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Richland County attorney Mike Weber, left, listens to Deputy County Attorney T.R. Halvorson during a break in a competency hearing in Sidney, Mont., Monday, March 24, 2014. The hearing will will decide if a Colorado man is fit for trial in the 2012 killing of a local teacher. Attorneys for defendant Michael Keith Spell say he is mentally disabled and unable to understand the case against him. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
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FILE This March 18, 2014 file photo shows Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaking to the media during the Governor's Economic Summit at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. Snyder, who keeps mostly silent on social issues in favor of focusing on the economy, is stepping carefully on the issue of gay marriage after a judge's declaration that the state's ban is unconstitutional, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Cory Morse, file) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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Kansas Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, objects to a bill blocking slot machines at the now-closed Wichita Greyhound Park, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Hensley contends the bill is an attempt by conservative Republicans to punish the park's owner for supporting GOP moderates in 2012 elections. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Todd Foltz pauses for a photo outside a House committee room at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., Tuesday, March 25, 2014, after testifying in support of legislation that would expand adult Medicaid eligibility. Foltz, 44, of Kansas City, said he has multiple sclerosis and does not currently qualify for Missouri's Medicaid program. Foltz said he is terrified about how he will be able to pay for his health care costs. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
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Anthony Hahn, chief executive officer of Conestoga Wood Specialties, speaks to reporters in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, after the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Paul Clement, attorney for Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, center, stands with attorney David Cortman, right, as they speak to reporters in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, after the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Demontrators gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, as the court heard oral argument in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Mary Novick of St. Paul, Minn., bows her head in prayer during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Margot Riphagen of New Orleans, La., wears a birth control pills costume as she protests in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **