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Virtual Superstore  
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
A Virtual Superstore  is a storefront for a large retail store with isles of images of merchandise for customers to shop from. The isles and images are of the merchandise available from its real stores and warehouses, such as groceries, toys, electronics and also sporting goods.
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Super Earth 
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
An international team of astronomers has discovered a new “Super-Earth,” which is seven times the size of Earth. An European Southern Observatory HARPS telescope was used by the astronomers to find it.
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Woolly Mammoth 
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
Woolly mammoths lived in Asia, Europe and North America.  They lived from about 2 million years ago to 9,000 years ago. This was millions of years after the dinosaurs went extinct. 
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Earthquake and Volcanoes
OCTOBER 31, 2012
Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling or sudden shock of the earth’s surface. They are the Earth's way of releasing stress or energy. More than a million earthquakes rattle the world each year but we hear about a few of them. 
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Columbus Day  
OCTOBER 15, 2012
Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States to honor Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America in 1492. Columbus is the explorer who discovered America in that year.
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Coal Mining
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
Coal is a black or brownish-black shiny rock and most of it is buried deep underground so we must "mine" or dig it out. It is a very important form of energy and is used in producing electricity. 
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Paralympics 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
The word “Paralympic” comes from the Greek word “para” which means ‘beside’. The name means a competition held in parallel to the Olympic Games.
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