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L.A. Dance Program Gets $20 Million Donation

In one of the largest gifts ever to a dance organization, philanthropist Glorya Kaufman is donating $20 million to the Dance at the Music Center program and its 11-acre campus in downtown Los Angeles.

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London Fashion Students Hail Green as the New Black

Could green be the new black? While stilettos are hitting the catwalks at Paris Fashion Week, students at London's Kingston University have taken up the challenge of trying to lower the industry's carbon footprint by using biodegradable materials to produce luxury clothes, shoes and accessories.

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Playful Lemur Snaps a Selfie at London Zoo

It's a great promotion for the London Zoo's ongoing Animal Photography Prize, but this time the animal himself took the photograph. A 12-year-old ring tail lemur named Bekily grabbed the camera from his keeper during feeding time and held it up to his face to grab a selfie.

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Lebanese Kids TV Series Aims to Heal Societal Rifts

Kilna Bil Hayy (All of Us in the Neighbourhood) was created in the hope of enlightening young viewers to the commonalities shared between Lebanon's different communities. Finding understanding and common ground between 6 different communities is the idea behind the television series for kids that premiered this month.

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Arts and Chess Part of Plan to Boost School Scores

Two poorly performing Kentucky schools in downtown Lexington will receive $1.2 million to hire more teachers and offer chess, violin, foreign language and art instruction in an effort to boost student achievement.

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Holland Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants

22 migrants were rescued this week, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea, by the crew of a cruise ship from the Holland America Line.

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Amsterdam Lets Beer-Bike Ride On

An increasingly popular mode of partying, the Amsterdam Beer-Bike Bar has been cleared by city officials to remain in business, transporting merry-makers through the narrow Dutch streets.

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Partying Helps Power a Dutch Nightclub

A Dutch dance floor harvests the energy generated by jumps and gyrations and transforms it into electricity. The Rotterdam club is one of a handful of energy-generating floors in the world.