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Kansas state Reps. Brett Hildabrand, R-Shawnee, left, Louis Ruiz, center, D-Kansas City and Steve Brunk, R-Wichita, follow a debate during a House Federal and State Affairs Committee meeting, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The committee has approved a bill to bring Kansas into an compact with other states seeking to exempt themselves from the federal health care overhaul. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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Kansas state Rep. Brett Hildabrand, R-Shawnee, pauses while answering questions about a health care bill he's championing, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The bill would bring Kansas into a compact with other states seeking to exempt themselves from the federal health care overhaul. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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About two dozen protesters seeking to convince Idaho lawmakers to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the state's Human Rights Act block the entrances to the Idaho Senate in Boise on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. At a similar protest on Feb. 3, 44 demonstrators were arrested and charged with misdemeanor trespassing. (AP Photo/John Miller)
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File-This June 8, 2012 file photo shows Marvin Norwood during preliminary proceedings in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Norwood pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Los Angeles to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan, Pool,File)
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File-This June 8, 2012 file photo shows Louie Sanchez during the preliminary proceedings in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Sanchez pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Los Angeles to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan, Pool,File)
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FILE - In this May 31, 2012 file photo, Marvin Norwood , left, with attorney Victor Escobedo, center, and co-defendant Louie Sanchez appear during a preliminary hearing held in Los Angeles Superior court. The two men have pleaded guilty on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Los Angeles to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and disabled. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan, Pool, File)
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Sen. Stephanie Flowers, D-Pine Bluff, right, walks from the lectern on the floor of the Senate chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., after speaking in support of the state's compromise Medicaid expansion plan Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. The Senate voted to continue the plan. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)