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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: Brentwood (Islip, New York), Services and Shopping, Rentals, Suffolk County (New York), Intel Corp.
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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: Brentwood (Islip, New York), Intel Corp., Long Island, Charity, Family
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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: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Religion and Belief, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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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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Indiana Senate backs teaching creationism in public schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's public schools would be allowed to teach creationism in science classes as long as they include origin of life theories from multiple religions under a proposal approved Tuesday by the state Senate.
The Senate passed...Tags: Elections, Religion and Belief, Genesis (music group), Cults and Sects, U.S. Supreme Court
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ACLU says teaching creationism in public schools unconstitutional
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana's top lawyer said Thursday that a bill pending that would allow schools to teach creationism in science classes clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and invites legal challenges....Tags: Louisiana Legislature, Religion and Belief, American Civil Liberties Union, Luke Kenley, U.S. Supreme Court
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Woman works to rescue turtles from Indiana highways
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — On her daily drive to classes at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Amber Slaughterbeck kept encountering a sad scene alongside the highway. The remains of turtles, killed by vehicular traffic, littered the roadway. "I saw all...Tags: Highway Transportation, Conservation, Health and Safety at School, Methamphetamine (drug), Health
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Indiana exempted from 'No Child Left Behind' requirements
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind. The goal was lofty: Get all children up to par in math and reading by 2014. But the nation isn't getting there, and now some states are getting out. In a sign of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Justice System, Culture, Labor Legislation
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Darwin Day: Michigan State event honors Charles Darwin, rock star
![<span style="font-size: small;">EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sunday <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">is Darwin Day, the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Many science organizations, museums and schools throughout the world will hold events to celebrate the scientist</span> -- schools like Michigan State University, which wants the world to know the evolution science pioneer was a rock star first.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68038279-12055058.jpg "<span style=\"font-size: small;\">EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sunday <span class=\"messageBody\" data-ft=\"{"type":3}\">is Darwin Day, the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Many science organizations, museums and schools throughout the world will hold events to celebrate the scientist</span> -- schools like Michigan State University, which wants the world to know the evolution science pioneer was a rock star first.</span>")
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sunday is Darwin Day, the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Many science organizations, museums and schools throughout the world will hold events to celebrate the scientist -- schools like Michigan State...Tags: Museums, Arts and Culture, Charles Darwin
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Last full lunar eclipse for 3 years this weekend
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The last total lunar eclipse of the year is Saturday. And there won't be another one for three years. Viewers in the western half of the United States will have the best views Saturday well before dawn, Pacific and...Tags: NASA, Astronomy
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4 students burned in Minn. science class
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — Four ninth-grade students have been taken to a hospital after suffering burns during a science exercise at Maple Grove Junior High School. A spokeswoman for the Osseo (AH'-see-oh) School District says the students...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Students
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Murphy named associate dean at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND — David Murphy has been appointed associate dean for entrepreneurship for the University of Notre Dame’s Colleges of Science and Engineering and director of the university’s Engineering, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship...Tags: Corporate Officers, Engineering, Colleges and Universities, Dartmouth College, Technology
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