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Dana Chivvis

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Dana is a writer and multimedia journalist who previously worked at The National Geographic Society. She has a master’s from Columbia Journalism School.

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Draft of National Education Standards Released

posted: 15 hours 46 minutes ago

(March 10) -- A group of educators released today the first draft of a proposed set of national core standards for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. The call for national standards is supp ...

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PETA's Euthanasia Rates Have Critics Fuming

posted: 1 day 18 hours ago

(March 9) -- When Dawn Brancheau, a SeaWorld trainer, was killed last month by one of the park's orcas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was quick to condemn SeaWorld for keeping its anima ...

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Paterson's Mess Scrambles New York's State of Mind

posted: 1 day 20 hours ago

(March 9) -- He's swimming in scandal and is wildly unpopular, but New York Gov. David Paterson refuses to resign and 68 percent of New Yorkers want him to stay, even though the majority doesn't thin ...

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Scandals Break (and Break and Break) in New York

posted: 7 days 14 hours ago

NEW YORK (March 3) -- Political scandals are piling up at an astonishing pace in New York, even by the standards of a state distinguished for dysfunction. Within just a few hours today, three scandal ...

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Northeast Blizzard Causes Widespread Power Outages

posted: 13 days ago

NEW YORK (Feb. 26) -- From Washington to Maine, it's no Snowmageddon, but a massive storm is slowly moving along the East Coast, hitting New York, northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania especia ...

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10 Deadly Animal Attacks

posted: 13 days 12 hours ago

(Feb. 25) -- The death of SeaWorld Orlando animal trainer Dawn Brancheau, who was killed Wednesday by one of the theme park's killer whales, caught the horrified attention of the nation. And while mo ...

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Hasidic Heist in Diamond District Takes Bizarre Twist

posted: 14 days 21 hours ago

Correction, Feb 25: An earlier version of this story referenced a Daily News report that the jewelry store owners had an insurance policy with Lloyd's of London. Since then, Lloyd's of London has tol ...

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Cell Phone and Internet Usage Grew Despite Economy

posted: 15 days 15 hours ago

(Feb. 23) -- Even as the global economy tanked, cell phone and Internet usage continued to skyrocket last year, according to a report by the International Telecommunication Union. In developing coun ...

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Daughter Recants, Says Suicide Pilot 'Not a Hero'

posted: 15 days 23 hours ago

(Feb. 23) -- Samantha Bell, daughter of the man who flew a small airplane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, killing himself and one other man, has recanted her claim that her father ...

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Three NYPD Officers Acquitted in Police Brutality Trial

posted: 16 days 17 hours ago

(Feb. 22) -- A New York City police officer accused of sodomizing a man with a police baton in a subway station was acquitted today of all charges -- despite the testimony of a fellow cop who said he ...

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