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3 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

10 make finals of National Geographic Bee

Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Bedford, NH

3 hrs ago | WSAW

Minocqua Girl Makes National Geographic Bee Finals

Ten young scholars have made it to the finals of the National Geographic Bee, where they'll compete for a $25,000 college scholarship.

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Related Topix: Minocqua, WI, Entertainment, Television

7 hrs ago | KFVS12

Students accounted for after Oklahoma school takes direct hit from tornado

A large and violent tornado twisted through Moore, OK Wednesday. Injuries and fatalities are not yet known.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Moore, OK, Weather, Entertainment, Television, Norman, OK

12 hrs ago | Western Gazette

Childhood a cut shorta by modern life

Children are losing their innocence at the age of 12 or younger amid increasing exposure to inappropriate and explicit material on TV, a head teacher warned today.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

14 hrs ago | Forum News Portal

Analog television disappears in Ukraine in 2015

Analog television will be completely replaced by digital broadcasting in 2015, head of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting Volodymyr Manzhosov said during conference "Days of information society", ForUm correspondent reports.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

22 hrs ago | WRIC-TV Richmond

Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Oklahoma, Shawnee, OK, Entertainment, Television

22 hrs ago | El Paso Times

Tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla.

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Oklahoma, Shawnee, OK, Entertainment, Television

Sun May 19, 2013

KSTP

Obama to Speak on Legality of Drone Program

President Barack Obama will discuss the legality of his administration's secret drone program and other counterterrorism practices during a speech Thursday, a White House official said.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Barack Obama, Entertainment, Television, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Military Prisons

Fox 23

Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park

One of several tornadoes spawned by a powerful storm system rumbling through the Plains and Midwest has leveled several mobile homes in an area southeast of Oklahoma City.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Weather

Sat May 18, 2013

Wisconsin Gazette

Right-wing Web radio host says he wants 'to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina'

Right-wing Web radio host Pete Santilli told listeners he wants "to shoot in the vagina and I don't want her to die right away.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Ted Nugent, Pop/Rock

Watersblogged

hospitals

Source: www.irishhealth.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013The Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin is likely to have his role as chairman of the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street ended as a result of Health Minister James Reilly's recently announced hospital reorganisation plan.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Indiana, Medicine, Nursing

WVNY

Syrian hackers compromise FT blog, Twitter feeds

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested... Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Electronic, Syrian, Blog News, Train Disaster, Computer Security, Science / Technology, Entertainment, Television

KCTV5

Supercells possible in the Midwest on Sunday

The National Weather Service says there is a slight risk for severe weather on Sunday, and isolated tornadoes and supercell storms are possible.

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Related Topix: Weather, Entertainment, Television, Harrisonville, MO, Cass County, MO, Rachael Ray, Kansas City, MO

Earth & Sky

Two months aboard Antarctic icebreaker in less than five minutes

Time-lapse video of icebreaker traveling through Antarctic seas. Two months of sequences, condensed into less than five minutes.

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Related Topix: Stanford University, Entertainment, Television, Blog News

Fri May 17, 2013

National Post

Mike Duffy Dear Diary: 'I will outlast you, Harper, and I will outlast you, Canada'

The National Post re-imagines a week in the life of a newsmaker. Today, Tristin Hopper looks at the week through the eyes of Mike Duffy, the newly independent Senator from P.E.I. Monday My plane has just touched down at the Charlottetown airport and I was en route to a very important keynote at the Prince Edward Island Dairy Farmers' Advancement ... (more)

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Related Topix: Diary, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Canada, World News, Drama, Children TV,

NewsChannel 9 WSYR

Ride for Missing Children raises money and awareness

Earlier this month three Ohio women were rescued after being held captive for 10 years, reigniting hope for thousands of families, who have a missing child.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television, Utica, NY, Family, Kids

The Miami Herald

Ex-warlord Johnson in Liberia quits his own party

Prince Johnson, a former warlord-turned-politician who is best known for having videotaped himself overseeing the torture of Liberia's ex-president, announced Friday he is quitting the political party he founded.

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Related Topix: Liberia, World News, Africa, Entertainment, Television, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

MacLeans

The line from Harper's office on Wright and Duffy

Here at Maclean's, we appreciate the written word. And we appreciate you, the reader.

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Related Topix: Stephen Harper, Entertainment, Television, North America, Canada, World News

GhanaWeb

Asantehene to address NCCE democracy lecture

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will today deliver the democracy lecture of the National Commission for Civic Education.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Television

Spirit of Jefferson Advocate

Of rain and merriment

While preparing for the North River Mills/Ice Mountain festival, I kept half expecting a phone call from our fearless leader, Steve Bailes, announcing a cancellation.

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Related Topix: Frostburg State University, Weather, Entertainment, Television, Charleston, WV, Tornado, Natural Disasters