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Life Updated: Tue, Jul 9, 2013

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Kansas City-area spelling bee finally ends

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when the eventual runner-up stumbled over the word "stifling." For more than an hour, seventh-grader Kush Sharma and fifth-grader Sophia Hoffman went toe-to-toe in the...
Phone scams with variety of tactics on the rise in El Paso County

Reports of phone scams that attempt to extort money have been on the rise throughout the state since September. The scams employ different methods to cheat victims out of money. Some use callers that say they're from the government. Others attach charges to victim's cell phone bills. But one scam in particular has Colorado Spring police...
White House Easter Egg Roll ticket lottery open

WASHINGTON (AP) — An online lottery for families who want tickets to the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House has opened. The lottery opened Friday and closes Monday at 10 a.m. The tickets are free but non-transferable. The event will be held on April 21 and will feature sports courts, cooking stations, live music and storytelling,...
Iowa lawmakers clash over competing bullying bills

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Cracking down on bullying in Iowa schools has been a priority this year for Gov. Terry Branstad, but lawmakers have criticized two competing bills and are seeking changes to the proposals. A bill in the House and another in the Senate both focus on giving schools the tools and authority to better address bullying,...
Children find creative soul through photography

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Send 22 fourth-graders into the world with a camera and ask them to capture their everyday lives for three weeks. What you get is a glimpse into the mysterious terrain of childhood as seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old. "Through A Child's Eyes" is a collaboration between Jessica Antonelli's fourth-grade art class...
Neb. bill could help parents using child care aid

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska parents could soon have the ability to take a pay raise and keep their child care subsidy. A bill introduced by Sen. Tanya Cook, of Omaha, would disregard 10 percent of income when determining eligibility for Nebraska's child care subsidy program. The disregard would apply after 12 continuous months on the...
Expert: More study needed on kids, gay marriage

DETROIT — The author of a controversial study of adult children often cited by opponents of gay marriage defended his work in court Monday but also said it's too early for social scientists to make far-reaching conclusions about families headed by same-sex couples. University of Texas sociologist Mark Regnerus testified for more than three...
Colorado Springs Brownie troop video gets honorable mention in White House contest

A wild and crazy idea dreamed up by a group of third-graders proved to be good enough to earn recognition from the White House. Eight girls from Steele and Stratton Elementary schools wrote and produced a short video of what it would be like if President Barack Obama visited Steele Elementary and saw the technology that students use every day...
Cut out junk food ads in schools, government says

WASHINGTON — It's not just about what America's kids are getting in the lunch line. The Obama administration is moving to phase out junk food advertising on football scoreboards and elsewhere on school grounds — part of a broad effort to combat child obesity and create what Michelle Obama calls "a new norm" for today's schoolchildren and...