Fourth Time's the Charm

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Have you ever been in a spelling bee? Do you remember the word that tripped you up or led you to a win? Send us your spelling bee stories!

(Photo: Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee)

View From the Crown

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Lots of people spend time in national parks and visit historic landmarks on vacation. What are your favorite parks and landmarks? Why are they your favorites?

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Obama's Choice for the Supreme Court

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What qualities do you think are important in a Supreme Court Justice?

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The End of an Incredible Journey

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The new equipment and cameras on Hubble will allow scientists to look deeper into space and even more closely to the galaxies and solar systems near ours. What do you hope scientists will discover by using Hubble?

Photo: NASA

Ancient Fossil Makes Public Debut

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Are you compelled to make new discoveries? If you could search for something completely new—animals, stars, a cure for a major disease—what would you want to discover, and how would you do it?

Photo of 47 million-year-old primate fossil "Ida," at her global unveiling at the American Museum of Natural History on May 19, 2009, in New York City. (Andrew H. Walker/image.net)

A Cleaner Automobile

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What do you think of President Obama's plan to make America's cars cleaner? What else should he do to reduce oil consumption and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions?

Photo: Pete Souza / White House/Sipa Press/NewsCom

In Search of a Good Defense

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Have you, your family, or school been affected by the swine flu outbreak? How? Share what you are doing to stay healthy!

Photo: Amy Sussman/Corbis

Fantastic Filly

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By winning the Preakness Stakes, Rachel Alexandra became a symbol of equality in sports to many sports fans. Who are your sports heroes?

Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters

Frog Island

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An unstable government and too much logging are two of the biggest threats to wildlife in Madagascar. What steps should Madagascar take to protect its native wildlife?

Photo: Miguel Vences

Young Readers Have Spoken

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Name three things that make a book great. Is it a fast-moving plot? An unsolvable mystery? Characters who you love, or hate, or love to hate? What makes you want to read?

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Middle School Students Make a Difference

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Do you think it is important to do volunteer work? Why or why not? What kinds of things do you do to help out in your community?

Photo: Mark Regan of Mark Regan Photography in Reston, VA

A Final Trip to Hubble

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The Atlantis astronauts heading to the Hubble Space Telescope will be making the final repairs to the 19-year-old telescope. NASA says another telescope will be ready to replace Hubble when it finally fails. Do you think NASA should let Hubble fail? Should Hubble and its replacement coexist? Why or why not?

Photo: Gary I. Rothstein/EPA/Corbis

Smoke Clears in Southern California

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Do you know what to do in case of a fire emergency? Does your family have a fire evacuation plan? How about your school? What ideas do you have about dealing with a fire emergency?

A helicopter carrying flame retardant moves into position for its drop in Santa Barbara, California, on May 8, 2009. Fourteen fire-fighting helicopters have been deployed to help contain the Jesusita fire. (Photo: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

Another Earth?

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If you could create your own planet, what geographical features would you make a part of it? Would it sustain human life? Animals? Plants? Would there be oceans and mountains, or would you create something entirely new?

"Planet e" in the foreground of this artist's rendering is twice the mass of Earth and closest to its sun. "Planet d," the blue dot, is the fourth planet out and may be at the right distance to have liquid water, scientists say. (Illustration: ESO)

Cell Phone Safety

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Do you have a cell phone? How old were you when you got it? If you don't have one, do you want one? Have you ever received an unwanted call, text, or picture on your cell phone? What did you do?

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Swine Flu Fight Continues

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Have you, your family, or school been affected by the H1N1 virus outbreak? How? Share what you are doing to stay healthy!

(Photo: Jeremy Portje/Dubuque Telegraph Herald/Rapport Syndication/NewsCom)

A Restless Volcano Comes Alive

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Learn more about volcanoes on Scholastic.com. Once you do, share what you’ve learned with other Scholastic News readers on the Scholastic News Online Blog!

Photo: Heather Bleick/Courtesy of the Alaska Volcano Observatory /U.S. Geological
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Supreme Court Justice Announces Retirement

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Image composite. First image: photo of sitting Supreme Court Justices: Matthew Cavanaugh/epa/Corbis). Second image: U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter walks across his lawn in front of his home in Weare, N.H. in this July 1990 file photo. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP Images)

Summer Challenge Begins!

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Do you like to read over the summer? Why or why not? What are some of your favorite books?

Photo: Miles White