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Post February 25 2013

The Science of Stress: How Well Do You Test?
How well a person handles competition and stressful test-taking environments can be traced to his o…
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Post February 21 2013

Young Actors Achieve Big at the Oscars
Each year, the Academy Awards, better known as the “Oscars”, celebrate the best films and documenta…
From left, Isiah Cooper of Montbello, Dominic Lopez of Colorado School for Deaf & Blind and Cade Kloster of Longmont are in the High School boys all-star basketball game at Pepsi Center on Saturday. April 9, 2011. Hyoung Chang/ The Denver Post
Post February 18 2013

Law Enables Students With Disabilities to Play Sports
The Department of Education has issued new guidelines explaining what school districts need to do t…
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Post February 14 2013

Malala Devotes ‘Second Life’ to Girls’ Rights
“Today you can see that I’m alive,” said Malala Yousafzai in her first interview since surviving a …
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Post February 12 2013

President Obama Delivers State of the Union
Every year, the president speaks to a rare joint session of Congress with all 100 senators and 435 …
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Post February 07 2013

Leaked Memo Justifies Killing Americans with Drones
A secret Justice Department document revealed this week outlines legal arguments for using drone ai…
Air Pollution In Beijing
Post February 04 2013

Beijing Reacts to Record Smog Cloud
China is the world’s fastest growing major economy, but the resulting pollution from factories and …
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Post January 24 2013

Military to Lift Ban on Women in Combat Roles
The United States military announced plans this week to allow women to fight on the front lines and…
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Post January 22 2013

Obama Sets Progressive Tone in Inaugural Speech
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama outlined the issues he intends to tackle in…
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Post January 10 2013

2012 Officially Warmest Year on Record
If you felt like you had to turn the air conditioner up extra high this past year, you weren’t just…
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Post January 02 2013

Taxes on Rich Rise with Fiscal Cliff Deal
Congress and President Obama did not have much of a winter break as they scrambled to come up with …
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Post December 17 2012

President Obama Vows Action after Elementary School Shooting
President Obama addressed a congregation of citizens from Newtown, Conn. on Sunday after the shooti…
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