Recently added articles from WR News, Senior Edition (including Science Spin):
Game on, Brazil! Rio de Janeiro gets the 2016 Olympics.
Nov 20, 2009 ... Before You Read Ask: Have you ever watched the Olympics? Why might a country want to host the Olympics even though it requires a lot of work? Vocabulary historic: important poverty: poor conditions Background * Has Brazil ...
In issue 5, we asked whether shoppers should pay for paper and plastic bags. Here's what you said.(MAILBAG)
Nov 20, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I do not think people should pay for plastic bags. That's silly! I mean, we are already paying for taxes, why add on just for bags? --Dru N., Oklahoma Everyone who uses a paper or plastic bag should pay a fine of up to 20 cents ....
Picture of the week.(Photograph)
Nov 20, 2009 ... Got tissues? These giant mucus-like blobs in Europe's Mediterranean Sea are nothing to sneeze at! A new study found that the thick clumps of dead and living ...
Up in arms: should kids be allowed to hunt?(NEWS DEBATE)
Nov 20, 2009; ... A new law is triggering debate in Wisconsin. The state recently lowered its minimum hunting age. Under the new plan, children as young as 10 may hunt with an adult. Each pair can have only one gun or bow, and the adult and child must stay within arm's reach of each other at all times. ...
Smashing success! Spacecraft in search of water slam into the moon.(Cover story)
Nov 20, 2009 ... Before You Read Ask students: Do you think there might be water on the moon? Why or why not? How might having water on the moon help astronauts? Vocabulary crater: a bowl-shaped dent in the ground lunar: relating to the moon ...