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Clock-making Muslim student transfers

Ahmed Mohamed, 14, right, and his father Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, left, thank supporters during a news conference at their home Wednesday in Irving, Texas. Ahmed was arrested after a teacher thought a homemade clock he built was a bomb. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

The week started pretty terribly for Texas high school student Ahmed Mohamed. On Monday, the teen, who is Muslim, brought to school a clock that he was proud to have made on his own and was arrested for what police initially — and falsely — said was a hoax bomb . But by mid-week, his face and name were splashed across traditional and social media, and he’d received thousands of tweets and Facebook posts of encouragement. President Barack Obama invited him to the White House and praised his love of science. Leaders at Reddit and Twitter offered him internships . Google executives said they were reserving Ahmed a spot at their weekend science fair and MIT asked him to visit the campus/CNN. More here.

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