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Kansas Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican, pauses during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Wagle is skeptical of a call from House Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat, to shorten the annual legislative session. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura throws batting practice during spring training baseball practice in Glendale, Ariz., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Lynette Johnson, of Sioux Falls, widow of slain prison guard Ronald Johnson, holds a picture of her husband's grave as she urges a South Dakota legislative committee Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Pierre, S.D., to keep the death penalty in the state. The House State Affairs rejected a bill to repeal the death penalty. (AP Photo/Chet Brokaw)
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Rep. John K. Hutchison, R-Harrisburg, signals his opposition to continued funding of the state's "Private Option" Medicaid plan in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. A compromise plan for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas remained stalled in the House Friday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, listens to discussion on the state's "Private Option" Medicaid funding plan in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. A compromise plan for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas remained stalled in the House Friday. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)