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https://newsela.com/articles/students-computer-usage/id/25029/
The article entitled “Having a home computer benefits students socially, but not academically” discusses the various impacts of technology on the lives of students between 2008 and 2010. As the article states, “what was true in 2009 is not necessarily true today” the researchers Robert Fairlie and Jonathan Robinson found that the lack of a home computer isn’t so much of a bad thing. This was quite interesting to observe based on my tendency to not use my mother’s laptop unless under dire circumstances. It provided me with my own sense of reassurance, but it also opened up many questions as to how this would actually impact low-income families today. For example, how would this student get home from school if they had to miss the bus to stay after school in the school library? What if they couldn’t walk home because they lived too far away? What if the assignment was a project and required lots of time? Is this beneficial? Would it breed a more time efficient and intelligent student or just a lot of missed assignments?

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http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/you-might-stockpile-some-gas-after-learning-the-age-of-americas-pipelines/
This article os about the age of the American pipelines which are nearly 50 years old. This article is interesting and important because it informs readers that stockpiling gas might not be a bad idea due to the possibility of pipelines bursting. And once these pipelines burst there will be a massive shortage in gasoline, diesel, and other chemicals.

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https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/11/photos-in-daydream-vr-offers-a-powerful-trip-down-memory-lane/https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/11/photos-in-daydream-vr-offers-a-powerful-trip-down-memory-lane/. This article is about VR or virtual reality. This crazy to think about that now in the current day, we have virtual realitys. This is something that would be in back to the future and it out right now. Technology keeps progressing and progressing.

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/17/health/antares-cygnus-launch-nasa/index.html
This article is about NASA successfully launching a rocket, named Antares, at the NASA facility. This article is important because the successful rocket launch is a step further towards understanding life in space a little better. If events such as this one continue to occur, one day we may be able to populate space.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/23/call-off-the-bee-pocalypse-u-s-honeybee-colonies-hit-a-20-year-high/?client=ms-android-metropcs-us
This article is about the decrease in the honeybee population. It seems like the bee population has been mysteriously dying off. Since 2006 it has been steadily decreasing but in 2012 it has gone up. This even concerned the government because their wont be pollen spreading to flowers.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/woman-upset-trump-victory-spends-day-giving-free-43445460
This article is about a sad, upset, horrified, tromatized, Rhonde Isand ,31 year old woman. The day after Trump was elected she was so effected negatively on it, she decided to not go to work and go downtown and give out free hugs. She knows how majority of the people feel after seeing Trump be elected. (since Hillary had more votes anyways). Her along with other doesnt feel excited, or trustworthy with Trump running the country and many fear him due to the thing he have said. Its interesting because anyone who doesnt go to work just to give free hugs, is really effected heavily on this and this is not okay. People cant go living like this everyday, scared and not comfortable withthe one leading their country. This article is very much useful and brings awarness to other who dont understand how many are really touched on what shocked American on November 8, 2016.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/low-vitamin-d-linked-higher-155700550.html
the article is about a new study that informs how people who don't have enough vitamin D may be at increased risk for asthma. This article is useful/ important to read because after you read it you're more educated and know that you should have a stable vitamin D, to not have a high chance of suffering from asthma. "Children with vitamin D insufficiency were 1.35 times more likely to have asthma compared with children with adequate levels of vitamin D."

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/us/women-combat-us-military/
This article is about that this Veterans Day a new policy is being put in place that opens up all military jobs to women. This is important because women have never been allowed to serve in combat like men do. Men were the only ones fighting the battles while the women worked as nurses, cooks, etc. Now women arent going to be seen as "weak" and they will be serving in combat along side the men.

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Asia is currently having their biggest gaming party/expo. Now you may be wondering why this is important well its simply really because not only is gaming becoming a huge industry but also because we need some happiness after reading some of these other articles but nevertheless this expo is uniting other people together and letting them have fun so if your interested go check it out

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/business/2016/11/11/483613/Asias-biggest.htm

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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/07/taking-stand-standing-rock
This article is about the eight- month long Standing Rock protest in Dakota, against the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline. Told through the experience of Rev. John Dear he shared a reason why this was important. By digging there the Missouri River to build this pipeline will damage  the drinking water and destroy a prayer spot for the Naive people living there. Which should make the Dakota Access want to stop their plan, I found it interesting that they haven't. And will continue to go on with the pipeline, after (1) It's said to poison the drinking water and (2) Our last great president administrations told the Army Crops not to issue the permit for digging under the river.  The reason, why we should read this article is to educate ourselves, and step outside of our own lives and see what hardships other people go though in our "Great America".

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/middleeast/bulletproof-bmw-isis-snipers/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
this article is about a man named Ako Abdulrahman who had a BMW and lived in the city of Kirkuk. he realized he needed protection and put amour on his BMW and noticed his people needed help. Ako when to the village and helped some and more. at the end he ended up helping 70 people. Kirkuk Gov. Dr. Najmaldin Karim personally thanked the Peshmerga fighter in a meeting at the governor's office. Karim also offered him a reward of 500,000 Iraqi dinars ($385) for his actions. this shows how people care about other and not expecting anything out of it.[people should read this because helping others. some people are just ignorant and don't care for others.

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Five key ISIS recruiters have been arrested in Germany, authorities said Tuesday. The men were allegedly involved in smuggling people out of Germany to join the terror group fighting in Syria.   http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/08/world/germany-isis-arrests/index.html

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This is an article of a parent who home schools their child and is victim to the system.This shows how schools treat kids who are no longer in the public school systems and how difficult it is for them to aware of important matters. This is interesting because this child may be more advanced than many of the students taught in public schools. But due to a teacher not informing the parent of a deadline and marking a student absent for six weeks making it a problem of harming a minors education a mother faces punishment

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - An unidentified homeschool mother in Ohio faced up to 180 days in jail for not filing paperwork on time - even though she taught her child the entire time.

The mother's problems began when she withdrew her child from public school in January 2015, the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reported. The child thrived in the new environment, leading the mom to want to continue the homeschool path.

In May 2015, the school district sent the mom a letter notifying her about the upcoming annual notification process for the next school year - a process she knew little about. She phoned the school and was told she needed "to file a notice and an end-of-year assessment" but was told "there's no deadline," said HSLDA, which is representing the mom. She even was told by the school that many homeschoolers teach their children year-round - something that she decided to try that summer.

In September 2015 the mom was preparing to send in her paperwork when she got a notice telling her it actually was due on August 1, even though she had been told there was no deadline. Her child had been marked absent from school for six weeks. She hastily sent in the paperwork and the school district OK'd it, but the story turned into a nightmare when she received a summons to criminal court for charges of "contributing to the delinquency" of a minor. It mattered little that her child had scored in the 97th percentile on a standardized evaluation test.
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"At the trial, the mother testified extensively about her decision to homeschool, her conversation with school officials, her son's summer-school program, and his stellar assessment results," HSLDA wrote.

The magistrate, though, sentenced her to 180 days (six months) in jail, which was suspended if she and her child attended truancy classes (which they did).

That sentence had to be approved by a court of common pleas judge, who overturned the magistrate's decision but convicted her of "failure to send a child to school" - a misdemeanor.

HSLDA said it will appeal.

"While we are relieved that the judge revoked the magistrate's 'contributing' conviction along with its draconian sentence of jail time, we are disappointed that the judge instituted any conviction at all," HSLDA wrote. "We are preparing an appeal to overturn this new conviction on grounds that were raised before the magistrate and the court of common pleas, both of which ignored our arguments. The state's evidence fell far short of the standard required for a criminal conviction, and we will make sure the court of appeals receives that message loud and clear."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - An unidentified homeschool mother in Ohio faced up to 180 days in jail for not filing paperwork on time - even though she taught her child the entire time. The mother's problems began when she withdrew her child from public school in January 2015, the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) reported.

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/03/business/japanese-chinese-business-execs-get-behind-chinas-silk-road-initiative/#.WCPHS_krKUk
The following article is about the initiative being promoted by the Chinese government called the One Belt, One Road Initiative. China wants to remake the famous Silk Road in the 21st century. Leaders from major Japanese and Chinese companies have agreed to corporate and promote the new Silk Road. Prior Japanese business leaders had been adamant to promote or even remotely discuss the project with China due to China ever increasing influence in Asia. Chinese companies have asked Japanese companies to pressure their government into participating in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. [People should read this article as the Silk Road can impact foreign markets which in turn can affect other nations trading with the US. Trading is very important to the US economy and can boost or damage American's financial situations.]

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http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/how-hackers-used-something-in-your-house-to-crash-the-internet-last-week/

The article was about how hackers are able to hack on computers and other electronics. They use a certain software that can reach out to all electronics connected to the internet. With the software last month hackers were able to crash some major websites. Webcams are another trick to how hackers are capable of controlling sites. There were some webcams being sold that were connected to the computers that were being hacked. There has been a lot of common devices that have a security threat. They recommend when getting a new device changing passwords and protecting the passwords. This topic is important because technology has become a big part of society and for people to be able to hack on to other peoples personal information could be dangerous.

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This article is about whether or not energy drinks can cause hepatitis c. [ we should read this because a lot of people currently drink these energy drinks, and could be dealing with these health issues, and may not even know it. If more information can be put out about this issue, more people can be "saved". And hopefully, the companies who make these drinks could take the issue into consideration.]

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This article is about daylight time affecting our body's health. [We should read this because we all affected by daylight savings and we should understand how it affects us.]

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/health/mars-mission-astronaut-brain-damage/index.html
Astronauts who have signed up and are going to be on their way to mars may have a big problem on their minds., Literally. Research and experiments have shown that the cosmic rays the astronauts will be exposed to will have simialr effects to dimentia. Depression, anxiety and overall brain trauma. This can lead to lawsuits from family members and can be an overall fail for the mission, which has invested more than millions of dollars to put together

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https://www.curriculet.com/news/02mjp0N7jenB-burger-king-fast-food-restaurants-soft-drinks-beverages#high
This article is about how Burger King has stopped adding soft drinks to kids menus. This is a reverent topic today, because many people eat fast food at least once a week. This effects a lot of families.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/09/14/health/nfl-concussion-safety-initiative/index.html

The topic of this article is to explain why 100 million dollars is being invested towards concussions and how to prevent them. This is very important for everyone who loves football to see. It's important for parents of young kids to see what football can do to you in the long term. Being a football player every time you see an NFL or College player get hit big they are now trying to figure out what can happen. I think this is a very important article for everyone to read because it shows the importance of health and safety and that the NFL is now trying to help.

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http://blog.curriculet.com/63-high-interest-articles-aligned-to-informational-text-standards-with-assessment/

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http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/your-suspicions-about-gmo-crops-were-just-confirmed-by-a-nyt-report/
The article talks about the horrors of GMO foods, foods that are farmed and sold to us on the market. GMO stands for Genetically modified food, meaning that our farm food is seasoned with pesticides  and also re-created by chemist in chemical labs for faster production.We should care about GMO because it is unsafe and we need to understand what goes into our bodies! Back in the 1900's watermelons use to be juicy and sweet! Nowadays our fruits and vegetables aren't grown the right way and we must suffer the loss of the taste and enjoyment.

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https://www.studentnewsdaily.com/daily-news-article/first-case-of-cte-diagnosed-in-mma-fighter/
First MMA Fighter to be diagnosed (after death) with trauma to the brain from fighting. [We should read this because this is huge for the professional fighting community to note brain injuries, like the NFL has. This could lead to lawsuits and/or more regulations on the sport!]