Positive news from Kansas
At Spelling Bee, Winning Word ‘Laodicean’ Spells Champion for Kavya ShivashankarThe fourth time was the charm for spelling bee veteran Kavya Shivashankar, who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night in Washington with the correct spelling of "Laodicean," which means lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics.
" ... A 13-year-old shows America an awe-inspiring talent in spelling expertise."
- Miriam Pepper, Kansas City Star writer |
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At Spelling Bee, Winning Word ‘Laodicean’ Spells Champion for Kavya ShivashankarThe fourth time was the charm for spelling bee veteran Kavya Shivashankar, who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night in Washington with the correct spelling of "Laodicean," which means lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics. |
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Federal agency spurs people to adopt older wild mustangs with a new incentive programA federal agency is hoping older wild mustangs rounded up from the range will find new homes with a program that will offer stipends to owners who adopt them. |
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AP Poll: Americans high on Obama, direction of USFor the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that Barack Obama has used the first 100 days of his presidency to lift the public's mood and inspire hopes for a brighter future. |
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Oldest Fossil Brain Found in Kansas and Imaged in FranceParis, France - When Alan Pradel of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris CAT scanned a 300-million-year-old fossilized iniopterygian from Kansas, he and his colleagues saw a symmetrical blob nestled within the braincase. |
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Gates Foundation donates to health, connectivitySeattle, Washington, USA - Charitable causes are getting hit hard these days, but the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, formed by the eponymous Microsoft founder and his wife, announced Thursday the donation of nearly $14 million. |
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Secret Santas in 3 states spread cheer, $100 billsSt. Louis, Missouri, USA - At a suburban Goodwill store on Friday, Theresa Settles selected a large, black comforter to warm her family until she can raise the money to turn the gas heat back on. |
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Tornado-flattened Kansas town is coming back greenerGreensburg, Kansas, USA - A year after it was practically wiped off the map by a tornado, Greensburg is rising again -- and going green, too, with solar panels, wind turbines, tinted windows, water-saving toilets and other energy-efficient technology. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Photo in the News: “Nonexistent” Flying Fox DiscoveredMindoro, Philippines - This unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist. An unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist. |
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