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Loss of sea ice threatens polar bears
May 15, 2008 – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced yesterday that the polar bear will now be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. |
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 | 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes China
May 13, 2008 – A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck China at 2:28 p.m. local time on Monday. The epicenter was in eastern Sichuan, 960 miles southwest of Beijing.
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 | Clinton wins West Virginia primary
May 14, 2008 – The polls predicted a Hillary Clinton victory in the West Virginia primary and this time, the polls were right. In a landslide, Clinton won the primary by a 2 to 1 margin over Obama. |
 | First-class stamp prices increase
May 12, 2008 – Starting today, it will cost 42 cents instead of 41 cents to mail a first-class letter. Forever stamps also increase by one cent to 42 cents. |
 | Jenna Bush marries Henry Hager
May 12, 2008 – Jenna Bush, one of the twin daughters of President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, was married on Saturday at Prairie Chapel Ranch near Crawford, Texas.
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 | 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.
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 | 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
Nov. 13, 2007 – Today is the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, a black granite wall built into the earth with the names of over 58,000 soldiers who died in Vietnam. |
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