. Even though the economy is growing more slowly, companies in recent weeks are resisting making even deeper cuts to their work forces. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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In this Aug. 26, 2010, photograph, University of Illinois at Springfield Career Counselor Gail Kilbury, right, speaks with students seeking employment, during a University of Illinois Job Fair in Springfield, Ill. Even though the economy is growing more slowly, companies in recent weeks are resisting making even deeper cuts to their work forces. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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President Obama speaks Wednesday about the economy at Cuyahoga Community College in Parma, Ohio. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy Wednesday at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Jefferson Thomas (left), Ernest Green (center) and President Bill Clinton sing together at the conclusion of a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony at the White House to honor Mr. Thomas, Mr. Green and the other members of the Little Rock Nine, the black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2007, file photo, North Texas head coach Todd Dodge looks on during an NCAA college football game against Navy in Denton, Texas. Dodge is no longer the hot shot high school coach hired to energize the North Texas football program. After 31 losses in three years, he's just trying to hang on to his job and avoid becoming another case study in why it's so rare for a coach to be plucked from the preps and put in charge of a major college team. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2007, file photo, Penn State students Gary Huber, of Warren, Pa., right, and Katie Tindal of Virginia Beach, Va., walk through "Paternoville, the tent village outside Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
