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“I consider myself lucky because I had a backpack,” he said at a TED Talk in June in Traverse City, Michigan. “And because along the way I found some of the most beautiful, compassionate and courageous people that not only helped me through this time but who have left a lasting impression stamped on my heart.”
Benjamin Banneker carved and drew. He figured and thought some more, and he dreamed. Could a man make a working clock from scraps and scratch?
Grandma is the best cook ever! She’s second only to Mom, who makes your favorite foods every day.
In the new book “I Am Jazz” by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings, with pictures by Shelagh McNicholas, you’ll read about a girl who’s just like other girls … only different. That’s because Jazz has “a girl brain but a boy body.”
Your first few days of going to school are gonna be big.
From the first moment you saw him, you knew he was The One.
Sometimes, you have a good nose for trouble.
Loaded with hundreds of full-color pictures and thousands of cool factlets, “Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Strikingly True” is one of those books you can rest assured kids will love to read because of the subject matter inside it.
What they’ll find in here will satisfy their curiosity and appeal to their sense of odd. Because this book is so browseable, it fits any attention span and several reading levels (although — beware — some of what’s in here might be too scary for smaller kids). And because it’s the same Ripley’s you grew up with, this is one of those books you can get caught reading, too.
One common sign is wilting, even in watered plants. Afternoon droop or “Flagging” is temporary, a plant’s natural defense. If wilting persists into the evening or morning, it’s a sign
A Tuesday windstorm brought gusts up to 70 mph, damaging trees and power lines in the eastern valley. Crews were still working to restore power.
Political action at the state level on housing and subsequent setbacks at the federal level in making more federal land available for development were atop the list of issues raised during a recent homebuilders panel.
For the second day in a row, parts 0f the valley saw another round of monsoon moisture.
Over 70 floats and giant balloons will make their way through Summerlin in the valley’s largest Independence Day parade.
