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After being eliminated, spelling bee contestant does NOT want a kiss from Mom

Mothers will always be there — even when you're on stage in front of the national media. The post After being eliminated, spelling bee contestant does NOT want a kiss from Mom appeared first on Scripps...

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Colorado’s Sylvie Lamontagne reaches bee finals

Sylvie Lamontagne, 12, made the list of 10 spellers who will compete Thursday night in the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals. The post Colorado’s Sylvie Lamontagne reaches bee finals appeared first...

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Ohio speller out of spelling bee, but still feels accomplished

Melina Gabele kept her wits during Round 5 and 6 of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but it wasn’t enough to bring her to the final round. The post Ohio speller out of spelling bee, but still feels...

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Colorado 7th-grader eliminated during bee finals

The fate of Scripps National Spelling Bee finalist Sylvie Lamontagne was sealed by a desert-dwelling viper. The post Colorado 7th-grader eliminated during bee finals appeared first on Scripps Howard...

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Triumphs and letdowns fill the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Top photos from SFHWire reporters at the 2015 bee. The post Triumphs and letdowns fill the Scripps National Spelling Bee appeared first on Scripps Howard Foundation Wire | News, Politics, Washington...

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Not so Millennial: Digital divide leaves some young Americans out

For the nation’s 75.3 million millennials (ages 11 to 33), now one-third of the labor market and growing, the way they use – or don’t use – digital resources will dictate how the generation will affect...

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Millennial single moms birth rate decreases over time

Births to single mothers have decreased, and millennial women are thinking hard about when, and if, to have children and whether they want to be married when they do. The post Millennial single moms...

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Millennials: A force to be reckoned with in 2016

Millennials voted in big numbers in 2008, but not as many voted in 2012 and 2014. Politicians and others hope to draw more young adults to the polls next year. The post Millennials: A force to be...

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Marketers engage Hispanic millennials through culture, language

Marketing agencies and companies are gradually realizing they need to start creating material that is authentic and culturally relevant if they want to gain young Latinos as future consumers. The post...

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Millennials facing shorter life expectancy due to obesity

Obesity in millennials has tripled in adults since the late 1970s. The proportion of people ages 19 to 29 who are obese has more than tripled from 8 percent in 1971 to 24 percent in 2003. The post...

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Detached from institutions, millennials find new ways to engage

The millennial generation is in the forefront of a trend of what many religious groups call disaffiliation. Fueled by distrust or disinterest, the youngest generation of adults today is also less...

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Millennials in America

Millennials…they’re selfish. Politically uninterested. Addicted to Instagram, Twitter and whatever social media company is hot this week. We would know. The post Millennials in America appeared first...

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Debt-free college supporters to Clinton: It’s your move

Progressive Democrats rallying behind a national bipartisan goal of debt-free college who have received love from half of 2016’s Democratic presidential hopefuls had a firm message to Hillary Clinton:...

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Arab Spring turns to winter after women pushed from forefront

The fire that was the Arab Spring spread quickly across the Middle East in 2011, fanned by popular protests and the overlooked work of hundreds of women. Now a series of films seeks to tell their...

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House looks for food stamp solution

Although food stamps, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, do help get the working poor on their feet, Rep. Michael Conaway said that some are dissuaded from taking on...

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Central Asia becomes new target for ISIS recruiters

Thousands of fighters have fled their home countries to join the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, including the chief of the counter-terrorism program in a Central Asian country. The post Central...

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House Committee urges health-care reforms for veterans

WASHINGTON – Abrupt ends to medication. Treatment mismanagement. Twenty-two lives a day. A House committee questioned five experts about prescription mismanagement and the risk of veteran suicide...

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Iowa GOP board votes to kill straw poll

The Republican Party of Iowa unanimously voted to pull the plug on the 36-year-old tradition Friday in a closed-door session that included Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann and members of the state...

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Technology-enhanced scarves may help treat illnesses

Microsoft demonstrated a prototype of the scarf, called wearable light therapy, along with other wearable technology, at its Washington TechFair on Wednesday. The post Technology-enhanced scarves may...

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Sens. Grassley, Thune release IRS reform plan

American taxpayers could soon see new protections blocking the IRS from peering into and releasing their personal information. Those protections are part of a consumer bill of rights rolled out Tuesday...

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