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Judge: Fiorina not eligible to play
First District Court Judge Michael Vigil ruled on Thursday against granting a permanent injunction against Santa Fe High School concerning its determination that sophomore golfer Chanet Fiorina is academically ineligible. »Story
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Comic-book figures like Superman, Captain America, and Spider-Man are a big part of the American mythology. Blessed with special powers, they defend the weak in the name of justice. But these characters are far from the first superheroes in North America. If you stray from the world of contemporary pop culture and drift into the world of Native American creation stories, you'll find superheroes of a different — but not entirely different — nature. One Pueblo creation story involves a pair of twin warrior gods (born on the Sandia Mountains, in some tellings) who guarded over ancestral peoples. A Spider Woman even plays a part in Pueblo legend. »Story
Platypus genome reveals wacky evolutionary past
WASHINGTON — When British naturalist George Shaw received a weird specimen from Australia in 1799 — one with a mole's fur, a duck's bill and spurs on its rear legs — he did what any skeptical scientist would do: He looked for the stitching and glue that would reveal it to be a hoax. »Story
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