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These undated photos provided by Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania shows from left Ary Sloane, Rita Wyszynski, and Lorraine Vicente. A city principal and four teachers promoted cheating on standardized tests by changing student answers, providing answers to students and improperly reviewing questions prior to administering the tests, prosecutors said in announcing charges against the five. Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Thursday, May 8, 2014, that the defendants are accused of "perpetuating a culture of cheating" on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests over a five-year period. A grand jury found that after the cheating stopped in 2012, the percentage of students who scored well on the tests dropped dramatically, authorities said. Charged were principal Evelyn Cortez, 59, and four teachers: Jennifer Hughes, 59; Lorraine Vicente, 41; Rita Wyszynski, 65; and Ary Sloane, 56. Cortez lives in the suburb of Dresher and Hughes in Jeffersonville. The other three are from Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania)

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These undated photos provided by Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania shows Evelyn Cortez, left, and Jennifer Hughes, right. A city principal and four teachers promoted cheating on standardized tests by changing student answers, providing answers to students and improperly reviewing questions prior to administering the tests, prosecutors said in announcing charges against the five. Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Thursday, May 8, 2014, that the defendants are accused of "perpetuating a culture of cheating" on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests over a five-year period. A grand jury found that after the cheating stopped in 2012, the percentage of students who scored well on the tests dropped dramatically, authorities said. Charged were principal Cortez, 59, and four teachers: Hughes, 59; Lorraine Vicente, 41; Rita Wyszynski, 65; and Ary Sloane, 56. Cortez lives in the suburb of Dresher and Hughes in Jeffersonville. The other three are from Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Office of Attorney General of Pennsylvania)

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This undated photo provided by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office shows Shirley Dermond. A central Georgia sheriff has requested help from the FBI as authorities search for Dermond, who they fear was abducted around the time her husband was decapitated in their lakefront home. Friends found the body of 88-year-old Russell Dermond in the garage of the home on Lake Oconee on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. His wife, 87-year-old Shirley Dermond, is missing. (AP Photo/Courtesy Putnam County Sheriff’s Office)

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Winston Churchill, leader of the opposition in the present Parliament, shown on grounds of Chartwell, his Westerham, Kent, home on Sept. 20, 1951. (AP Photo)