Spelling Bee Still a Big Deal
Arvind Mahankali, a 13-year-old from Bayside Hills, New York, successfully spelled the word knaidel to win the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee last month. Arvind […]
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Kickstarting Space Exploration? Crowdfunding is becoming a very popular alternative to finding traditional investors. Individuals and companies with projects or products ask the public at […]
Boy Scouts Lift Membership Restriction
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) issued a statement last month announcing they would no longer deny membership to any youth based solely on sexual […]
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Tornadoes in Oklahoma On May 20, deadly twisters touched down in the town of Moore, Oklahoma, a suburb located near Oklahoma City. Twenty-four people were […]
New Testimony for the Benghazi Attacks
It has been eight months since the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was attacked and four people were killed, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. […]
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Accidental Blast Rocks Benghazi With tensions in the Middle East high, it’s only natural that any kind of explosion would raise suspicions of continued terrorism. […]
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Economic Recovery Continues Last month, the unemployment rate in April was 7.5% and there were 165,000 jobs added to the economy. This is a significant […]
A Changing Climate
The debate about global warming has been ongoing for many years. It seems to be when the U.S. experiences unseasonably warm or cold temperatures or […]
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Boston Marathon Bombing Update The bomb that exploded during the Boston Marathon on April 21 killed three people and injured more than 260. The victims […]
A Presidential Legacy
Last month, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum opened in Dallas, Texas. While it’s called a library, it is not a place where […]