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State academic competition culls teams from seven area high schools
South Bend TribuneTeams from seven area high schools flexed their intellectual muscles and advanced out of regional Academic Super Bowl competition this week. Now, they’re headed to the May 5 state finals at Purdue University. In Class 1, Penn High School is...Tags: Schools, Arts and Culture, Culture, Social Sciences, Science and Technology
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2 years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site
BARATARIA BAY, La. (AP) — Open sores. Parasitic infections. Chewed-up-looking fins. Gashes. Mysterious black streaks. Two years after the drilling-rig explosion that touched off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, scientists are...
Tags: BP Plc, Colleges and Universities, Symptoms, Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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Santorum: Global warming is politics, not science
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Rick Santorum says President Barack Obama is pushing a radical environmental agenda that unwisely limits energy production and turns its back on science.
Santorum told voters in eastern Ohio on Monday that science is on...Tags: Elections, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Science and Technology, Republican Party
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Outstanding Student Athletes: LeAnne & Erika Priebe
WSBT-TV ReporterIf it seems like the St. Joseph (MI) girls basketball team has good chemistry, there's a reason for that. Two, actually. "There's no doubt that family chemistry helps team chemistry," Bears coach Jeff Wallace said. "And we're trying to breed the...Tags: Jeff Wallace, Science and Technology, Genes and Chromosomes, Chemistry
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Michigan schools struggle to make grade with new, tougher standards
At least 12 schools in southwest Michigan are considered 0 percent proficient.
School testing standards in Michigan are now a lot tougher - and WSBT learned Thursday some local schools are struggling.
In subjects like math, science and reading, students...Tags: Science and Technology
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NASA starts off new year with mission to the moon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cruise to the moon took 3½ months and covered 2½ million miles — far longer than the direct three-day flight by Apollo astronauts.
Over the New Year's weekend, a pair of NASA spacecraft arrived back-to-back at their...Tags: NASA, Galileo Galilei, New Year's Day, Space Programs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Purdue-Calumet prof's Islam comments create stir
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A political science professor at a Purdue University campus in northwest Indiana says the school is investigating him for comments he made on his personal Facebook page in November about Muslims killing Christians in...Tags: Students, Arts and Culture, Facebook, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Homeless NY science whiz invited to State of Union
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A homeless New York teen who's a semifinalist in a prestigious national science contest has been invited to watch President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Brentwood High School senior Samantha Garvey has been...Tags: Intel Corp., Suffolk County (New York), Barack Obama, Israel, Long Island
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Homeless NY teen up for science prize to get house
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — A homeless New York teenager who's a national Intel science competition semifinalist won't be homeless for much longer. Samantha Garvey and her family were offered a rent subsidized home by officials in the Long Island county...Tags: Rentals, Intel Corp., Suffolk County (New York), Services and Shopping, Long Island
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Homeless NY teen up for science prize offered help
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — A homeless New York teenager who's a national Intel science competition semifinalist has been flooded with attention and support. Samantha Garvey is one of 61 Long Island students who have a chance at the competition's top...Tags: Family, Intel Corp., Charity, Long Island, Brentwood (Islip, New York)
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Ohio teachers elated over rescue of former student
CINCINNATI (AP) — Christian school teachers in southwest Ohio rejoiced and gave thanks on Wednesday for the rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs of former student Jessica Buchanan, who had been held hostage in Somalia. They say months of prayers were answered...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Teaching and Learning, College Sports
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Indiana Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in Indiana's public schools.
The Times of Munster reports (http://bit.ly/yKZdgN) the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted 8-...Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics
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