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Every year, members of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge spend months sifting through nominations to find some of the world's most accomplished scholars, artists, and leaders to join their institution.

Actavis Inc., a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced its selection of Spring Grove Area High School alumnus and University of Tampa honors student Mary Buckmaster to receive a $5,000 Dr. Allen Chao Scholarship.

Three area teens are among 670 college and high-school students who will receive $1,500 scholarships through the 2013 Scholarships for Military Children Program.

Recent Ravenscroft School graduate Wesley Frazier became the first girl to ever win the mile, two-mile and 5,000-meters in the same high school national championship meet last weekend when she came from behind on consecutive days to claim the titles at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor in Greensboro.

Malaysian student Bong Meen Szer takes part in calligraphy contest at Xiamen University.

Chelsea Amsley, daughter of John and Jen Amsley, Chambersburg, Pa., on May 12 graduated cum laude from the Trinity School of Divinity at Duke University, Durham.

Two new studies offer some solace to those who can't control their weight despite diet and exercise by providing more evidence that genetics may play a role in obesity.

Derek Lovley, a microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts, led a U.S. government-supported project to make the gasoline substitute, butanol, from microbes in the laboratory.

Marymount of Santa Barbara graduates heading off to college this year had great success in college admissions this spring.

Being picked on by your brother or sister may seem like a normal part of growing up, but for some kids the bullying may be a source of depression and anxiety, a new study suggests.

Bazedoxifene, an osteoporosis medication which is approved in Europe, stops the growth of breast cancer cells, including those that are resistant to current medications, researchers from the Duke Cancer Institute reported at ENDO 2013 - The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, June 15th, 2013.

The UNC Board of Governors seems poised to abandon plans to give an alternative campus housing option to students at UNC Chapel Hill who might be subject to teasing and bullying.

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This Father's Day, Bobby Minor is thankful. He has a wife, three children and, for a month now, a new heart that's saving his life.

This hotel in Durham, North Carolina features an indoor heated pool and on-site dining.

Bazedoxifene , a drug approved in Europe to treat osteoporosis, has been found to stop the growth of breast cancer cells, even in cancers that have become resistant to current targeted therapies, according to a Duke University Medical Center Cancer Institute study presented on June 15, 2013, at the annual Endocrine Society meeting in San Francisco.

On the first night I tried to sleep in my van, I was lying in my sleeping bag sprawled out on the back seat, parked in a mostly empty Wal-Mart parking lot.

Four-man crew M1 Platoon released its project Rippin They Sh*t 2 earlier this month.

When transportation officials were eying the business's land for a bus turnaround and parking area for a now-suspended regional rail project, owner John Boy Jr. said he was considering selling Sam's Quik Shop on Erwin Road.