Carolyn Thompson

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Grace Brown, 14, poses for a portrait while jogging at the park where she does her jogging workouts for her 'online PE' class, in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Brown chose to take 'online PE,' utilizing a fitness tracker, so that she could take a piano lab as an extra elective.
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In this Feb. 7, 2018 photo, students at the Berkeley Carroll School in the Brooklyn borough of New York use virtual reality headsets in their classroom. Experts say the technology is still relatively rare in schools, but they expect that to change as costs come down and content improves. Seated at the table from left are Daniel Cornicello, 17, Charlie Hertz, 17, and Taylor Engler, 16. At the table in the back of the room is Angela Aguero, 17.
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In this Oct. 9, 2017 file photo, a tour boat travels along the Niagara River in New York, where a series of overflow discharge from a treatment plant have drawn widespread attention. The sewage treatment plant that spewed a smelly black discharge at the base of Niagara Falls during the busy summer tourist season is in line for $20 million in upgrades. Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the state investment Tuesday, Dec. 19 as one of his 2018 priorities.
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$20M for Plant That Spewed Black Water
Improvements coming to the aging sewage treatment plant responsible for a stinky black discharge at the base of Niagara Falls.
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In this Sept. 22, 2016 photo provided by the The Strong museum in Rochester, N.Y., the three inductees into the hall's class of 2016, from left, Fisher-Price Little People, Dungeons & Dragons and the swing, are on display. After seven times as finalists for the National Toy Hall of Fame, the tiny tenants of Fisher-Price's house, barn and school bus were enshrined on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016.
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Little People, D&D Top Toy Hall of Fame Class
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