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Thanks to a unique idea and an elaborate business model, Leola freshman Denae Melland finished first at the fifth annual BIG Idea Competition. "Denae's Dog Walking" idea stood out over 169 other entries in this year's competition. Melland said she didn'...

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Applications for AAUW scholarships are available at the guidance departments of Washington County public and private high schools, and Hagerstown Community College. The Hagerstown branch of the American Association of University Women, or AAUW, makes...

Social worker Chris Muldowney and film professor Christopher Llewellyn Reed have found a way to translate their love of movies into, among other things, groceries, fire insurance, hearing aids, a mattress, a new window, the vet bill for a beloved cat...

While many kids his age are trying to figure out which video game to put into the Xbox, Matthew Hutnyan is thinking on a much bigger scale. Hutnyan lives in Irvine and is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Red Hill Lutheran in Tustin. But he is anything but...

The Chesapeake Bayhawks added nine rookies in the Major League Lacrosse college draft Friday night in Philadelphia, including long-stick midfielder CJ Costabile with the fifth selection overall and former McDonogh goalie Tyler Fiorito five picks later....

As a teenager attending a Catholic school in Hong Kong in the 1960s, Carolyn Y. Woo never imagined that her studies were helping prepare her to one day lead Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, one of the world's largest international humanitarian...

Hundreds of thousands of high school student athletes compete every day on the field and in the gym, but to get noticed and move on to the next level has become a difficult challenge for most.  One North Texas man has helped many athletes get noticed...

Published: December 8, 2000 As people across the country celebrated Pearl Harbor Day Thursday, Gov. Bill Janklow took the opportunity to promote the state's under-construction World War II Memorial. Speaking at the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce's...

Students and their families looking to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, will be able to do so at a number of locations around the state during the statewide College Goal Sunday on Feb. 12. “For many students...

Chandra Solberg, Brittany Schnabel, Megan Schaeffer, Kelli Renner, Amanda Lipp, Lisa Grandpre, Jamie Flint, Dustin Barvels, and Jill Andera, all of Aberdeen, received the Community of Learners Scholarship from the University of North Dakota for the 2011-...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A $245 million American Indian casino in downtown Lansing could create about 2,200 jobs and help fund scholarships for area students, backers of the plan announced Monday. The Kewadin Lansing Casino would be built near the...