Samantha Garvey, 18, of Long Island, New York, waits show U.S. President Barack Obama her science project during the second White House Science Fair in Washington February 7, 2012. The teenager and her family were living in a homeless shelter when she was named a semi-finalist in the Intel Science Search.
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