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Michelle Obama Surprises US School With Giveaways - $10,000, Apple Computers
Michelle Obama visited the District of Columbia school in October as part of the NBC holiday special "Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways," which aired the first episode Tuesday.
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Hackers Tried To Ruin NASA Teen Contest. Months Later, They're Undeterred
The three District of Columbia high school seniors had a whirlwind of a summer. First, they had a private meeting with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Or was it Microsoft chief Satya Nadella?
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3 Black Teens Are Finalists In NASA Competition. Then Racist Hackers Tried To Ruin Their Odds
The three District of Columbia students couldn't believe the news. They'd developed a method to purify lead-contaminated water in school drinking fountains, and NASA announced last month that they were finalists in the agency's prestigious high school competition - the only all-black, female team to make it that far.
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Don Chicken, Animated Graffiti: Protests Get Creative In The Age Of Trump
This is Washington protest in the age of Trump, when public actions increasingly combine performance art and catchy visuals to toss a made-to-go-viral insult straight at the president. It is trolling as dissent.
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Irma Weakens To A Tropical Storm After Knocking Out Power To Millions In Florida
The remnants of Hurricane Irma swept north through Florida on Monday, leaving behind a trail of debris, flooding and power outages after the storm roared up the state's Gulf Coast and brought its drenching rainfall and battering winds into Georgia.
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Hurricane Irma Makes Second Landfall In Florida, Will Roar Up The State's Gulf Coast
The fierce winds of Hurricane Irma regained Category 4 strength with winds of 130 mph early Sunday, as the storm's eye made it to the lower Florida Keys just before 9 a.m. The massive storm already has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages across South Florida, its leading edge lashing several major population centers.
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Floridians Crowd Into Shelters, Rush To Protect Homes As Hurricane Irma Approaches
Hurricane Irma began its destructive barrage on Florida on Saturday, with brutal leading winds flattening trees and knocking out power across the southern tip of the state in what residents feared were the opening blows of a historically devastating storm.
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'Never Seen Anything Like It': Governor Issues New Warning As Florida Sees First Signs Of Hurricane Irma's Winds And Rain
The outer bands of Hurricane Irma lashed Florida Saturday, with millions ordered to evacuate and high winds and tens of thousands of power outages already reported from a storm that threatened to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation.
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Millions March In Washington And Around The World Vowing To Resist Donald Trump
Millions of women gathered in Washington and in cities around the country and the world Saturday to mount a roaring rejoinder to the inauguration of President Donald Trump. What started as a Facebook post by a Hawaii retiree became an unprecdented international rebuke of a new president that packed cities large and small - from London to Los Angele...
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Women's March On Washington: Pink-Hatted Protesters Vow To Resist Donald Trump
Tens of thousands of women, determined to mount a roaring rejoinder to the inaugural gathering for Donald Trump, poured into Washington Saturday for the Women's March.
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Michelle Obama Surprises US School With Giveaways - $10,000, Apple Computers
Michelle Obama visited the District of Columbia school in October as part of the NBC holiday special "Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways," which aired the first episode Tuesday.
-
Hackers Tried To Ruin NASA Teen Contest. Months Later, They're Undeterred
The three District of Columbia high school seniors had a whirlwind of a summer. First, they had a private meeting with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Or was it Microsoft chief Satya Nadella?
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3 Black Teens Are Finalists In NASA Competition. Then Racist Hackers Tried To Ruin Their Odds
The three District of Columbia students couldn't believe the news. They'd developed a method to purify lead-contaminated water in school drinking fountains, and NASA announced last month that they were finalists in the agency's prestigious high school competition - the only all-black, female team to make it that far.
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Don Chicken, Animated Graffiti: Protests Get Creative In The Age Of Trump
This is Washington protest in the age of Trump, when public actions increasingly combine performance art and catchy visuals to toss a made-to-go-viral insult straight at the president. It is trolling as dissent.
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Irma Weakens To A Tropical Storm After Knocking Out Power To Millions In Florida
The remnants of Hurricane Irma swept north through Florida on Monday, leaving behind a trail of debris, flooding and power outages after the storm roared up the state's Gulf Coast and brought its drenching rainfall and battering winds into Georgia.
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Hurricane Irma Makes Second Landfall In Florida, Will Roar Up The State's Gulf Coast
The fierce winds of Hurricane Irma regained Category 4 strength with winds of 130 mph early Sunday, as the storm's eye made it to the lower Florida Keys just before 9 a.m. The massive storm already has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages across South Florida, its leading edge lashing several major population centers.
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Floridians Crowd Into Shelters, Rush To Protect Homes As Hurricane Irma Approaches
Hurricane Irma began its destructive barrage on Florida on Saturday, with brutal leading winds flattening trees and knocking out power across the southern tip of the state in what residents feared were the opening blows of a historically devastating storm.
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'Never Seen Anything Like It': Governor Issues New Warning As Florida Sees First Signs Of Hurricane Irma's Winds And Rain
The outer bands of Hurricane Irma lashed Florida Saturday, with millions ordered to evacuate and high winds and tens of thousands of power outages already reported from a storm that threatened to ravage the state with destruction not seen in a generation.
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Millions March In Washington And Around The World Vowing To Resist Donald Trump
Millions of women gathered in Washington and in cities around the country and the world Saturday to mount a roaring rejoinder to the inauguration of President Donald Trump. What started as a Facebook post by a Hawaii retiree became an unprecdented international rebuke of a new president that packed cities large and small - from London to Los Angele...
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Women's March On Washington: Pink-Hatted Protesters Vow To Resist Donald Trump
Tens of thousands of women, determined to mount a roaring rejoinder to the inaugural gathering for Donald Trump, poured into Washington Saturday for the Women's March.
