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		<title>The Unknown Soldier and the Battle of Franklin</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Karina, 5th Grade student at Trinity Elementary School, Franklin, TN Imagine you were digging in your backyard when you found a body. Now imagine that real-life. &#160; The mystery started in the little-known town of Franklin, Tennessee, on May 14, 2009. A construction worker discovered the bones while working on a sewer line. Along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Tar Pits Hiding Beneath U.S. Roads?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Los Angeles, California, the answer may be yes. And those tar pits may contain the best-preserved fossils ever found! Near busy Wilshire Boulevard you can see the Le Brea Tar Pits. The area is still bubbling with the sticky tar that trapped animals up to 50,000 years ago. Scientists have found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fifth Graders Talk to Congressmen on Skype</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about different ways to power your parents’ cars? Fifth grade students at Columbus Elementary in Edwardsville, Ill., have been learning about other ways to power cars using alternative (substitute) fuels. In September 2011, Illinois Senator Bill Haine and Representative Dan Beiser visited the school to talk about the work being done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tree Rings Tell an Ancient Story</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could a city the size of New York City be destroyed by a drought? Many scientists believe that’s what happened to a city called Angkor in what is now Cambodia. Angkor was the capital city of an empire that stretched from Myanmar (Burma) to Vietnam. This city of about 750,000 people lasted 600 years, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did Medieval Knights Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many movies show medieval knights as strong, fearless warriors who actually enjoyed fighting wars. But is that really true? A researcher from a Denmark university studied primary and secondary sources written by and about knights of the medieval era. He came to the conclusion that knights were no different than today’s soldier. They didn’t just [...]]]></description>
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