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Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she ...
Hospitals treat more than 120 after Okla. tornado
Officials at two hospitals say they've been treating more than 120 patients, including about 50 children, since a massive tornado hit suburban Oklahoma City. Spokeswoman Brooke Cayot (KAY'-ot) says nine of 57 patients who are being treated at the Integris Southwest Medical Center were listed in critical condition after Monday ...
Conn. lawmakers announce mental health proposal
Relatives of the victims of the Newtown school shooting are calling on lawmakers to pass a child mental health bill before the legislative session ends in a little more than two weeks. Nelba Marquez-Greene, whose 6-year old daughter, Ana, was one of 20 children and 6 educators killed at Sandy ...
State medical examiner's office: 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado, with children among the dead
State medical examiner's office: 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado, with children among the dead.
State medical examiner's office: 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado, with children among the dead
State medical examiner's office: 51 killed in Oklahoma tornado, with children among the dead.
Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children
Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children.
Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children
Hospitals treating more than 120 patients after Oklahoma tornado, including about 70 children.
Minn. teen whose farewell song became web hit dies
A Minnesota teenager whose farewell song "Clouds" became an Internet sensation with nearly 3 million views on YouTube died Monday after battling a rare form of bone cancer, his family announced. Zach Sobiech, of Lakeland, died at his home, surrounded by family and his girlfriend, according to a CaringBridge post ...
Testing starts at ex-park near Ohio cancer cluster
Whirlpool Corp. began soil and water testing Monday at a former park in a northern Ohio area where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade. The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based appliance manufacturer has a washing machine factory in the town of Clyde and once owned the nearby ...
Bernard Waber, children's author, dies at age 91
Bernard Waber, the author of such children's favorites as "The House on East 88th Street" and "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile," has died. Waber died May 16 at his Long Island home after a long illness, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced Monday. He was 91. Waber's "warmth, energy, artfulness, elegance, and abiding ...
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