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AU.S. senator asks the
g o v e r n me n t t o i n v e s t i g a t e whenreusablegrocery bags sold by aFlorida supermarket chaincontain harmfully high levels of lead.
TOMS Shoes, which
d o n a t e s o n e p a i r t o a c h i l d i n n e e d f o r e v e r y p a i r s o l d , becomesaphilanthropic fashionphenomenon.
NASA’s Lunar Crater ObservationandSensing
S a t e l l i t e f i n d s w a t e r i n a p o l a r c r a t e r o n t h e mo o n . T h e r e i s f a r mo r e w a t e r t h a n s c i e n t i s t s e x p e c t e d .
Fruit Fly
Researchers usingfruit
f l i e s t o s t u d y h u ma n obesityhavefoundthat obeseflies havemany
of thesameproblems as obesepeople, including highcholesterol and difficultyregulatinginsulin.
ANielsen survey reports that the AppleiPadis themost-wished-for holidaygift amongpre-teens. Thirty-one percent of kids want one.
Anewelement, discoveredin 1996, finally receives its official name: Copernicum. It is named in honor of Copernicus, the Renaissancemathematician andastronomer.
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OSedricCar
Nissan introduces theLeaf, anelectric car. Accordingtothe official EPAsticker, thecarachievesthe equivalent of 99 miles per gal l on.
NASA-fundedastrobiology researchers discover anew lifeform, abacteriumthat canusethetoxicchemical arsenic as fuel for growing andrebuildingitself.
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Theeconomicdownturncontinuestoaffectschool d i s t r i c t s a c r o s s t h e n a t i o n , f o r c i n g ma n y s c h o o l s t o closeduetobudgetcuts.
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