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Students Express Pandemic Struggles in High School Photo Contest
The second annual Hi Res High School Photo Competition asked students to depict their new normal after COVID-19. Many captured masked faces, social distancing signs and lonely figures. Gordon Tokumatsu reports April 6, 2022.
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OC Fair's Creative Competitions Are Now Open
Making jellies, designing quilts, carving wood, baking cakes: The creative categories are plentiful, local makers.
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North Hollywood High School Team Captures National Science Bowl Crown
A team of North Hollywood High School science students emerged victorious Saturday over scholars from 63 other schools nationwide in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science National Science Bowl Championship.
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Pumpkin Weigh-off People, a Big Prize Just Got Bigger
Have you always dreamed of entering a giant gourd at the Safeway World Championship Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay? You may want to get planting.
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Shaun White is Back to Basics, Picking Up a Skateboard and Eyeing the Summer Olympics
Hours after winning his third snowboard gold, White’s mind was already shifting to skateboarding. While he was on his way to pick up his gold medal in South Korea he had already made a call to find out about qualifications for the skateboarding segment of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Friendship Started With Act of Kindness on Keller Marching Band
For the first time ever, the Keller High School Marching band will be in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and they’ll be the only high school from Texas performing. We meet two of the students going, their friendship started with an act of service.
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The Secret About Shopping Online on Hotel Discount Sites
Shopping travel booking sites may just be a waste of time. Randy Mac reports for NBC4 news at 5 p.m. on July 9, 2018.
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Olympic Hopefuls Debut at World Weightlifting Championships
Americans began competing in the 2017 International Weightlifting Federation World Weightlifting Championships on Wednesday at the Anaheim Convention Center.
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Sonoma Marin Fair to Hold World's Ugliest Dog Contest
On June 23, pets competing will partake in events like the “Faux Paw Fashion Show” and Red Carpet Walk.
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How Do You Spell … Google Trends Reveals Most Commonly Misspelled Words in Each State
Beayutiful. Beeyoutiful? Bootiful? If you know how to spell the word “beautiful,” you might actually be in the minority. According to Google Trends, it’s the most commonly misspelled word in New York — and in four other states.
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These Spelling Bee Words Knocked Out the Competition
Words that are difficult enough to boot spellers from spelling bee competition rounds are called knockout words. With the premier spelling bee in the nation kicking off this week in Washington, D.C., here are five knockout words selected from the last 10 years, as provided by the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s office. Competitors who misspelled these words placed fourth or...
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Cheating on the Rise as Competitive Gaming Goes Mainstream
Cheating, or hacking, is an issue as competitive video gaming breaks into mainstream entertainment. Prizes ranging from sponsorships to social media fame to cash rewards are prompting some to seek an edge over the competition.