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Northwestern guard/forward Scottie Lindsey, left, drives to the basket against Houston Baptist guard/forward Reveal Chukwujekwu during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Houston Baptist guard Jalen Weber, right, drives against Northwestern guard Isiah Brown during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Houston Baptist forward Colter Lasher, left, goes up to shoot as Northwestern guard/forward Sanjay Lumpkin guards during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Houston Baptist guard/forward Reveal Chukwujekwu, right, shoots against Northwestern during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Northwestern head coach Chris Collins calls a play during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Houston Baptist, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Northwestern guard Bryant McIntosh, right, looks to pass as Houston Baptist guard Braxton Bonds guards during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Houston Baptist forward Colter Lasher reacts after scoring a basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Northwestern, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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FILE - In this April 6, 2016, file photo, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints women leave the Federal Courthouse following a hearing in Salt Lake City. Utah polygamous group leader John Wayman, charged in a multimillion dollar food-stamp fraud case, agreed to a plea deal in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 22, that secures his release from jail after six months. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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Muslims from the Ahmadiyya Muslim community commemorate the victims of the terror attack in Berlin during a vigil in Hamburg, Germany, Thursday Dec. 22, 2016. Muslims are setting an example of peace with a candlelight vigil and a blood drive. (Axel Heimken/dpa via AP
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, Lt. Robert Dolby, right, of the Salvation Army helps James White to his position of ringing a bell outside of Quality Foods in Anderson, S.C. He's been out in the community to welcome Christmas shoppers every year since 1995, typically ringing the bell for 40 hours a week or more, (Ken Ruinard/The Independent-Mail via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, Salvation Army bell ringer James White rings his bell outside of Quality Foods in Anderson, S.C. He's been out in the community to welcome Christmas shoppers every year since 1995, typically ringing the bell for 40 hours a week or more, (Ken Ruinard/The Independent-Mail via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, Salvation Army bell ringer James White rings his bell outside of Quality Foods in Anderson, S.C. He's been out in the community to welcome Christmas shoppers every year since 1995, typically ringing the bell for 40 hours a week or more, (Ken Ruinard/The Independent-Mail via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, DEC. 24 - In this Dec. 9, 2016 photo, Lt. Robert Dolby, left, of the Salvation Army drops off bell ringer James White outside of Quality Foods in Anderson, S.C. He's been out in the community to welcome Christmas shoppers every year since 1995, typically ringing the bell for 40 hours a week or more, (Ken Ruinard/The Independent-Mail via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 26 - In this recent photo, Katelyn McGowan, an associate behavior specialist at the Augusta Levy Learning Center in Wheeling, W.Va., assists student Aidan, 8, as he places a pudding cup into a paper sack for the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center's meal delivery program. The students at Augusta Levy Learning Center, receive therapies that help them to learn, function and navigate their way through life with autism. (Betsy Bethel/The Intelligencer via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 26 - In this recent photo, Katelyn McGowan, an associate behavior specialist at the Augusta Levy Learning Center in Wheeling, W.Va., helps student Aidan, 8, flatten bags to be used in a food pantry operated by the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center. The students at Augusta Levy Learning Center, receive therapies that help them to learn, function and navigate their way through life with autism. (Betsy Bethel/The Intelligencer via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 26 - In this recent photo, Katelyn McGowan, an associate behavior specialist at the Augusta Levy Learning Center in Wheeling, W.Va., assists student Aidan, 8, as he places a pudding cup into a paper sack for the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center's meal delivery program. The students at Augusta Levy Learning Center, receive therapies that help them to learn, function and navigate their way through life with autism. (Betsy Bethel/The Intelligencer via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, DEC. 26 - In this recent photo, Israel, 7, a student at the Augusta Levy Learning Center in Wheeling, W.Va., scoops blueberries into a tray to be delivered to someone in need through the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling, W.Va. The students at Augusta Levy Learning Center in Wheeling, receive therapies that help them to learn, function and navigate their way through life with autism. (Betsy Bethel/The Intelligencer via AP)
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2015 file photo, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings during the opening session of the two-day Mormon church conference in Salt Lake City. The church announced on its website Thursday that the 360-member volunteer choir will sing at Trump’s swearing-in ceremony on January 20. (AP Photo/Kim Raff)
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Pope Francis greets Cardinals and Bishops on the occasion of his Christmas greetings to the Roman Curia in the Clementine Hall, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. The pontiff denounced the resistance hes encountering in reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, saying some of it is inspired by the devil and that the prelates who work for him must undergo "permanent purification" to serve the Catholic Church better. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)
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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Krill, on podium, conducts a religious service for killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov inside the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)