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Four Year-Old Huckleberry Is World's 'Most Beautiful Bulldog'
On Monday, April 22nd, 47 drooling, wrinkle-skinned bulldogs convened inside Drake University's athletic field house with one purpose in mind - To be crowned the 'World's Most Beautiful Bulldog', an...
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A School Cafeteria With No Chicken Fingers Or Meatballs? Hmm . .
Unless you are a vegetarian, the concept of a cafeteria with no meat, probably evokes images of broccoli (eww) and spinach (yuck). However, ask the kids at Active Learning Elementary School in...
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May Is National Inventors Month
May is National Inventors Month, which means it's time to celebrate the innovators, tinkerers and creative thinkers that have enhanced our quality of life with their brilliant ideas. We would like to...
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US Tornado Season Begins With A Massive Twister!
Though the US tornado season usually in begins in earnest from March and continues till June, things had been a little quiet this year, thanks to a cooler spring that lasted all the way through...
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Third-Time Is The Charm For 2013 National Spelling Bee Champion Arvind Mahankali
If you don't succeed the first time, try again and again! That is exactly what New York teen Arvind Mahankali did, and the perseverance finally paid off on Thursday, May 30th, when the 13-year old...
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Will RoboBees Help Alleviate The Loss Of Honey Bees?
Though scientists have known about Colony-Collapse Disorder, the phrase used to describe the untimely deaths of millions of honey bees across the globe for many years, nobody has yet been able to...
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YAY! Friday June 7th Is National Donut Day!
If you are a fan of those warm gooey fried rings of dough that we lovingly call donuts, you are in luck. That's because Friday, June 7th happens to be National Donut Day, which means that you have a...
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Beagle, Boxer, Basset Mix Impresses At 25th 'World's Ugliest Dog' Contest
On Friday June 21st, 2013, the folks at the annual Sonoma County Fair in California celebrated the 25th anniversary of a rather unusual contest - One that crowns the 'World's Ugliest Dog'! And while...
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Menu For Mars Astronauts May Include Delectable Stews And Desserts
While missions to the moon or even International Space Station take a lot of meticulous planning, the one to Mars is going to require even more so, mainly due to the fact that it will be the longest...
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'I Have A Dream' - Four Simple Words That Galvanized A Nation
During his short but effective life as preacher and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. gave many speeches. However the one that seemed to resonate with the entire country, race...
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Texas Christian University Welcomes Its Youngest Freshman Ever!
On Monday, August 26th, over 1,500 freshman made their way to Texas Christian University's beautiful campus for the first day of a four-year journey, one from where they will all emerge as adults. The...
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9/11/2001 - The Day Our Lives Changed Forever
On Wednesday, September 11th, Americans and people all around the world will commemorate the 2,977 innocent lives that were lost in what will go down in history, as one of the most daring and unusual...
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Honesty Is Definitely The Best Policy
Earlier this year, a simple act of honesty by a homeless man named Billy Ray Harris in Kansas City, paid back in spades not just financially, but also, emotionally because it led to him reuniting with...
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'No Pets Left Behind' In Colorado Flood Rescue Efforts!
They say that when it rains, it pours - This is something Colorado residents can relate to quite literally, given the recent torrential rains that began with just an inch in Boulder on September 1st...
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Why The US Government Has 'Shut Down' And How It Will Affect You
If you have been paying any attention to the news for the past few weeks you may have heard about the possibility of the US Government 'shutting down'. At 12.01 am on October 1st, that possibility...
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Are You Smarter Than An Eighth Grader (In 1912)?
Given the advances in technology and learning methodologies, it is a natural assumption that modern-day US students have it harder than those that were educated in 1912. However, the recent discovery...
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Phew! US Leaders Finally Reach A Deal To Reopen The Government And Raise The...
When the government partially shut down on October 1st, after lawmakers were unable to reach an agreement over what is usually a routine matter - Passing the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund normal...
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'Pay It Forward' - The Random Act Of Kindness Fever That Is Spreading Across...
Drive-thru windows of fast food restaurants all over America are reporting a new sharp rise in a new trend - Customers 'paying it forward', meaning that they pay for the purchases made by the car...
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Residents Of Norwegian Town Rjukan Finally Experience Winter Sunlight
For many of us the onset of winter means shorter daylight hours and therefore less exposure to the sun, but for the 35,000 residents of Rjukan in Norway it means complete darkness. That's because the...
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Why We Celebrate Veterans Day
For most of us Veterans Day just means a chance to enjoy an extra day off from school or work. However this November 11th, be sure to spend a few minutes on its true purpose, by acknowledging the men...
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