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Some of the more than 200 demonstrators fill the rotunda of the Idaho Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in another bid to convince Republican lawmakers to schedule a hearing on a bill to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the Idaho Human Rights Act in Boise, Idaho. GOP leaders have said there will be no hearing on the bill. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Some of the more than 200 demonstrators fill the rotunda of the Idaho Capitol on Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in another bid to convince Republican lawmakers to schedule a hearing on a bill to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the Idaho Human Rights Act in Boise, Idaho. GOP leaders have said there will be no hearing on the bill. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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Pedestrians pass a sign reading "Sochi 2014," Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in central Sochi, Russia, home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Anthony Bottom is shown. Bottom, 62, one of two former members of a militant black power group convicted of killing two New York City police officers in 1971, will seek parole for a seventh time. Although his supporters say that he has been a model prisoner and rehabilitated, the powerful Patrolman’s Benevolent Association says he belongs in prison. (AP Photo/New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, File)
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FILE - In this 1998 file photo provided by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, inmate Herman Bell is shown. Convicted of killing a New York City police officer in 1971, Bell is scheduled to go before the Parole Board for a sixth time during the week of Feb. 17, 2014. The powerful Policeman’s Benevolent Association believes Bell belongs in prison but his supporters say that he has been a model inmate and is rehabilitated. (AP Photo/New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, File)
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FILE This Feb. 17, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama picking up the first pen to sign the economic stimulus bill during a ceremony in the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. The White House says a costly spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law five years ago Monday was good for the economy and helped the U.S. avoid another Great Depression. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Penn State President Rodney Erickson, left, welcomes Eric J. Barron, right, after he is unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
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Eric Barron, left, answers questions from the media after being unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
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Eric Barron, speaks to the media after being unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
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Eric Barron, left, answers questions from the media after being unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
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Eric Barron, answers questions from the media after being unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
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Eric Barron, left, answers questions from the media after being unanimously voted in to become the University's 18th president, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 in State College, Pa. Barron replaces current Penn State President Rodney Erickson, who will retire this summer. (AP Photo/Ralph Wilson)
