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  1. Enter to win this contest! The deadline has been extended to June 15 fb.me/1R6WcAsCa
  2. Local schools tapped for 'top 100' list: ow.ly/b6jq3
  3. Study time decreases in college. Spend less time on work than in high school? ow.ly/b6hWB
  4. What grade level do you speak at? or At which grade level do you speak? Higher or lower than Congress? fb.me/17vI5sngm
  5. Does using wind turbines change the weather? Changes in night cooling found. ow.ly/b39Rv
  6. Want to go on python patrol? 30,000 pythons in the Everglades ow.ly/b39Ei
  7. Comics get serious attention- Comics Fest 2012 in Durham ow.ly/b39wR
  8. See a live Q&A with acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford, 3pm at newsobserver.com
  9. 1940 Census undercounted blacks fb.me/1Tv2v8Mqd
  10. @josephcneff on @state_of_things e:Hospital Profits listen at: ow.ly/aYxrr Full series at N&O ow.ly/aYxBU
  11. Another reason to come downtown this weekend! @artsplosure ow.ly/aYtwt
  12. RT @newsobserver: *Not* the movie: Battleship USS North Carolina docked in Wilmington 50 years ago this week - bit.ly/JyqQIo
  13. @naturalsciences Astronomy Days- Sat&Sun at Museum of Natural Science. Can't wait! ow.ly/aYrMc
  14. How cool is this? Great discussion of jobs for the future. ow.ly/aYqSj
  15. To share with graduating students... fb.me/1EgSDqx1f
  16. Good discussion for students- What careers matter? The things that matter now- will they matter by the time the... fb.me/1UVhnfFXn
  17. Sendak, 83, author of splendid nightmares, dies fb.me/1pR7PDobC
  18. I've never heard of a hyrax before- have you? fb.me/1dF5k8Y8n
  19. Global Jellyfish Explosion fb.me/14ldxtN4T
  20. Refuge for cats helps kids find calm fb.me/1lqe5oB2y