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NASA’s EPOXI Mission shows amazingimages of comet Hartley 2, 23 million miles awayfromEarth,in November2010.
The NBAandWNBApromoteVaccines for Teens, anawarenesscampaigndesignedto educateteens andparents about theimportance ofvaccinations.
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Windturbines becomemore prevalent. Theemergence
of “windfarms" signals the begi nni ng of what coul d be a windenergyboom.
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Earth'sAxisShifts
An8.8 magnitudeearthquake inChileshifts our planet’s axis byaboutthreeinches andshortens the Earth day by1.26millionthsofasecond.
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-DisappointingJob Growth
Actress andsinger SelenaGomez, age18, serves as the spokespersonfor UNICEF's trick-or-treat campaign. She is theorganization’s youngest goodwill ambassador
Despiteoptimistic economicnews, including better-than-expected holidayshopping numbers, jobgrowthis still slow, accordingtothe Department of Labor.
N o mo r e s e a r c h i n g y o u r c a r f o r q u a r t e r s ! C i t i e s f r o m c o a s t tocoast areinstallingsolar-powered, WIFI-enabledparking metersthatcanacceptcreditcards.
Fracking
TheEnvironmental Protection Agencyinvestigateshowto manageandregulatefracking, aprocessusedtoreleasethe natural gastrappedunder denserock.
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Theblackkokanee, aspecies of freshwater salmon thought tobeextinct for 70years,
is foundlivinginalakenear Japan's Mount Fuji.
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