Did You Know? Did you know Benjamin Franklin was a teenager when he invented swim fins and flippers? Each day learn something new here when you subscribe to Student News Net. Word of the Day Learn a new word each day here to build your vocabulary to improve test taking skills when you subscribe to Student News Net.   Your current local weather when you subscribe to Student News Net!   Top Story States receive conservation grants May 9, 2008 – States and territories with comprehensive conservation plans, also known as wildlife action plans, will be sharing $60 million in grants from the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Clinton, Obama both win May 7, 2008 - Yesterday voters in North Carolina and Indiana turned out in record numbers to vote in the presidential primary. Obama easily won North Carolina and Clinton achieved a narrow victory in Indiana. Discovery rolled to launch pad May 4, 2008 – The Discovery space shuttle arrived at Launch Pad 39A yesterday at Kennedy Space Center with a launch targeted for May 31, 2008. Second Life science is real May 6, 2008 – NOAA is acquiring virtual land in Second Life and is now joined by more than 25 science and technology-related organizations. It's real science in a virtual world. Sacagawea-dated coins now on sale April 28, 2008 – Collectors can now purchase 2008-dated Golden Dollar coins bearing the image of Sacagawea. NASA counting down to future Earth Day is everyday Central Command leadership to change Students race lunar vehicles Drivers fume over gas prices Pope speaks at United Nations Martin Luther King Day Jan. 21, 2008 - Today is the 22nd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Along with Rosa Parks, King defined the civil rights movement in the United States. Sacagawea-dated coins now on sale April 28, 2008 – Collectors can now purchase 2008-dated Golden Dollar coins bearing the image of Sacagawea. Dino - mite exhibit opens in Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Nov. 29, 2007 – There is history and then there is HISTORY. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History just reopened its Dinosaur Hall, 18,600 square feet of dinosaur fossils from 66 to 251 million years ago. Support needed for soldiers in Iraq Nov. 15, 2007 – Student News Net met Sergeant Chris Landry when he was a Private First Class serving his first tour of duty in Iraq in 2004. PFC Landry is now Sergeant Landry. Vietnam Veterans Memorial turns 25 Participate in Kick Butts Day! Observe Earth Hour tonight Odd day comes in even years Kennedy Center honors legends 1860 voice recording found Test Prep Space Weather & Oceans Iraq from the front lines 5.2 earthquake in Illinois Philly cleans up for Spring Cantaloupe recalled Search three encyclopedias, magazines, multimedia, websites, Merriam-Webster's dictionary and thesaurus, and more when you subscribe to Student News Net! Learn what has happened each day in history from Encyclopedia Britannica when you subscribe to Student News Net! Copyright 1999 - 2007 Student News Net. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.