Tropical spider gives day-off to British school kids
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A tropical spider gave pupils at a school in southern England a surprise day-off classes after bug control experts had to be called in.
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Pupils on the Uists return to school after last week's storm which killed five members of a family.
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A new school in the Masai village of Oloolaimutia in East Africa runs day and night now, even though the majestic tribe lives without electricity or running water in its nearby compound of mud houses. More than 400 children attend the school, which uses solar panels to provide light and deliver power to three new laptop computers.
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Climate change, slavery and healthy cooking feature in a new curriculum for England's 11 to 14-year-olds.
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Now it is Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk&#39;s  turn to appear on children&#39;s footwear and underwear.
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The hefty arachnids create silken tethers from their feet when they walk, new research shows, making them the only species to use silk for locomotion.
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Midwestern spiders always get big as they prepare to lay eggs, but this year they're even fatter thanks to a cool, wet summer that sustained their favorite snack &#151; insects.
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Spiders scale vertical glass surfaces using a fibrous "glue" secreted from their feet, scientists show.
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In the cities and villages of southern Russia, the first day of school is a civic holiday. So it was last Wednesday in Beslan, when 1,200 parents and their children packed into Middle School No.
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An overcrowded school in North Yorkshire resorts to teaching some pupils in its corridor.
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Candy corn on Halloween. Pink candy hearts pleading BE MINE for Valentine&#39;s Day. Birthday cupcakes. But starting Thursday, when the doors of Newton&#39;s 21 schools open, the kid-friendly noshes
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Schools in the North-East are being offered an education tool that builds children's knowledge of the water cycle.
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More than 250,000 teenagers in England are getting education allowances of at least Â£10 a week.
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There are good spiders and less-good spiders.
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Pupils on a school trip are stranded miles from home and some events are cancelled because of more heavy rain.
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By Charlie Boss, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 24--Mornings at the school sound of water splashing on soapy hair, onions sizzling on a skillet and computers humming.
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Teachers are urged to take pupils on more school trips as a new safety guidelines are unveiled.