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Kansas State forward D.J. Johnson (4) celebrates with teammates after he hit the winning shot in the final seconds of the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kansas State forward D.J. Johnson (4) celebrates with head coach Bruce Weber after he hit the winning shot in the final seconds of the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas forward Jarrett Allen, center, is fouled by Kansas State forward Austin Budke (35) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. Budke was ejected after the play. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas forward Jarrett Allen (31) reacts after he missed a shot during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas State, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas forward Jarrett Allen (31) is fouled from behind by Kansas State forward D.J. Johnson (4) as he tries to score during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas guard Kendal Yancy (5) drives between Kansas State defenders Wesley Iwundu (25) and Barry Brown (5) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kansas State forward D.J. Johnson, center is blocked by Texas forward Mareik Isom, left, and Texas forward Jarrett Allen (31) as he tires to score during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas forward Jarrett Allen (31) is fouled by Kansas State forward D.J. Johnson (4) as he tires to score during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas forward Jarrett Allen, center, is fouled by Kansas State forward Austin Budke, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. Budke was ejected after the play. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kansas State forward D.J. Johnson (4) celebrates with teammates after he hit the winning shot in the final seconds of the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Kansas State won 64-61. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kansas State guard Barry Brown (5) scores against Texas during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas forward Mareik Isom (14) grabs a rebound in front of Kansas State forward Xavier Sneed (20) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Kansas State forward Wesley Iwundu (25) shoots over Texas guard Kendal Yancy (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 1998 file photo, Norma McCorvey poses in Dallas . McCorvey, whose legal challenge under the pseudonym "Jane Roe" led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legalized abortion but who later became an outspoken opponent of the procedure, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. She was 69.McCorvey died at an assisted living center in Katy, Texas, said journalist Joshua Prager, who is working on a book about McCorvey and was with her and her family when she died. He said she died of heart failure. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Feb. 8, 2017 photo, author Ed Maliskas stands outside a dilapidated dance hall in Dargan, Md., that hosted dozens of black performers including James Brown, Ray Charles, Etta James and Otis Redding during the racially segregated 1950s and early '60s. The structure stands on the same property as the house where abolitionist John Brown launched his 1859 seizure of a federal armory in nearby Harpers Ferry, W.Va. "I think it should be considered the No. 1 black history site in the United States," said Maliskas. author of a self-published volume about the property. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2106 file photo, a pedestrian walks by the library at the Georgia State University campus in Atlanta. Getting through college is not an easy task, but it can be even harder for low-income or first generation students who have few support resources. Now big data can help them. Researchers at Georgia State University spent four years analyzing students’ grades, test scores and other data in order to identify those who were at risk of failing and promptly assist them. The results have been remarkable: the number of students graduating has jumped by 30 percent and students are spending less time and money to earn a degree. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
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This image shows pages 1, 3 and 4 of an 11-page draft memo that circulated within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that proposed calling for the militarization of immigration enforcement as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana. The proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, was still being considered as recently as Feb. 10, according to staffers at DHS. White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Friday there would be “no effort at all to utilize the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants." (AP Photo)
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Sonia Sawhney, a graphic facilitator from San Francisco, draws during the panel on racism at a Vatican-sponsored meeting Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Modesto, Calif. Speakers at a Vatican-sponsored conference in Northern California have called on the Roman Catholic Church to acknowledge its own racism and urged those attending to fight against oppression. More than 600 clergy and social justice activists are meeting in Modesto for the conference on economic inequality that also included a session Friday on racism in the United States. (AP Photo/Janie Har)
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Sonia Sawhney, a graphic facilitator from San Francisco, draws during the panel on racism at a Vatican-sponsored meeting Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Modesto, Calif. Speakers at a Vatican-sponsored conference in Northern California have called on the Roman Catholic Church to acknowledge its own racism and urged those attending to fight against oppression. More than 600 clergy and social justice activists are meeting in Modesto for the conference on economic inequality that also included a session Friday on racism in the United States. (AP Photo/Janie Har)
