Baby Miracle

Rachel Rosenbaum
February 1, 2010
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On Thursday, December 31, 2009, 33 year old Tracy Hermanstorfer, almost lost her life while giving birth to a baby boy. During labor, Tracy went into cardiac arrest. Horrified, the doctors tried to revive her with breathing tubes and chest compressions- sadly, nothing seemed to be working. The doctors... Read more »

Post-Quake: Boca High Lends a Hand

Siera Martinez
January 22, 2010
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At approximately 4:53 PM January 12, an earthquake struck Haiti with an epicenter 15 miles from the capital, Port-au-Prince, home to 1 million people, with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale. A chilling estimate tallied 100,000 dead and around 250,000 missing. Jaws dropped as the shock trembled... Read more »

Redirecting Apophis: Russia’s Asteroid Plan

Sarah Diamond
January 22, 2010
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Russia plans to redirect a threatening asteroid, the Russian space agency announced to the press last month.  The hazard was discovered by NASA in 2004, when their teams projected the course of a rock scheduled to pass distressingly close to Earth in the year 2036.  Named for an evil Egyptian demon,... Read more »

Will The Cold Ever End?

Sam Beauvais
January 22, 2010
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During the past two weeks, Florida has been plagued by unnaturally cold weather. With snow flurry sightings and twenty degree nights in the northern part of the state, it’s hard to believe winter will ever end. The unusual cold snap began just after winter break on January 5, 2010, causing students... Read more »

Week in a Wrap

Russel Chisholm
December 17, 2009
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On November 12, something happened at one of the US's military bases in Killeen, Texas. A US army major and psychologist, who was angry about being discharged to Iraq brought a gun into the base and opened fire on his fellow soldiers killing 12 and injuring 30. The shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan,... Read more »

Woman Attacked by Chimp

Russell Chisholm
December 17, 2009
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On an early November evening in New Haven, Connecticut,  Charla Nash was attacked by a 200 pound chimpanzee. The attack almost killed her and sent her to the hospital in a very fragile condition. Nash always had feelings that the chimp was dangerous. It belonged to her neighbor so she would see it... Read more »

A Healthy Hubbub

Siera Martinez
December 11, 2009
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The recent health care reform debate has been raising all kinds of attention lately, as it should. The nation’s welfare is at stake. Many concerns have risen among the Democrats and Republicans surrounding this potential “public option”. How long will the wait be for a doctor’s appointment? Would... Read more »

Weather’s Right Hand

Siera Martinez
December 11, 2009
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To the disappointment of some and the excitement of others, hardly any hurricanes have plundered through Florida’s coasts this season. Still, unrelenting efforts have been cast in search of discovering the ins and outs of hurricanes and the other gifts bestowed upon the land by the great Mother Nature.... Read more »

More Water on the Moon?

Siera Martinez
December 11, 2009
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Hundreds of songs and movies have played on the aspect of the moons brilliance, its mystery and its foreign body facet of an other-worldly being. The drama of a full moon on Halloween or the way moonlight is a guiding light in the midnight sky goes along with the Dreamworks production using the dreamy... Read more »