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Ryan Burbrink has 36 receptions for 305 yards for Bowling Green this season. (Bowling Green Athletics)

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** FILE ** U.S. envoy J. Christopher Stevens attends meetings on April 11, 2011, at the Tibesty Hotel in Benghazi, Libya, where an African Union delegation was meeting with Libyan opposition leaders. (Associated Press)

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Syrians, who fled their homes with their families, gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Participants at a conference on Syria in November await the start of a session at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran. (Associated Press)

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Syrians who fled their homes with their families gather around a fire to warm themselves at a makeshift vegetables store in a camp for the displaced in the village of Atmeh, Syria, on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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These students may choose to join Culinary Workers Local 226 if they take jobs on the Las Vegas Strip. More than 90 percent of Culinary’s 60,000 mostly immigrant workers opt to be dues-paying members, even though Nevada law says they can’t be forced to pay unions for their services. Local 226 represents hotel and casino staff. Housekeepers in most Strip hotels start at $16 an hour with free health care and pension. (Associated Press)

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Nemias Ayala (left) and Mailen Gonzales practice stripping and making hotel room beds in a guest room attendant class at the Culinary Academy of Las Vegas. The academy trains those who want to work in guest services. It is funded through a trust created by culinary and bartenders unions as well as management from 26 properties on the Las Vegas Strip. (Associated Press)