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    Sathwik Karnik wins National Geographic Bee

    Twelve-year-old Sathwik Karnik of Plainville, Mass., has won the 2013 National Geographic Bee.

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    Chicago Board of Ed to vote on 53 school closings

    The Chicago Board of Education was expected to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to close 53 schools, an ambitious proposal that sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define - for better or worse - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.

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    Maine man appears in court in missing teen's death

    A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she'd headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she recently met on Facebook.

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    Judge: Hollister clothing unfriendly to disabled

    A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC after ruling earlier that nearly 250 of their clothing stores that cater to a hip, young clientele are unfriendly to the disabled.

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    Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion

    The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. State authorities meanwhile said two infants were among the 24 people who perished in the twister.

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    NY funeral for student accidentally shot by police

    An emotional funeral service has been held for a Hofstra University student who was accidentally shot by police.

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    Intercontinental missile test-launched in Calif.

    The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from a California base on Wednesday, a month after the test flight was postponed because of tensions with North Korea.

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    Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims

    The Oklahoma City area is already home to two of the costliest tornados in the last half a century, and Monday’s devastating twister that hit just south of the city is likely to stress federal emergency dollars already under pressure from the recent federal budget cuts.

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    Names of those killed in Oklahoma tornado

    The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified 23 of 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 children. Officials still were trying to contact eight victims' relatives Wednesday, but released the names of 16 others...

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    Skateboarders might find new love at Philly park

    Brokenhearted skateboarders long banned from Philadelphia's internationally renowned shredding paradise of Love Park may have a new object of affection: Paine's Park.

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