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Cherie Cullum uses her hands to explain to Anoka school board chair Tom Heidemann, right, and vice chair John Hoffman that she wishes the left and the right will come together during a discussion on the "Respectful Learning Environment" policy during a school board meeting at the Anoka County School District headquarters in Coon Rapids, Minn. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The new policy commits the north suburban Twin Cities district to providing "a safe and respectful learning environment for all students." It says that when contentious political, religious, social matters or economic issues come up it does not specifically cite sexuality issues teachers shouldn't try to persuade students to adopt particular viewpoint. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

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Minn. school boa... Cherie Cullum uses her hands to explain to Anoka school board chair Tom Heidemann, right, and vice chair John Hoffman that she wishes the left and the right will come together during a discussion on the "Respectful Learning Environment" policy during a school board meeting at the Anoka County School District headquarters in Coon Rapids, Minn. on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. The new policy commits the north suburban Twin Cities district to providing "a safe and respectful learning environment for all students." It says that when contentious political, religious, social matters or economic issues come up it does not specifically cite sexuality issues teachers shouldn't try to persuade students to adopt particular viewpoint. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Renee Jones Schneider) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
Judge: Sandusky ... FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2012 file photo, Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing boys, speaks to the media at the Centre County Courthouse after a bail conditions hearing, in Bellefonte, Pa. The judge overseeing the case says Sandusky can see most of his grandchildren while he awaits trial. The judge ruled Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 that Sandusky can also use a jury chosen from the State College area to hear his case. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
New Vegas museum... An exhibit featuring a target of the G men, Murder, Inc. is pictured at The Mob Museum on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. The publicly funded, $42 million Mob Museum represents a new height in Sin City's lawlessness devotion. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
Hearse arrives a... Evelyn Rios cries after reading a poem she wrote and posted on a makeshift memorial for the late singer Whitney Houston outside of New Hope Baptist Church, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Newark, N.J. As a young girl, Houston sang in the choir at New Hope Baptist Church. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Feb. 11. She was 48. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Love letters of ... In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 photo, a hand-written original manuscript by Elizabeth Barrett Browning of the epic poem "Aurora Leigh," is held by Mariana Oller, Wellesley College associate curator of special collections at the Margaret Clapp Library, on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass. Beginning Valentine's Day Feb. 14, 2012 the famous love letters of Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning will be available on line as part of a digitization collaboration between Wellesley and Baylor University in Texas. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Banking for pot ... A Feb. 10, 2012 photo shows Matthew Huron, owner of two medical marijuana dispensaries and an edible marijuana company in Denver, examining a marijuana plant in his grow house. Medical marijuana is legal in 17 states, but the industry has a decidedly black-market aspect _ it's mostly cash-only. That's because banks won't touch pot money. The drug is illegal under federal law, and processing transactions or investments with pot money puts federally insured banks at risk of drug-racketeering charges. In Colorado, state lawmakers are attempting an end-run around the federal ban by creating a cooperative financial institution for state dispensaries and growers to allow them to store and borrow money. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
Authorities: Hou... Whitney Houston fans, Lawanda Howkins, left, and Melanie Braggs honor her memory at a candlelight vigil in Leimert Park in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday, Feb. 11. She was 48. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
China's next lea... FILE - In this June 9, 2011 file photo, China's Vice President Xi Jinping waves in Santiago, Chile. The man destined to become the next leader of China has arrived in the U.S. on a visit that will include a welcome at the White House. (AP Photo/Aliosha Marquez, File)
Washington gov s... Gov. Chris Gregoire, seated, is surrounded by legislators and supporters as she signs into law a measure that legalizes same-sex marriage on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, in Olympia, Wash. Gregoire handed gay rights advocates in Washington state a major victory with her signature, making it the seventh in the nation to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. The law takes effect June 7, but opponents are already mounting challenges on multiple fronts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Grisly discoveri... FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the California Department of Corrections, Wesley Shermantine is shown. Authorities say Shermantine and Loren Herzog, dubbed the "Speed Freak Killers," wantonly murdered many throughout California's rural Central Valley before their arrest in 1999. Now, motivated by a bounty hunter's promise to pay, one of those convicted killer's is breaking his long-held secret and leading investigators to burial sites that have yielded hundreds of human bones. (AP Photo/California Department of Corrections, File)
GOP critics hit ... President Barack Obama speaks about the "Community College to Career Fund" and his 2013 budget, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
NJ Senate OKs ga... Members of Garden State Equality listen from the gallery as the New Jersey State Senate passes a bill legalizing gay marriage by a vote of 24-16 on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 in Trenton, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has vowed to veto the bill. Members of Garden State Equality listen to the debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/David Gard)
Panetta defends ... FILE - In this Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey outline the main areas of proposed defense spending cuts during a news conference at the Pentagon. "Make no mistake, the savings that we are proposing will impact on all 50 states and many districts, congressional districts, across America," Panetta said, spelling out the new strategy. "This will be a test, a test of whether reducing the deficit is about talk or about action." President Barack Obama submits his complete budget proposal to Congress on Feb. 13, but included in Panetta's preview were enough details to stir alarm on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Justice Breyer r... FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2011 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in Richmond, Va. A Supreme Court spokeswoman says Breyer was robbed last week by a machete-wielding intruder at his vacation home in the West Indies. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
Trial starts for... FILE - In this undated photo provided by Townsville Coroners Court, Gabe Watson, left, and his then-fiancee, Tina, pose on their engagement. Jury selection will begin Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 in the trial of Watson, who is accused of drowning his newlywed bride Tina Thomas Watson during a scuba dive in Australia just days after their wedding in October 2003. (AP Photo/Townsville Coroners Court, File) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
AP Exclusive: Il... FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2011 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters in his office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. A commission created by Quinn nearly two years ago to investigate claims of police torture by former Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge and his men is quietly falling apart, an apparent victim of the states budget mess. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
Kerrey declines ... FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2008 file photo, former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey speaks during a healthcare debate in Lincoln, Neb. The former one-term Nebraska governor and two-term U.S. senator said Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 that he won't seek the Democratic nomination for Nebraska Senate seat he formerly held to replace U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Obama: US has 'v... FILE- In this April, 9, 2007, file photo Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran. For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over the Iranian nuclear program, it appears that world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the Islamic Republic could be imminent, an action that many fear might trigger war, terrorism and global economic havoc. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)
Obama says his p... President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
NATO ministers c... Defense Secretary Leon Panetta answers questions from members of the traveling press after concluding a day of NATO Ministers of Defense meetings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Solution to crum... House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., left, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Nick Rahall D-W.Va., listen during the committee's markup hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Clinton urges Bu... This undated artist rendering provided by NASA shows NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft. NASA announced Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 that new findings from IBEX reveal the space just outside the solar system looks different than within the solar system. (AP Photo/NASA)
Landowners fight... In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, Lisa Richlin stands in front of her home along Route 220 near Laporte, Pa., while talking about the number of accidents there. Richlin is in court with Central New York Oil and Gas Company LLC on trying to get them to move a proposed entrance road for building the MARC 1 pipeline from a couple hundred yards north of her home along Route 220 to a site a couple hundred yards south of her home. (AP Photo/Jimmy May)
NJ parents see h... FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, Chrissy and Joseph Rivera pose with their 3-year-old mentally disabled daughter, Amelia Rivera, at their home in Stratford, N.J. The Riveras, who had claimed their daughter was denied a kidney transplant at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia because of her mental disability, say she is now being considered for the procedure. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
Official: Yemen ... FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 file photo, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen's President's office says Yemeni leader Saleh has arrived in London en route to the U.S. (AP Photo/Mohammed Hamoud, File)