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Holgate student takes third place in Geographic Bee
Abby Otten, who is in the eighth grade at Holgate Middle School, claimed third place in the South Dakota Geographic Bee on Friday. Students from across the state gathered at Northern State University to compete in the contest, which was hosted by...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Students, Education, Jeopardy!, Washington, DC
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What's the world's largest island?
Here's a quiz derived from National Council for Geographic Education curricula and questions devised for the National Geographic Bee. The bee, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, will draw the winners of state contests to Washington, D.C., to...Tags: Washington, DC, Culture, Arts and Culture, Ceremonies
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Geography: Mapping the future with Esri
Jack Dangermond started his working life at his parents' plant nursery in Redlands. Now, Forbes says, he's a billionaire. Dangermond is founder and president of Esri, one of the world's leading geographic information systems companies. In 2010, he won...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Environmental Issues, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Sales, Awards and Prizes
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Student heads to geography bee
Micah Dohrer, a fourth-grader at May Overby Elementary School, has qualified to compete at the South Dakota Geography Bee. Micah won the school bee in January, then took a written test to qualify for the state-level competition. The top 100 scorers... -
Could extinct woolly mammoth soon be revived using fossil DNA?
Will scientists soon be able to revive the long-extinct woolly mammoth? What about the dodo, the Chinese river dolphin or the saber-toothed cat? With the great technological leaps forward over the past decade, bringing back dead-and-gone species using...Tags: Chemical Industry, Science and Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Paleontology
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District 4 is latest to make super conference work
Most Lehigh Valley Conference schools are weighing options with regard to a proposed super conference by their Mountain Valley Conference brethren. If the LVC folks are looking for advice, they need only to turn to the 25 schools in District 4....
Tags: College Football, Science and Technology, Mountain West Conference, Emmaus, Tri-Valley Corporation
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Kit unearths DNA's path to your past
Want to be a part of ancient history? The National Geographic Society's Genographic Project is inviting the public to join its massive effort to map the history of human migration using DNA.
More than 560,000 people have participated since the project...Tags: Chemical Industry, Biotechnology Industry
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Instrument museum a high note in Phoenix
PHOENIX — In less than three years, the Musical Instrument Museum has gained a reputation as a premier cultural destination in the Valley of the Sun, an area loaded with eclectic museums and galleries. No, you don't need to play an instrument to...Tags: Music, Elvis Presley, Entertainment, Music Theater, Duke Ellington
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Big Ten re-alignment likely to be "geography-based," Penn State AD says
Nittany LinesPenn State athletic director David Joyner expects the addition of Rutgers and Maryland will lead the Big Ten toward a "geography-based" realignment. In an interview posted on Penn State's website, Joyner said that the conference is leaning toward re-... -
U.S. sticks to limits on health insurance charges for older people
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday finalized new consumer safeguards for health insurance that impose tighter restrictions on what insurers can charge older customers, despite industry warnings that the young may be forced to pay...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Health Insurance Cost, Consumers, Lawyers, Laws
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Myers wins Rockwood Elementary Geographic Bee
Tayt Meyers, a student at Rockwood Elementary School, won the school-level competition for the National Geographic Bee Jan. 15 and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school-level bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography,...
Tags: Jeopardy!, Awards and Prizes, Washington, DC, Google Inc.
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Annual trivia night supports free medical clinic
Our Town CorrespondentLocal business members and corporate-sponsored teams will square off in a competitive trivia game to raise funds for the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic located along Main Street. The 14th annual Johnstown Corporate Trivia Challenge will kick off on...Tags: AmeriServ Financial Incorporated, Hospitals and Clinics, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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