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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, JAN. 19 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 24, 2014 photo, Woodlawn Cemetery sexton Edward Ricks poses in front of an ornate grave marker at the Edwardsville, Ill., cemetery that is still recovering from a summer storm. The statue on the top had been knocked off in the storm. (AP Photo/Belleville News-Democrat, Tim Vizer)
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State Rep. Mark Pody of Lebanon and fellow Republican Sen. Mae Beavers, right, of Mt. Juliet hold a press conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Jan.15, 2014, about their bill seeking to ban state participation in the federal health care law. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet, left, speaks at a press conference in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, about her bill seeking to ban state participation in the federal health care law. To her right are state Republican Reps.Terri Lynn Weaver of Lancaster and Sheila Butt of Columbia. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)
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President Barack Obama announces he will nominate Maria Contreras-Sweet, founder and board chairman of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles, to head the Small Business Administration (SBA), Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013, file photo, The National September 11 Museum is seen beyond the North Pool at the memorial in New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called upon the federal government Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, to help support the Sept. 11 museum at the World Trade Center, which is set to open this spring after years of delays but is potentially facing budget shortfalls. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2013, file photo, a visitor to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum takes in the sight as he walks past the museum in New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called upon the federal government Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, to help support the Sept. 11 museum at the World Trade Center, which is set to open this spring after years of delays but is potentially facing budget shortfalls. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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FILE - This Sept 13, 2012 file photo shows a Libyan man investigating the inside of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report on the deadly assault on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Wednesday, laying blame on the State Department, the late Ambassador Chris Stevens and the intelligence community for failing to communicate and heed warnings of terrorist activity in the area and protect diplomatic facilities. The highly critical report also says the U.S. military was not positioned to aid the Americans in need, though the head of Africa Command had offered military security teams that Stevens _ who was killed in the attack _ had rejected weeks before the attack. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)
