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If a newspaper is news printed on paper, then what do you call the news you read online? News sites? News nets? Whatever you call them, several readers asked me for them, so here are my favorite current event sites for kids and their families. [Editor’s Note: An updated version of this topic can be found here: Online News for Students<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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