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Walking home from school, Alex is lost in thought. He suddenly hears a strange sound from above. A bird? A squirrel? ... A small, red monkey?
What!? What's a monkey doing here? he thinks.
He grabs his cellphone camera, snaps a picture, and sends it t...
DATE: Nov 04, 2010
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You can move an object that weighs 850,000 pounds with one finger. Really. This weighty object is a huge telescope-a radio telescope. Most telescopes are like really sharp eyes for looking at the light from stars and planets.
This telescope is more l...
DATE: Oct 07, 2010
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The Bermuda Philharmonic Society's 'Rejouissance' for concert band was a family affair for trombonist Brianna Roach, who sat a few seats down from her dad, Conrad Roach, leader of the trumpet section, and next to her uncle Graham Maule, playing first...
DATE: Sep 30, 2010
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CHICAGO (AP) — Swallowing button batteries can be fatal or cause serious harm, and research suggests that severe injuries in children, though relatively scarce, are on the rise.
The dangers are highlighted in a new medical report about 10 cases at a ...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — Giving young women an education resulted in saving the lives of more than 4 million children worldwide in 2009, a new study says.
American researchers analysed 915 censuses and surveys from 175 countries tracking education, economic gro...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) — Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has lent her voice to "Sesame Street" for the first time, as an animated "O" chatting with guests "Otto the Orangutan" and "Ophelia the Octopus".
Producers of the award-winning TV show for p...
DATE: Sep 23, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) — Coming two weeks after Election Day, a book from President Barack Obama for some of the nation's non-voters: inspirational stories for children about American pioneers.
"Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters" is a tribute to 13 gro...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Millions of asteroids tumble in a belt around the Sun. They live between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. They are mostly odd-shaped rocks way too small to be planets. Asteroids are the dinosaur bones of the solar system – the fossils left after all t...
DATE: Sep 02, 2010
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It may be hard for us to imagine in Bermuda, but over 759 million adults still lack minimum literacy skills (that is, the ability to read and write), according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) website w...
DATE: Sep 02, 2010
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An aspiring young dancer who recently won the Hal Jackson's Talented Teens International Scholarship Competition encourages her peers to follow their dreams.
Jacquelin Harris, 17, vied with teenagers from Barbados to Virginia, US, in the talent compe...
DATE: Aug 05, 2010
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