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What's up, sunshine? And hello from our

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wall of friends here at CNN

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headquarters. Thank you so much for the

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fresh art and the fresh start to the

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holiday season. I can't tell you how

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many times other CNNers stop by and

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marvel at all of your creativity and

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kindness. Thank you. Today is your word

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Wednesday, so keep those ears on high

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alert. See if the vocabulary word you

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submitted made it into today's show. We

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start today with some big news out of

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the social media world. This month, many

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kids in Australia will be forced off of

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popular social media apps like Tik Tok

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and Instagram. The new online safety

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amendment bans anyone under 16 from

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using any social media platform.

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Lawmakers say the goal is to protect

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children's well-being, backed by

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research showing that too much screen

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time causes more harm than good. But

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some teenagers strongly disagree. The

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timing of the ban has some worried about

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isolation from their friends. This is

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all happening right before they begin

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their summer break. Our Angus Watson

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spoke to some of the youngsters.

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Teenagers Noah and Macy are taking their

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government to court in a fight to stay

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on social media. taking away how we

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communicate to the world. This is how we

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do it. It's the modern day. It's social

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media.

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>> From Wednesday, Australia will enforce a

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world first law banning children under

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16 from many of the biggest platforms.

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Supported by a freedom advocacy group,

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Macy Noah's case asserts a right to

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political communication. The high court

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has agreed to hear it next year.

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>> So, what will you lose when social media

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is taken away from you? Well, we will

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lose connections, but we will lose our

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democracy. This law is saying that

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democracy begins at 16, which is

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condescending and it's incorrect.

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>> Listen, there are definitely negatives

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on social media.

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I'm not denying that. I completely

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agree. We're saying that getting rid of

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the kids is not the solution. We didn't

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do anything wrong.

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>> The government says it has acted to

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protect children from potentially

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harmful content, harmful people, and

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addictive algorithms. And there are

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these powerful harmful deceptive design

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features that even adults are powerless

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to fight against like autoplay and

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endless scroll and snap streets. So what

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chance do our children have?

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>> Under the new law, young social media

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users won't be punished for being on age

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restricted apps, nor will their parents.

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Instead, Australia is requiring tech

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companies to take reasonable steps to

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keep under 16s off their platforms and

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threatening fines in the tens of

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millions of dollars. Tech companies say

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they are already building safer systems.

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AI face detectors will likely be

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employed to verify age with tools

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provided by third party companies like

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verify my users may also be asked to

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upload their identity documents.

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Australia is certainly leading the way

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when it comes to requiring an age check

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for every user um to determine that they

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are over 16 or not.

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>> The government's ban is a catch all. If

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you're under the age of 16, you're off

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social media. But children are all

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different. They've engaged with social

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media differently and they feel

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differently about the ban. The students

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at All Saints Anglican School on

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Australia's Gold Coast are learning from

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cyber safety advocate Kira Pendagast

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about how to best avoid danger on social

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media

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>> because it is a delay. It's not a

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flatout ban. They're not banning the

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internet. We're not trying to boil the

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ocean. It's literally just to delay age.

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And so they've got time to catch up to

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become more resilient and think more

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critically about that how they use apps.

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In their final year, Nicholas and Ruby

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wonder if maybe their school career

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would have been easier without the

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distraction of social media.

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>> Nick and I were talking before about how

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if we could, we would delete Snapchat

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today. But it's more the fact that

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because there's now so much reliability

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and connection based off one app, you

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don't want to delete it.

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>> Perhaps for young Australians, the fear

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of missing out won't be so bad if

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everyone is forced to miss out together.

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Angus Watson, CNN, Sydney, Australia.

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Pop quiz, hot shot. Before making a name

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for herself during the 1955 Montgomery

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bus boycott, what was Rosa Park's

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profession? Switchboard operator,

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seamstress, teacher, or cook?

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If you said seamstress, you're so so

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smart. Miss Parks worked at the

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Montgomery Fair Department store. Also

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volunteered her time as a secretary for

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her local chapter of the NAACP where she

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investigated cases of racial injustice.

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70 years ago this month, civil rights

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icon Rosa Parks refused to give up her

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seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

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The act of defiance sparked the 381-day

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Montgomery bus boycott, and that

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ultimately ended segregation on public

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transportation, thrusting parks into the

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history books forever. Now, seven

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decades later, some never-beforeseen

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photos are giving us a brand new look at

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parts of her legacy that are often

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overlooked. The photos taken by famed

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civil rights photographer Matt Herren

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show Miss Parks at the 1965 march from

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Selma to Montgomery nearly a decade

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after her famous act of civil

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disobedience. The 5-day 54mm trek was a

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key moment in the civil rights movement.

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Often seen as a galvanizing momentum

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that led to the US Voting Rights Act of

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1965. The photos are on display at the

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Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery. The

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museum's director hopes they will serve

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as a reminder that parks activism began

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long before and extended well after that

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impactful moment aboard that bus in

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Alabama. In Paris, more bad news at the

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Louve Museum. A spokesperson for the

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world's largest museum says a water leak

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has damaged a plethora of antique books

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dating back to the 19th century. It

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happened when a valve from a now defunct

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plumbing system was opened in error.

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That system is set to be replaced as

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part of the museum's ongoing

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renovations. The unfortunate incident

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comes less than two months after the

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Louvre made worldwide headlines for an

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audacious heist when thieves made off

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with priceless jewels in broad daylight.

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The museum estimates up to 400 books

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related to Egyptology and scientific

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documentation were impacted. They don't

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think the damage is permanent and they

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do plan to return the books to the

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shelves once repaired. And fortunately,

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these are not the only copies of the

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damaged books still in existence.

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[Applause]

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is

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you. On the 10th of every month, we

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celebrate your wins. No matter how big,

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small, silly, or serious, you've been

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sending us stories that make us smile.

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And as we like to think, smiles are

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contagious. So, here we go. Our first 10

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out of 10 moment comes from Emiline

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Frce, a high school senior at Lake

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Travis STEM Academy, landing her first

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ever lead role as Fiona in Shrek the

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Musical. She tells us, "I've trained for

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years and stepping on stage felt like my

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dreams were finally possible." Amazing,

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Emiline. Keep on auditioning and keep

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shining. Next, we head to Scarsdale, New

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York, where Miles Wang, a competitive

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springboard diver, shows us what

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persistence really looks like. He wrote,

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"Sometimes I fail smack and it really

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hurts, but I always get back on the

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board and try to learn from my

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mistakes." Let's take a look.

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And this year, the determination paid

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off big time. Miles won second place at

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the USA Diving Junior Nationals. That's

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the way to rise up, Miles. Now, we just

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saw some incredible dedication in the

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pool, and our next story shows us that

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that same drive on dry land is just as

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impactful, making a real difference for

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kids who need it. Katherine Hackett, a

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sophomore at Rancho Buena Vista High

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School, organized a movie night

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fundraiser for Camp Kessum, a program

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that supports kids who have or have had

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a parent with cancer. Katherine's event

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brought the whole community together.

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Companies pitched in and she helped

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raise about $7,000. Way to go,

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Catherine. That is a 10 out of 10. Now,

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for our final 10 out of 10 on the 10th,

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we head to Wisconsin where Brody Olman,

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the budding musician, has been playing

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guitar for four years and decided to

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challenge himself with a brand new song.

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Yep, the riffs check out. Rock on,

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Brody. We will be back with our next 10

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out of 10 moments from you on January

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10th. So send them our way. Send your

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videos or photos via email at

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cnn10@cn.com.

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Congrats to today's your word Wednesday

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winner, Mrs. Parales at Wakanda

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Elementary in Omaha, Nebraska for

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submitting plethora, a noun meaning a

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large or excessive amount of something.

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Thanks for boosting our vocab today. And

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we have a shout out going to Woodsfield

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Elementary in Woodsfield, Ohio. You

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can't spell Woodsfield without the woo.

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A CNN 10 themed reef. This is going to

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be Deck in the Halls. Rise up. Thanks to

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everyone for spending part of your day

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with us. Go make someone smile today.

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I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.

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