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Sen. Neil Riser, R-Columbia, standing, and Sen. Bob Kostelka, R-Monroe, seated, listen to debate on a bill changing how workers compensation benefits are calculated for professional athletes, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted to advance the bill pushed by New Orleans Saints NFL football team owner Tom Benson. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Barrow Peacock, R-Shreveport, talks about a bill dealing with how workers compensation benefits are calculated for professional athletes, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted to advance the bill pushed by New Orleans Saints NFL football team owner Tom Benson. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Former NFL players Kevin Mawae, left, and Ernie Conwell, right, and lobbyist Alton Ashy represented the NFL Players Association in its opposition to a workers compensation bill pushed by New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. The Senate labor committee narrowly voted in favor of the bill. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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FILE - This April 9, 2014 photo shows employment signs inn the city of Hobbs, N.M., which are competing for workers to keep up with development in the midst of an oil boom. The Census Bureau reports that the community of Hobbs, was the second fastest-growing in New Mexico from 2012 to 2013. Hobbs and other communities in southeastern New Mexico’s oil-rich Permian Basin are enjoying significant population growth in large part because of increased oil production from advances in drilling technologies. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, file)
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Rep. John Walsh, R-Livonia, left, talks over the votes on Detroit bailout bills with Speaker of the House, Jase Bolger, R-Marshall, Thursday, May 22, 2014 on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives in Lansing, Mich. The Michigan House has approved Detroit bankruptcy legislation that commits $195 million in state money to prevent deeper cuts in retiree pensions and the sale of city-owned art. The House voted 74-36 Thursday to spend money to match contributions from foundations and the Detroit Institute of Arts. Eleven bankruptcy-related bills cleared the Republican-led chamber and go to the Senate. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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File - This Feb. 19, 2013 file photo shows the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. Utah lawmakers are taking early steps to find a new home for the state prison that now takes up 700 acres in a high-tech corridor south of Salt Lake City. And prison officials warn the new site shouldn't stray too far out of town, contending they need a robust workforce nearby, plus plenty of volunteers. A panel tasked with recommending a new site convened Thursday morning at the Utah Capitol. After more than a decade of discussion, state lawmakers and Gov. Gary Herbert signed off on the move earlier this year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Hundreds of workers, organizers, and supporters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Oak Brook, Ill., protesting for a $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize. The group gathered outside the entrance as the company held their annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Hundreds of protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Oak Brook, Ill., demonstrating for a $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize. The group gathered outside the entrance as the company held the annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Hundreds of workers, organizers, and supporters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Oak Brook, Ill., demostrating for a $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize. The group gathered outside the entrance as the company held the annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Hundreds of protesters gather outside of the McDonald's Corporation Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Oak Brook, Ill., demonstrating for a $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize. The group gathered outside the entrance as the company held the annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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A McDonalds sign can be seen in the background as hundreds of demonstrators begin gather outside the entrance of the McDonalds Corporation, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Oak Brook, Ill., protesting for a $15 an hour wage and the right to unionize. The group gathered outside the entrance as the company held the annual shareholders meeting. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
