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Deadly California wildfires still being analyzed
 Dec. 13, 2018 - Federal, state, and local partners are assessing and analyzing California's deadly wildfire season. CAL FIRE released an update on Tuesday tragically reporting 86 deaths due to the Camp Fire in northern California. And the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has analyzed data on carbon dioxide emissions in California because of multiple wildfires this season.  Word of the Dayequivalent: noun;equal to, the same as; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Extra! Extra! Feature Article Douglas Brinkley to students: Lead a dignified lifeSept. 21, 2018 - Douglas Brinkley eloquently delivered the Keynote Address at last Friday's Student News Net Symposium. Read More
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Douglas Brinkley, author of Rosa Parks: A Life, speaks at the Student News Net Symposium on Sept. 14, 2018.. Weekly VOCABWeek of December 10 elaborate: adjective; detailed, complex;Wreaths Across America: from Arlington to France extraordinary: adjective; special, amazing, not ordinary, awesome; NASA spacecraft to land on Mars today windward: adjective; related to something that is facing the wind; Hurricane heads for Hawaii Today In HistoryDecember 13 1950: Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.1925: Dick Van Dyke, actor and comedian best known for his roles in the movie, Mary Poppins, and the television shows, Diagnosis Murder and The Dick Van Dyke Show, was born in West Plains, Missouri. 1818: Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, was born in Lexington, Kentucky. She died in Springfield, Illinois on July 16, 1882. More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareSept. 3, 2013 (update: 2016) Over 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyMay 12, 2016 - The story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceMarch 22, 2016 - Glassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Deadly California wildfires still being analyzedDec. 13, 2018 - Federal, state, and local partners are assessing and analyzing California's deadly wildfire season. CAL FIRE released an update on Tuesday tragically reporting 86 deaths due to the Camp Fire in northern California. And the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has analyzed data on carbon dioxide emissions in California because of multiple wildfires this season.  Joel Poinsett (1779-1851)Dec. 12, 2018 - Poinsettia plants have a fascinating history dating to the 19th century. Today is National Poinsettia Day.  Cornell Lab launches National Student ChallengeDec. 7, 2018 - The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has launched their 2018-2019 National Student Challenge.  What does it mean to 'lie in state' or 'lie in honor?'Dec. 6, 2018 - Only 31 people before President George H.W. Bush have lain in state at the Capitol Rotunda.   |
