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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Not Students in This School

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJuly 4, 2017

In this undated photo provided by the U.S. Army, a frosted elfin butterfly, believed to be headed to the federal endangered species list, is seen on a plant at the Fort McCoy Army Installation in Wisconsin. U.S. Fish and Wildlife said the frosted elfin has been confirmed at Westover Air Reserve Base and Camp Edwards in Massachusetts as well as at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, Fort Bragg in North Carolina and the New Hampshire State Military Reservation. The common thread among these bases is the way they manage vegetation through controlled burns which create the perfect conditions for wild blue lupine and indigo to grow, the frosted elfin caterpillar's two plant hosts. (Tim Wilder/U.S. Army via AP)

Rare Butterfly Thrives on Military Bases

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJuly 2, 2017

This 2017 photo provided by Profiles in History shows an R2-D2 droid pieced together over several years from different props used in the first five Star Wars movies, which will be among several Star Wars-related items up for auction on June 26-28, 2017, by the auction house in Calabasas, Calif. (Profiles in History via AP)

Star Wars Auction to Be Held This Month in Boston

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJune 17, 2017

In this April 27, 2017 photo, Ben Clark walks among peach trees in full bloom at Clarkdale Orchards in Deerfield, Mass. A year after the peach crop in the northeastern U.S. hit the pits, growers and agricultural officials are anticipating a healthy rebound in 2017. (Paul Franz/Greenfield Recorder via AP)

So Far, Weather Aligns for Bumper Crop of Peaches

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMay 16, 2017

FILE - In this July 25, 2016, file photo, released by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, a great white shark swims close to the Cape Cod shore in Chatham, Mass. In a February 2017 update to a multiyear study, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries' top shark expert Greg Skomal said researchers using a plane and boats spotted 147 individual sharks off Cape Cod in the summer of 2016. (Wayne Davis/Atlantic White Shark Conservancy via AP, File)

More Great Whites Seen Off Cape Cod

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMarch 12, 2017

Gay Vets Allowed In Boston Parade

by Mark Pratt Associated PressMarch 12, 2017

FILE - In this July 12, 2016, file photo, the MetLife Building soars above trees on Park Avenue in New York. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology project called Treepedia, that maps trees in the world's major cities, is making it easier to determine where more green is needed. Trees play a critical role in urban environments, helping keep cities cool, mitigating air and noise pollution and just making them more pleasant places to live and work. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Mapping Trees in Major Cities

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJanuary 29, 2017

This image provided Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society shows a portion of a record of Roman Catholic baptisms from the Holy Trinity Church in 1836 in Boston. The society and the Archdiocese of Boston teamed up to make historic Catholic records dating to 1789 available online to people around the world looking to trace their roots. (New England Historic Genealogical Society via AP)

Project Will Digitize Catholic Records of Boston Archdiocese

by Mark Pratt Associated PressJanuary 15, 2017

In this Sept. 2, 2016 photo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution engineers Sean Whelan, left, and Patrick Deane release a Slocum glider into the waters south of Martha's Vineyard, Mass. to monitor anticipated changes in the ocean during the passage of tropical storm Hermine. The underwater drones, or gliders as they are known, collect data that scientists say will help them better understand what sustains and strengthens hurricanes and tropical storms. (Ken Kostel/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)

Drones Collect Hurricane Data

by Mark Pratt Associated PressSeptember 10, 2016