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Boston Police: Bombing Suspect is In Custody
The Associated PressBoston Police say a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings is in custody after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead. Police announced via Twitter that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev...Tags: Sports
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Fund the Future: Juneau seventh-grader yearns to learn
This month's Fund the Future winner is a Juneau seventh-grader who doesn't wait for a lesson plan to teach him about the world.
No one taught Quinn White how to ride a unicycle; he learns things on his own.
"It took me about two weeks to get it down,"...Tags: Alaska, Science and Technology, Science, Teaching and Learning, Jeff White
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Hopkins closes science writing program, citing low selectivity
Graduates of the Johns Hopkins University's master's program in science writing have explained the prospects of life on Mars, the promise of neuroscience research and the ethics of animal testing on the pages of Scientific American, Nature and Popular...Tags: Colleges and Universities, NPR, Science, Johns Hopkins University, Graduation
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NRA draws wrong conclusions from Boston
In the days and weeks after the Boston Marathon bombings, the National Rifle Association has repeatedly stated that many Bostonians who did not possess guns probably wished that they had them in their homes during the tense "shelter in place" manhunt....Tags: Richard Donohue, Jr., Gun Control, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Interior Policy, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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Moniz, sworn in as energy secretary, delays action on LNG exports while he studies data
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will delay final decisions on about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources, Prices, Weather, Alternative Energy
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his fangirls
OK, so Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands accused of blowing up three people, injuring 282 more and shooting to death an MIT campus police officer. He's also got fans, or more accurately, he's got fangirls, thousands of them. These besotted double-X chromosome-...
Tags: Social Media, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Rowing can part the waters for students
As the sun rises daily on the Fox River in St. Charles, groups of young people slice through the water on boats that can not only achieve a 6-minute mile but change the course of their lives, said David Tyler Miller, president and executive director of...
Tags: Sports, Awards and Prizes, Rowing
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Annual calendar contest shines spotlight on cozy Rosemere
Photographers, it's time to take your best shots for Orlando's annual Historic Preservation Board calendar. The board has produced this generously sized, black-and-white beauty since 1991 to raise awareness about Orlando's historic resources — our...
Tags: Architecture, Real Estate Sellers, Realty, Human Interest, Everglades
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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Mathematics, Students, Music, Chicago Tribune, Health and Safety at School
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READER SUBMITTED: Union Station Study Underway
Greater HartfordWith funding from the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, through its Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Grant program, the Greater Hartford Transit District has begun an assessment of the brownstone shell and brownstone stairs of...Tags: Science and Technology, Human Interest, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Engineering, Technology
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One Cabinet pick approved, two narrowly advance
WASHINGTON — President Obama's nominee to lead the Energy Department won unanimous confirmation by the Senate on Thursday while two other Cabinet choices narrowly advanced out of committee, amid complaints from Democrats over Republican delaying...
Tags: Government, Politics, George W. Bush, Justice System, U.S. Senate
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Scoreboard -- May 16, 2013
|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball--New York Mets at Chicago Cubs, 1:10 p.m. (WGN); Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins, 7 p.m. (FXSP) Soccer--Spanish Pimera Division, Copa del Ray, Championship, Atletico Madrid at Real Madrid, 2:25 p.m. (ESPN) College...Tags: Minnesota Twins, Frontier League, Barry Enright, American League, Taylor Green
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