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More coverage: LI students in the Intel science competition

Coverage of Long Island semifinalists and finalists in the Intel science competition.

Sanford H. Calhoun High School senior Asia Brown,

Photo credit: Newsday/Alejandra Villa | Sanford H. Calhoun High School senior Asia Brown, 17, an Intel contest semifinalist, examined genes that are involved in colon cancer as part of her research project. (Jan. 20, 2012)