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Most young scientists get their first research experience by working on someone else’s project. But at Loudoun County’s Academy of Science, budding scientists pursue their own.

More than 100 of their research debuts were on display in the Dominion High School library Wednesday, covering a range of scientific inquiry into such topics as containing invasive species and curing cancer.

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Chicago's closing battles echo those in a growing number of urban districts where financial pressures are colliding with the needs of poor and minority communities.

Who was baseball’s ceremonial first pitch reserved for in previous decades? How do teams regard the first pitch these days?    

There's some deep irony in this:

In 2002, Arne Duncan, then the head of the Chicago public schools system, announced that he was closing three elementary schools because they had been failing students for years. It was the start of a strategy of closing down schools that were academically failing or under-enrolled and reopening them as a new school.

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Do you use sunscreen when spending time in the sun? Are you particular about which sunscreen you use? How much do you trust your sunscreen?    

Can you choose the word that correctly completes the sentence?    

See what you know about the news of the day.    

In a move that could open online classes to 1.25 million students at public institutions, a California company is forming partnerships with 10 large state university systems.    

This word has appeared in 995 New York Times articles in the past year.    

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is under way in the nation's capital with something new: For the first time in the event's 86-year-old year history, there is a vocabulary component to the competition.That means finalists will not only have to spell words like "guetapens" -- which was the winning word in last year's national event -- but also know what it means (ambush, snare, trap).

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The tenuous state of the economy is a major reason for the earlier arrival of back-to-school shopping campaigns.    

Speaking at Cooper Union’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg urged the new alumni to give back to their school.    

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III apologized Tuesday for surprising residents and state lawmakers with his plan to take over the county’s struggling schools but said he does not regret offering the proposal.

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