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Roanoke High School "sports" team heads to nationals
WDBJ7 ReporterBeing the smartest kid in the class is one thing, but being one of the best quiz bowl teams in the state is something entirely different. The Cave Spring High School Scholastic Team is just a few years old, but has become one of the state's elite teams....Tags: Science and Technology, High School Sports, Schools, Geography, High Schools
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Closest thing to walking on water
Take a stroll for a rare opportunity to get up close to historic and modern mansions Traversing the famous Geneva Lake Shore Path, never straying more than 20 feet from the water's edge is about as close as you'll ever get to walking on water. Any...
Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Chicago Loop, Frank Lloyd Wright, Robin Williams, Glaciers
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Navarro learns rules of road
At an elementary school bus stop the morning of May 15, a group gathered to pick up a passenger who wasn't allowed to disembark on his own. He just happened to be the superintendent of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa public schools. "We put on his bus...
Tags: Mountains
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Virginia's Natural Bridge is going up for sale
You could own a world famous Virginia landmark! Natural Bridge is being offered for sale. The property includes the bridge, the 150 room hotel, Natural Bridge Caverns, and about 16-hundred acres of land. It was once owned by Thomas Jefferson and...
Tags: George Washington, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Travel
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Newport-Mesa team captures AYSO title
The Newport-Mesa girls' U10 Yellow Tigers soccer team won the Spring AYSO Regions 57, 97 and 120 Tournament Championship on Sunday. The team, coached by Eric Rans and David Heaslip, had a solid season but due to some late-game losses came into the...
Tags: Soccer, Sports, Mountains
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Lehigh Valley company news
Hellertown attraction named honoree at annual Chamber banquet Lost River Caverns has been selected to receive the Small Business Leadership Award at the Hellertown/Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce's 91st annual banquet. Owners Robert Gilman and...Tags: Macungie, Robin Williams, Hellertown, Caves and Caverns
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Nuclear Power, Alternative Energy, Johns Hopkins University
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Trips, tips & deals
South of the border Travel deals south of the border look muy, muy bueno — just in time for summer vacation season. Savings of as much as 60 percent are showing up in deals at Mexico beach regions, including Riviera Maya, Los Cabos, Cancun, Puerto...
Tags: Pacific Ocean, Travelzoo Inc., Tourism and Leisure, Volcanoes, Trips and Vacations
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Two injured in collision near JWA
Two people were injured — with one of them cut free from her car — in a two-vehicle collision near John Wayne Airport, authorities said Tuesday. Officials received a call about 5:30 p.m. Monday that two vehicles had collided near Airport Loop...Tags: Mountains
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Pavlof Volcano's Ash Prompts Flight Cancellations
The Associated PressAn Alaska volcano eruption is prompting regional airlines to cancel flights to nearby communities, including a town that reported traces of fallen ash. The Alaska Volcano Observatory says Pavlof Volcano has released ash plumes as high as 22,000 feet....Tags: Volcanoes, Air Transportation Delays
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Mailbag: Give teachers better seats at board meetings
Thirty-five years ago, I wrote a letter to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Education arguing that the teachers' organization should have an equal place on the board dais during meetings. For those of you who have not been to a board...Tags: Abortion Issue, Social Issues, Abortion, Feminism, PTA
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Commentary: Common Core math program needs far more study
Re. "Apodaca: Common Core may add up to math skills boost we need," (May 12): Patrice Apodaca's enthusiasm for the new Common Core math program, based on her belief that it will improve students' math skills, grabbed my attention. As a former teacher and...Tags: California Polytechnic State University, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Education, Students
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