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FILE - In this Thursday, May 15, 2014 file photo, Illinois Rep. William Davis, D-Homewood speaks on the House floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Lawmakers in July 2017 enacted an overall spending plan for the state that includes money for education. Gov. Bruce Rauner has suggested he will veto that newly devised school funding method, which could leave the state with no plan to allocate the general state education aid, which includes a $350 million increase for schools. Davis is the legislation's House sponsor. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman,, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2014, file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon, speaks on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Aldrin is hosting a gala for his nonprofit space education foundation, ShareSpace Foundation, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday, July 15, 2017. The event will raise money and commemorate the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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Sandbags are filled and ready to go in the Warren Township High School parking lot, Friday, July 14, 2017 in Gurnee, Ill. Illinois officials said Friday some 6,800 buildings have been affected by "unprecedented" flooding north of Chicago, and the damage is expected to worsen this weekend as water flows down rivers into the state from Wisconsin. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald via AP)
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Recent high school graduates Abbigail Deason and Grace Branscum, both 18, of Oklahoma City relax inside Meow Wolf's mazelike exhibition space in Santa Fe, N.M., on Friday, July 14, 2017. The startup company behind the popular art installation is seeking out small-scale Internet investors as it lays the groundwork for expansion to major metropolitan markets.
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Maurice Clarett played running back for the Ohio State Buckeyes. During his freshman year at Ohio State University in 2002, he helped lead the Buckeyes to a national championship. He is well known for unsuccessfully challenging the NFL's draft eligibility rules requiring a player to be three years removed from high school and for his tumultuous life outside of football, including his dismissal from Ohio State, several arrests, and imprisonment. He sentenced to 7 1/2 years after pleading guilty to aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department, Sean Urbanski. Urbanski, arrested in a fatal stabbing at the University of Maryland that has been under investigation as a possible hate crime has been indicted on a murder charge. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)
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FILE - This Feb. 26, 2016 file photo shows the entrance to St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office is launching a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual assault and misconduct at the elite prep school. The investigation into the school follows the release of a report in May 2017 detailing sexual assaults by teachers on their students, earlier information about student sexual conquest rituals and allegations of a similar ritual reported in June. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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Friends and classmates of student Abigail Bastien pray together at St. Mary's Catholic Church Thursday evening, July 13, 2017, in Sandusky, Ohio. Johns Hopkins University officials say Bastien found dead Thursday morning near the Maryland campus was a rising sophomore and member of the track and field team. Police say they are investigating, but there were no obvious signs of foul play at the scene. (Jilly Burns/The Sandusky Register via AP)
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This Tuesday, July 11, 2017 photo shows the front office of Kaiser High School in Honolulu. Army Sgt. 1st Class Ikaika Kang graduated from the school in 2001. Those who know him said they're shocked to hear about terrorism charges against him after authorities said he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)
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In a Friday, June 2, 2017 photo, goats from the landscaping company Munchers on Hooves graze on leaves and weeds near the Sindecuse Health Center on Western Michigan University's campus. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local union has filed a grievance in response to Western Michigan University’s hiring of goats to clear 15 woodland acres on campus. (Carly Geraci/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP)
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department, Sean Urbanski. Urbanski, arrested in a fatal stabbing at the University of Maryland that has been under investigation as a possible hate crime has been indicted on a murder charge. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)
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In this undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department, Sean Urbanski. Urbanski, arrested in a fatal stabbing at the University of Maryland that has been under investigation as a possible hate crime has been indicted on a murder charge. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)
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This June 21, 2017 photo provided by volunteer nest monitor Mary Malec shows peregrine falcons "Lux," front, and "Fiat" at the University of California, Berkeley. Lux, one of two baby peregrine falcons born on the university campus, died after flying into a window, university officials said Wednesday, July 12. (Mary Malec via AP)
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This June 21, 2017 photo provided by volunteer nest monitor Mary Malec shows peregrine falcon "Lux" at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, Calif. Lux, one of two baby peregrine falcons born on the university campus, died after flying into a window, university officials said Wednesday, July 12. (Mary Malec via AP)
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This undated image provided by the Norman family shows Moses C. Norman. Norman, a former dean of Clark Atlanta University's School of Education and a pioneer in educational leadership in Atlanta died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at his Atlanta home. He was 82. An alumnus of Clark Atlanta, Norman had just retired as dean of the university's School of Education on June 30. (Courtesy of Norman Family via AP)
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In this March 7, 2017, file photo, rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) **FILE**
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A single white rose rests on the "peace table" at the Verner Center in Asheville, N.C., on Thursday, March 23, 2017. The spot is designated to help angry kids work out conflicts with their classmates. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Winners MacKenzie Gore, of Whiteville High School in Whiteville, N.C., center left, and Sydney McLaughlin, of Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, N.J., center right, pose with NBA basketball player Karl Anthony Towns, of the Minnesota Timberwolves, left, and Tamika Catchings, right, at the 15th annual High School Athlete of the Year Awards at the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Marina del Rey, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Winner MacKenzie Gore, of Whiteville High School in Whiteville, N.C. left, and NFL football player Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers, pose at the 15th annual High School Athlete of the Year Awards at the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Marina del Rey, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, N.J. accepts her award at the 15th annual High School Athlete of the Year Awards at the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Tuesday, July 11, 2017, in Marina del Rey, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
