Designer unveils plans for new, 4-story National Children’s Museum near WashingtonOXON HILL, Md. — The new National Children’s Museum near Washington, D.C., will be a four-story building with a rooftop garden and a wall of living plants. Elmo the ‘Elmonaut’ takes astronomy to preschoolers at Washington’s Smithsonian planetariumWASHINGTON — Elmo the “Elmonaut” donned a space suit Tuesday as the Muppet star of a planetarium show that will take children on an imaginary ride into space. And Big Bird even gets a chance to fly, joining cuddly Elmo and a Chinese Muppet named Hu Hu Zhu on the voyage. Elmo the cuddly ‘Elmonaut’ launches astronomy show for youngsters at Smithsonian planetariumWASHINGTON — Elmo is reporting for duty at the National Air and Space Museum, ready for a trip into outer space. Cruise passenger missing off Bahamas after falling overboard; Coast Guard suspends searchMIAMI — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 39-year-old man who went overboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the Bahamas. Test of blood sample from Lincoln is sought to prove cancer theory, raising dilemma for museumTest of Lincoln DNA sought to prove cancer theory PHILADELPHIA — John Sotos has a theory about why Abraham Lincoln was so tall, why he appeared to have lumps on his lips and even why he had gastrointestinal problems. King family is charging fees over project to build memorial to the civil rights leader in DCKing family draws fees from DC memorial project WASHINGTON — The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image — an arrangement one leading scholar says King would have found offensive. |
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