Homecoming Proposals by Maria Vasquez
“Will you go to homecoming with me?” Come November, this is the question almost every girl dreams of being asked. Fortunately, for these girls, their wish was granted.
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A Night Right Out of a Movie by Ruth Reyes
It was the perfect night, that’s for sure. A masquerade right out of the Phantom of the Opera, filled with different faces, of all different shades and sizes, everywhere around you.
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Affordable Care Act Problems by Elizabeth Martinez
It has been over a month since the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and the opening up of markets on healthcare.gov, and the administration is faced with a list of issues and glitches. With the end of November as the target date for when all the bugs should be fixed, the Obama administration announced…
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Holocaust Survivor Visits MLEC Again by Sana Chaudhry
“We are brought here today to learn the truth about the Holocaust,” said Neil Eichelbaum – Miami Lakes Educational Center’s retired American History teacher – on stage at the MLEC auditorium, in front of 300 students on November 5th, 2013.
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Pope Francis Reforms Catholic Church by Lessenitt Campos
Pope Francis is showing his followers that although Catholics should follow the Church’s original teachings, the Church should also adapt to today’s changing world.
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YouTube Comment Clean-Up by Maria Vasquez
When it comes to using the internet, many people feel like they are invincible behind their computer screen. They are much more willing to post negative comments when they are not being held accountable. YouTube is trying to fix that.
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Chinese Surgeons Grow a Nose on a Man’s Forehead by Michan Walsh
In what is the first surgery of its kind, Guo Zhihui, a Chinese surgeon, says that he has constructed a nose out of a 22 year-old man’s rib cartilage and implanted it under the skin of the man’s own forehead for later transplant.
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The Holidays: A Time for Longer Work Hours by Alejandra Mendoza
On Thanksgiving Day, many stores will open in anticipation of Black Friday. Consumers will line up around dinnertime; they will have chosen to be there. The employees won’t.
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Online Black Market “Silk Road” Shut Down by FBI by Michan Walsh
On Wednesday, October 2nd, the online drug marketplace Silk Road was raided and shut down by the FBI, who arrested its alleged mastermind, Ross William Ulbricht, known online by his pseudonym “Dread Pirate Roberts,” named after the feared protagonist of the 1987 movie “The Princess Bride”
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Texting and Driving Laws by Rosaly Casanueva
Driving and texting has been banned and it all started with the 2009 crash that injured a couple whose motorcycle was hit by an 18-year-old driver. The couple sued the driver’s friend, saying that she was “electronically present” because she texted him.