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National Children's Museum to Provide Health-Focused Activities at 2010 White House Easter Egg Roll (Popularity:  )
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The National Children's Museum has been selected for the second consecutive year to participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll, a 132-year-old event designed to encourage children and families to come outdoors and celebrate the start of the spring season. The Museum will present an array of activities and programming related to this year's theme of "Ready, Set, Go!" promoting health and wellness at the White House on Monday, ...
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NBA Coaching Legend Del Harris, Kansas Jayhawks' Bill Self and Texas A&M's Mike Turgeon to Lead Premier Basketball Coaches Clinic in Dallas (Popularity: )
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Today, Dallas-based Elevate Your Game, Inc. (EYG) announced Wednesday, September 16th as the date for its annual national coaches clinic. This year's event will again draw the top names in basketball, including Bill Self, Head Coach of the 2008 National Champion Kansas Jayhawks, Mark Turgeon, Head Coach of the Texas A&M Aggies and renowned NBA Coach, Del Harris, as instructors. Harris will also be honored as the first recipient of ...
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New Children's Books Series Breaks New Ground (Popularity: )
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LOS ANGELES - Lucky Red Press has announced the publication of the debut book in the Frankie & Her Little Palsa book series. Stir It Up is the story of Frankie, an energetic five year-old girl, with a group of pals who are always looking for new adventures. In Stir It Up, Frankie and her pals help a family bakery make a traditional Quinceanera cake. Through this story, they learn ...
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New Genes Found for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children (Popularity: )
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Researchers have discovered two new genes that increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood. While further study is needed to identify the specific disease-causing mutations in these new genes, the researchers say the genes are particularly strong candidates to be added to the list of genes already known to affect IBD. "As we continue to find genes that interact with each other and with environmental influences ...
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New Legal Force to End Racism in Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare (Popularity: )
A new legal force launched by TimeBanks USA aims to bring the ineffective and expensive rote practice of sending minority youth to confinement to a screeching halt. Using a new legal strategy making it easier to prove intent to discriminate, the TimeBanks Racial Justice Initiative will begin putting judges and their communities on formal notice of the injuries resulting from juvenile confinement practices and of much more effective and affordable ...
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New PBS Kids(R) Show 'WordWorld(TM)' Brings Words to Life and Makes Learning to Read Fun (Popularity: )
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To kick off National Literacy Month, preschoolers can step into a world where words truly are the stars of the show. "WordWorld," debuting today on PBS KIDS(R) (check local listings), is a 3-D animated series funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, which encourages three- to five-year-old children to become friends with words. The show makes preparing to read so much fun that kids will laugh out loud ...
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New Report on Drug-Free Zone Inequities Provides Opportunity for 'Smart On Crime' Sentencing Reforms in Massachusetts (Popularity: )
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A new report shows that Massachusetts' drug-free zone laws fail to improve children's safety and are a driving force behind the increased incarceration of minorities and the poor. Authored by the Prison Policy Initiative, a Northampton-based nonpartisan think tank, "The Geography of Punishment" analyzed the impact of drug-free zone laws on urban and rural communities, using data from Hampden County. It found that drug-free zone laws do not accomplish their ...
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NEWSWEEK COVER: The Next Jihadists (Popularity: )
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Last fall Ammar joined the neighborhood watch in his section of Baghdad, a ragtag bunch of men who stand guard nightly at improvised roadblocks and rooftop observation posts. And in mid-October Ammar fought his first big battle against soldiers from the Mahdi Army -- "the garbage collectors and robbers," as he contemptuously refers to the Shiite militia. He says he put his Kalashnikov assault rifle to good use: "I think ...
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NEWSWEEK: America's Best High Schools, 2007 (Popularity: )
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Texas has the top two public high schools in the United States with Talented and Gifted in Dallas, Texas, ranking number one for the second year in a row, according to Newsweek's new compilation of America's best public high schools in the current issue. In the annual ranking, the Science/Engineering Magnet school in Dallas is number two on the list, followed by Stanton College Prep in Jacksonville, Fla., Jefferson County ...
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NEWSWEEK: Angelina Jolie on 'A Mighty Heart': 'People Advised Me That This Movie was Politically Dangerous' (Popularity: )
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While shooting a scene for "A Mighty Heart" in Mumbai, India, two of Angelina Jolie's bodyguards were arrested after a scuffle at a Muslim school, and Newsweek was there, alongside Jolie, as the events unfolded. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070616/CLSA011 ) Last November, while Jolie was shooting a scene at a Muslim school in Mumbai, India, actors for the movie, dressed in Pakistani police uniforms and holding AK-47s, stood in the courtyard while ...
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