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  • Soldier goody bags for friends and family

    Monday, January 14, 2008 By: Ashley Bagwell

    The girls track team, along with a few freshman students, recently spent several hours putting together more than 200 goody bags for soldiers serving in Iraq. The soldiers are all friends or family me

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  • The Home Stretch: Seniors struggle with stress in preparation for college.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 By: Katie Borders

    It’s stressful. It causes anxiety, unease, and the apprehension that keeps some senior students up at night studying. It’s the concern about grades, admission essays, and acceptance letters. Mostly,

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  • Life on the Straight Edge: Senior Drew Haynes stays away from alcohol and remains strong in his beliefs.

    Monday, January 14, 2008 By: Grier Brauer

    For some high school students, being labeled a “straight-edge” might be embarrassing, but for Senior Drew Hayes, it is something to be proud of.During his time in high school Hayes has been exposed to

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  • Artist ‘beefs’ simply beef up CD sales

    Wednesday, January 16, 2008 By: Aria Corbin Smith

    In the overly hyped battle between rappers 50 Cent and Kanye West there were no losers. Based on record sales, Kanye ended up on top, and 50 Cent failed. But in actuality, both rappers got what they w

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  • Sophomore Sophia Wise wins big as Kid Nation comes to an end

    Thursday, January 17, 2008 By: Mariah Byrne

    Last month, the reality television show Kid Nation, featuring Winter Park’s sophomore Sophia Wise, finished after 40 participants spent 40 long days in ghost town.

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  • The Final Fantasy for XII: Does a Final Fantasy Continue?

    Thursday, January 17, 2008 By: Fabian Garcia

    One of the newest games that has come out for the Nintendo DS is “Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings." This R.P.G. is loaded with a semi complex story line that continues from Final Fantasy XII for th

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  • Obama fans frown at “unashamedly black” group

    Friday, January 18, 2008 By: Demoni

    I find myself disappointed. As an ardent Barack Obama fan, I was shocked this week to discover that my favorite candidate is a part of a racist, Afrocentric, extremist church called Trinity United Ch

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  • No Child Left Behind Act may not be the solution for some

    Friday, January 18, 2008 By: Danny

    Imagine every eleventh grader at Torrington High School passing the PAWS state test. It’s almost a laughable idea. The goal of one hundred percent proficiency for students in the United States is on

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  • Blazers weightlifters can lift more than your dad

    Friday, January 18, 2008 By: Aaron

    “Today I will do what you won’t so tomorrow I can do what you can’t.”

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  • Parkour Brings The Gymnasium To The Street

    Friday, January 18, 2008 By: Lain Williams

    To some it is a sport; for others, it is a way of life. Whatever you choose to call it, parkour is a demonstration of extreme discipline and control of the human body.

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Issue Date: Friday, January 18, 2008 Issue: Week of Jan. 20, 2008
 
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News
Expensive call. Florida teens may be charged with DWT: Driving while talking on cell phones.Next time you find yourself driving and talking on the cell phone, be warned; it could be an expensive call.
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Locker Room burglarized during Basketball Game
Locker room is burglarized during basketball game.
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Happy, and richer, new year. California's minimum wage rises to $8.
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Fort Dodge imposes curfew.
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Students, teachers mourn student killed in crash.
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Features
Sport or way of life? Parkour combines athleticism, discipline and efficiency.
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Ride of the future? Efficient, inexpensive Tato Nano is billed as "the people's car."
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Heavy duty. Blazers weightlifters can lift more than your dad.
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Ghost town adventure. Winter Park sophomore earns her spurs on season-ending episode of "Kid Nation."Last month, the reality television show Kid Nation, featuring Winter Park’s sophomore Sophia Wise,
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Family from afar. Boys from Ukraine become brothers to Rocklin High family.
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