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What's up, sunshine? I'm Koi Wire here

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with your news for this January 14th. It

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is your word Wednesday. One of you

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helped us write today's show with a

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vocabulary word you submitted on the

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socials. So, let's see if you're the one

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who's expanding our vocab today. We

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begin with an update on the situation in

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Venezuela in a key meeting that could

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impact who leads the nation in the

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future. A senior White House official

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tells CNN that President Donald Trump

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will host Venezuelan opposition leader

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Maria Karina Machado at the White House

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later this week. The meeting comes after

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the US president declined to endorse

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Machado to lead Venezuela following the

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ousting of President Nicolas Maduro.

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Maduro's vice president, Deli Rodriguez,

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has been sworn in as acting president.

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Machado won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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for her opposition party efforts. She

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has suggested she would offer the award

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to President Trump in recent days, but

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the Nobel Institute responded by saying

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the awards cannot be transferred. The

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Oval Office visit will also mark

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Machado's second high-profile meeting in

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a span of just days. She met with Pope

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Leo at the Vatican earlier this week

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where the two discussed the ongoing

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situation in Venezuela and she asked the

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pontiff to help secure the release of

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political prisoners in Venezuela. Pope

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Leo has previously said he is monitoring

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developments in the country with quote

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deep concern. Now to news of a major

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labor dispute in New York City. Nurses

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going on strike. It is so important for

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us to strike as nurses because we do not

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have enough support. We do not have

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enough nurses. There's too many

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patients. There's not enough nurses. We

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are spread so so thin.

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>> Nearly 15,000 nurses represented by the

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New York State Nurses Association or

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NYSNA

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remain on strike at several major

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hospital systems. The union says the

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walk out is the largest nurse strike in

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New York City history. We're fighting

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for a fair contract, safe patient

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staffing ratio so that our patients can

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get the best care possible and also for

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our health benefits.

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>> NYSNA says the strike began when

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contract negotiations stalled over

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issues like staffing levels, workplace

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safety, and health care benefits. Many

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nurses say frequent understaffing has

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left them stretched thin, limiting the

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time they can spend with patients. when

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we negotiate, they don't want to meet us

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or uh hear our demands. So, they think

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we're greedy, but we're not. We all just

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want safe staffing. That's all. Fair

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contract. That is all.

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>> Despite the strike, nurses say patients

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should not delay care and should still

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go to the hospital if they need medical

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attention. Hospital systems say they are

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operating with contingency staffing

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plans while negotiations continue. New

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York City Mayor Zoran Mandani joined

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nurses on Monday and called for

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negotiations to resume. The opening

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ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games is

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23 days away. I better get my beanie and

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my gloves ready. You all are coming with

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me. Well, one of Team USA's most

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anticipated rosters has finally been

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revealed. After a slew of electrifying

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performances at the national

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championships, 16 figure skaters will

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now represent Team USA at the 2026 Milan

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Cortina Olympics. The men's team

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features worldclass names like the quad

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god, Ilia Malanin, dubbed the Simone

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Biles of skating. He is the only person

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on the planet who has landed a quadruple

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axle. And after a dramatic finish that

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landed him on the podium at this year's

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championships, Max Nomoff will now make

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his Olympic debut. It comes just about a

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year after his parents, also his biggest

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supporters and lifelong coaches,

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tragically died in a plane crash. He

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will now have the chance to compete on

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the world's biggest stage and make his

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family's dream a reality. I just keep

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repeating the same sentences. We did it,

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you know, we did it together. I wouldn't

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be where I am or who I am without them.

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On the women's side, Amber Glenn, fresh

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off of her third consecutive US title,

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will become the oldest US ladies single

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skater to compete in nearly a century.

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She's 26 years old. I spoke with Amber

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just a bit ago about how she overcame

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adversity to reach new heights on the

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ice.

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>> For me, I had a mental health crisis. I

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was diagnosed with depression, anxiety,

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and eventually ADHD. And it was just a

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lot to try and process while being on a

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national stage as a child. Uh, so it

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took many, many years to try and find a

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good balance for me.

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>> Pop quiz hot shot. Although identical

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twins share nearly 100% of the same DNA,

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which physical trait is always

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different? Hair color, eye color,

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fingerprints, or blood type?

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If you said fingerprints, put your hands

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up. Pressure and position in the womb

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can affect how ridges and patterns are

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formed on a baby's fingers. Identical

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twins often have mirror image

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fingerprints, but the details still

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never match exactly. Did you hear about

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the medical marvel in Peru? Doctors

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successfully separated a pair of

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conjoined twins connected at the spine.

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The baby girls were born prematurely in

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October and arrived at a Lima hospital

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just days later in delicate condition.

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Medical teams worked around the clock to

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stabilize the pair as a surgical team

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determined the best approach. An MRI

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revealed the girls shared a spinal canal

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and nerve structures, a medical anomaly

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that significantly complicated any

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procedure. But on December 18th, a team

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of more than 16 surgeons, nurses, and

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technicians were able to pull off a

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Christmas miracle. The siblings were

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successfully separated in a procedure

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lasting just over 3 hours. Following the

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remarkable achievement, an immensely

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grateful mom and dad were able to hold

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their daughters separately for the first

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time. Teachers, parents, all us old

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heads out there, we may want to sit down

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for this next one because it might make

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some of us feel really old. Students at

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one Western Pennsylvania middle school

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kicked off the new year with a blast

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from the past by opening a time capsule

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from all the way back in the year 2000.

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Yes, Y2K was more than a quarter century

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ago. Here's what they found. They found

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floppy discs. They found some spot-on

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predictions about the future. Our

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affiliate WTAE was there as the students

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experienced the surreal snapshot of life

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during the turn of the millennium.

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>> It's the sound that feels like a time

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machine tape ripping at a class full of

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students at Wendover Middle School

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leaning in opening a time capsule sealed

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back in the year 2000.

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>> Now most people are always at the mall

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and then in 2025 the mall will come to

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you. For kids who grew up with online

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shopping, cell phones, and life on

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demand, the items inside feel like

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artifacts. Have you ever seen this

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before? Do you know have any idea what

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it is?

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>> Yeah, my parents have told me about it

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and like they asked me like trivia

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questions about it sometimes.

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>> Okay. Uh, have you ever seen one or held

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one before?

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>> No, this is my first time seeing it in

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real life.

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>> And it's not just the objects, it's the

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feeling of a different era. It makes it

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seem like everything was like

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>> was like more joyful back then kind of.

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>> Inside were many pop culture snapshots.

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The most recurring face Britney Spears.

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>> I'm seeing a lot of magazines, you know,

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especially Britney Spears. That's like

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what I'm most interested in.

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>> But even across the generations, one

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superstar is still relevant with the

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kids today. Y'all are my girl. Okay.

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Y'all are my girl. I love Beyonce. Mrs.

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Springer, an eighth grade special ed

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teacher at Wendover, was there back in

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2000 when the capsule was created. And

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she says she remembers how excited the

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kids were to leave their mark,

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especially after they got to open one

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that was buried 25 years earlier in

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1975.

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>> And they got to see what people had put

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in 25 years prior.

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>> They were really excited to put some

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items in here. And for me today, it's

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nostalgic. The capsule has been hidden

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behind a wall in the auditorium for all

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these years, surviving even school

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renovations.

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>> The construction workers found it and we

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had to move it because the building was

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being renovated. So, it's been in a

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couple different locations.

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>> When the kids today got their hands on

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some of the old tech, their reactions

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said it all.

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>> And when you would type this in, all

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that would come across here were the

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numbers.

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>> Could you text me?

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>> No.

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>> Gosh, no.

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>> It's like so like Folky,

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>> today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A

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kangaroo that clearly wanted to get a

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jump start on summer down under in

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Australia. The scene, Fun Fields theme

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park in Victoria. The plot twist, a

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clever kangaroo off in the lava lagoon,

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Lazy River, as employees were opening

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the park. No matter the motive,

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obviously, even kangaroos just need to

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relax from time to time. And check the

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technique. Look out, Katie Leiddki. A

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park spokesperson says the kangaroo

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paddled around for a bit, leapt out,

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then made its escape, and no kangaroos

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or park employees were injured in the

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making of this moment. Fun fact,

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kangaroos are very strong swimmers, did

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you know? And will often seek out water

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to avoid predators using their strong

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tails and legs to make their getaway.

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Congrats to Coach Palmer and all my

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Tartugas at San Juan delSur Day School

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in Nicaragua for submitting Anomaly. A

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noun meaning something that deviates

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from what is standard, normal, or

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expected. Rise up and thank you for

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making us smarter today. And got a shout

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out here. Bring it on in, Chelsea. Thank

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you very much, Miss Leila Kansa and our

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friend at Everest Academy in Stafford,

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Texas. They sent this mug. There's a

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lovely photo of all of them on there.

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And on the back, it says CNN 10. Puts

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the wow in who, what, when. Fun facts,

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big laughs, and let's all cheer. News is

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better when you are here. I think you

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just came up with our new motto. Thank

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you so much. Hope you're having an

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awesome day. We'll see you right back

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here tomorrow. I'm Koi Wire and we are

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CNN 10.