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Police investigate reports of a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Police say they have a person in custody and the university says it told people to take shelter and have cleared the building as the area is searched. (AP Photo/The Journal & Courier, John Terhune)
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Sen. Linda Chesterfield, D-Little Rock, walks from a meeting of the Joint Budget Committee at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. The committee heard budget requests from the Department of Human Services. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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** FILE ** In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange, announces that sign-ups have accelerated in November for health insurance during the first month of open enrollment during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
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Police investigate a reports of a shooting at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Police say they have a person in custody and the university says it told people to take shelter and have cleared the building as the area is searched. (AP Photo/The Journal & Courier, John Terhune)
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FILE - This Oct. 18, 2012 file photo shows Edith Windsor interviewed at the offices of the New York Civil Liberties Union, in New York. When it comes to things like estate taxes, the federal recognition of same-sex marriage will help legally married gay and lesbian couples. That was the issue in the Supreme Court decision in the case of Windsor, who had to pay estate taxes after her lesbian spouse died. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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FILE - In this March 14, 2013, file photo, Chicago Cardinal Francis George speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Rome, Italy. The Archdiocese of Chicago spent decades covering up the sexual abuse of children according to documents released by Church officials last week and being made public on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014, by victims’ attorneys. George, who has led the archdiocese since 1997, released a letter to parishioners on Jan. 12 in which he apologized for the abuse and said releasing the records "raises transparency to a new level." He also stressed that much of the abuse occurred decades ago, before he became archbishop. He said all of the incidents eventually were reported to civil authorities and resulted in settlements with victims. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
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This Aug. 27, 2007 photo provided by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections shows inmate Norbert Maday, a former Chicago area priest. The Archdiocese of Chicago spent decades covering up the sexual abuse of children according to documents released by Church officials last week and being made public on Tuesday, Jan 21, 2014, by victims’ attorneys as part of legal settlements. The internal documents show how officials from the archdiocese handled allegations of child sexual abuse by priests. Maday was imprisoned in Wisconsin after a 1994 conviction for molesting two boys. (AP Photo/Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
