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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2015, file photo, Ohio State running back Bri'onte Dunn (25) warms up before an NCAA college football game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Dunn was sentenced Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, in municipal court in Columbus. A domestic violence charge was dismissed under the plea arrangement, and he was ordered to stay away from the woman while on probation. (AP Photo/Bradley Leeb, File)
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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on border security. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, to testify before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on border security. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, before the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on border security. This is Kelly's first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration's contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Security personnel stand guard at the site of a suicide attack on the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. A suicide bomber on Tuesday targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing over a dozen people, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, the Twitter logo appears on a phone post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Twitter says it is taking more steps to clamp down on hate speech and abuse on its social networking service, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. The company says it is working to identify people who have been banned for abusive behavior and stop them from creating new accounts.(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Security personnel stand guard at the site of a suicide attack on the Supreme Court in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. A suicide bomber on Tuesday targeted the Supreme Court building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing over a dozen people, officials said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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FILE - in this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly pauses while speaking at a news conference at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington. Kelly is heading to Capitol Hill for his first public appearance before lawmakers, who are sure to press him for details about the Trump administration’s contentious rollout of a travel and refugee ban. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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In this 2008 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart, left, talks with students at the college in Walla Walla, Wash. Robart ruled Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in federal court in Seattle to suspend President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban. (Greg Lehman/Whitman College via AP)
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In this 2009 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart poses for a photo in Walla Walla, Wash. Robart ruled Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in federal court in Seattle to suspend President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban. (Greg Lehman/Whitman College via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Donna Roberts, convicted of complicity in the aggravated murder of her ex-husband Robert Fingerhut, shot to death Dec. 11, 2001, by her boyfriend Nathaniel Jackson in hopes of collecting insurance money. The Ohio Supreme Court is scheduled to hear another appeal Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, by Roberts, the state's only condemned female killer, of her death sentence. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
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Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee Republican, helped introduce the Conscience Protection Act. (Associated Press/File)
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Family members who have just arrived from Syria embrace and are greeted by family who live in the United States upon their arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Court rulings halting enforcement of President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries have reopened the door to the United States for some people initially denied entry. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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In this 2008 photo provided by Whitman College, U.S. District Judge James Robart, right, talks with students at the college in Walla Walla, Wash. Robart ruled Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in federal court in Seattle to suspend President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban. (Greg Lehman/Whitman College via AP)
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Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin waves following her State of the State address in Oklahoma City, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Fallin proposed a major overhaul of the state's tax code, encouraging lawmakers to increase taxes on fuel, tobacco and sales as part of an effort to eliminate the corporate income tax and the sales tax on groceries. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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This photo provided by Airbnb shows a still image from the company's Super Bowl 51 spot. Airbnb is following up its Super Bowl ad calling for acceptance with a campaign to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in need. An announcement on the rental service's website says it plans to start with refugees, disaster survivors and relief workers, but wants "to accommodate many more types of displaced people over time." (Airbnb via AP)
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Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, left, speaks to immigrant rights advocates at the New Mexico Statehouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, while state Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero, D-Albuquerque, third from right, throws her fist in the air. Udall told advocates on Monday that President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries is "illegal and unconstitutional" and vowed to fight it with other Democratic senators. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Sen. Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, speaks to immigrant rights advocates at the New Mexico Statehouse in Santa Fe, N.M., Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Udall told advocates on Monday that President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries is "illegal and unconstitutional" and vowed to fight it with other Democratic senators. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick celebrates with James White after the NFL Super Bowl 51 football game against the Atlanta Falcons Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston. The Patriots won 34-28 in overtime. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Feb. 2, 2017, photo, Madison County Circuit Clerk Mark Von Nida looks over old documents in his office at the Madison County Courthouse in Edwardsville, Ill. Nida recently found court documents relating to Elijah P. Lovejoy that were almost destroyed. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister and journalist who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in 1837 while defending his press. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield acquired the historic documents last month. (Scott Cousins/The Telegraph via AP)
