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Who's Invited to Watch With the First Lady

By Carrie Mihalcik

Updated: January 25, 2011 | 12:34 p.m.
January 25, 2011 | 11:12 a.m.

Mikayla Nelson, a high school freshman from Billings, Mont., met the president at the White House Science Fair in October. Her National Science Bowl team won first place for its solar car design. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)


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