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Summer movies include action, ad­ven­ture and an alien

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  • Summer movies include action, ad­ven­ture and an alien

    Summer movies include action, ad­ven­ture and an alien

    ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2,’ ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Earth to Echo’ are among the offerings.

    — Christina Barron

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  • Wolves are just one animal protected by government

    Wolves are just one animal protected by government

    Mexican gray wolves almost disappeared, but the United States is trying to bring back their numbers.

    — Kitson Jazynka

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  • Readers reflect on Mother’s Day

    Readers reflect on Mother’s Day

    Kids let us know what they love about their moms.

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MARYLAND -- APRIL 2014: HANDOUT IMAGE: Students in Danielle McCarthy's fourth-grade class at Wyngate Elementary in Bethesda are on a field trip to the Chesapeake Bay. They are the May Class of KidsPost. (Photo by Danielle McCarthy)

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HANDOUT IMAGE: 'Timmy Failure' is a kids series by cartoonist Stephan Pastis. (From Candlewick)

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Artist and author has completed his third book about a bumbling boy detective and his pet polar bear.

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SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. -- HANDOUT IMAGE: A Mexican wolf at the Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, N.Y. (Photo by Rebecca Bose/Wolf Conservation Center)

Wild wolves get protection

Endangered Species Act helped keep animals from disappearing in the wild.

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