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25 of America's most unexpectedly banned books
The Week via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoBut the anthropomorphic animals in the award-winning children's book did not sit well with all audiences — in 1977, police associations in 12 states...
Fairfax Co. abuzz with excitement over local 7th grader set to compete in Scripps National Spelling...
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 9 hours agoAnkita Balaji, a 7th grade student at Rachel Carson Middle School in Herndon, said she has spent...
"Hacks" wonders why saying sorry is rare in comedy
Salon.com· 14 hours agoThe outcome of “Yes, And,” the season’s penultimate episode, proves this when at long last, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) wins the job that has long eluded...
These LGBTQ+ Terms Can Help Create A Safe School for Students
Education Week· 22 hours agoLGBTQ+ students are increasingly caught in the middle of politics and public education, with an onslaught of legislation that puts limits on classroom discussions of sexual ...
How to type in Chinese faster than in English? The genius of predictive text
South China Morning Post· 7 hours agoWith just five keystrokes, the computer’s on-board input method editor (IME) – a program that...
JCHS valedictorian chased her dream 4,000 miles
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 days agoShe started watching more English-speaking television shows. She had her mother get her a Spanish-English dictionary. By eighth grade she had started to...
Baden Street Settlement receives $8 million in state funding
13WHAM Rochester· 10 hours agoA big financial boost was given to a Rochester community service organization that has helped local...
Can you spell these winning National Spelling Bee words? Test yourself with this interactive quiz
NBC Washington· 12 hours agoAhead of the event, a word selection panel gathers to debate the words picked for the bee. As for...
Word of the Day: pseudonym
New York Times· 21 hours ago“Charlie Roxburgh” suddenly seemed like such a perfect Boston pseudonym that I spent a day investigating whether he was a real person. Can you correctly use the word pseudonym in a sentence? ...
‘Hacks’ Creators Share the Secret to Writing Deborah Vance’s Comedy
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJen Statsky, Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello tell TheWrap how they approach standup that's supposed...
