A web of scaffolding shrouds the Kansas Statehouse dome, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. Workers are replacing the copper and state officials expect exterior work on the building to be finished by the end of 2013. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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The last of the walls that encircled the rotunda of the Kansas statehouse came down Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The walls were concealing the scaffolding that was used during restoration of the rotunda. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, Thad Allton)
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Jim Matthews, left and Miguel Solis, removed the last pieces of the wall from the first floor of the statehouse rotunda Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The walls had covered the rotunda area where scaffolding had gone from the first floor all the way to the top of the dome. With cleaning and restoration of the rotunda and inside dome complete the walls have come down. (AP Photo/Topeka Capital-Journal, Thad Allton)
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Work continues at the Kansas Statehouse on replacing the copper on its dome and roof, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. State officials expect the work to be finished by the end of 2013. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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This photo shows how workers at the Kansas Statehouse have preserved graffiti in the dome as they've renovated the building, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. Workers have left the backside of the columns unpainted, and state officials' best guess is that the graffiti pictured here dates from World War II and refers to Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service in the military. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Light streams in from the dome of the Kansas Statehouse on a mural in the rotunda, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. The murals were peeling from the wall before the state began a massive renovation of the building in 2001. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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John Moore, a carpenter, installs equipment that will allow a committee room door in the Kansas Statehouse to open electronically, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. The above-ground floors of the building are fully open following renovation work that began in 2001. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
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A new, 900-pound chandelier hangs from the dome of the Kansas Statehouse, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. It replicates a chandelier that hung from the same spot but was removed for safety reasons in 1942 and scrapped. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Kansas Statehouse Architect Barry Greis discusses how workers preserved limestone in a room that in the 1880s formed an exterior wall of the east wing, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. The Statehouse was built in stages, with the rotunda built last, and the stone has been uncovered and preserved as part of a renovation of the building. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Students from Sunflower Elementary School in Paola, Kan., stare up at the dome of the Statehouse dome during a tour, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. The above-ground floors of the building are fully open following renovation work that began in 2001. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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Kansas Statehouse Architect Barry Greis surveys work on the building from the inner dome, Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, in Topeka, Kan. The above-ground floors of the Statehouse are open following renovation work that began in 2001 and is expected to cost $332 million. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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