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Budding style stars Malia and Sasha Obama are proving to be fashion loyalists.

For the past two days, the girls have worn head-to-toe outfits from Crewcuts, the kids line from J.Crew  that boasts “designer details” and couture touches on its mini-me separates.

The First Daughters chose bright hues for Dad’s inauguration: Malia, 10, in periwinkle blue with a coral dress, and Sasha, 7, in a guava coat with an orange scarf and gloves.

Shoppers can pick up highlights from the custom-made outfits in the Fall 2009 line.

Party dresses from the pint-size preppie line run $158-$248 in sophisticated fabrics like silk taffeta and jacquard. Party shoes are $95-$128.

The kids have worn Crewcuts before, too.

For Sunday’s Lincoln Memorial celebration, they picked cream and white coats. For the Kids Inaugural Ball Monday, their mom picked the brand, too.

The retail chain posted a “Congratulations to the First Family” message on its Web site Tuesday afternoon, obviously grateful for its newest high-profile fans.

First daughters Malia and Sasha Obama stand by their brand, J. Crew.

FACED with writing a school report on an Australian animal, Tyler Kennedy began where many students begin these days: by searching the Internet. But Tyler didn’t use Google or Yahoo. He searched for information about the platypus on YouTube.

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Tyler Kennedy, 9, at home in California, uses YouTube to research reports for school and to hunt tips to advance in his video games. In November, the number of searches on YouTube in the United States edged out those on Yahoo.

“I found some videos that gave me pretty good information about how it mates, how it survives, what it eats,” Tyler said. Similarly, when Tyler gets stuck on one of his favorite games on the Wii, he searches YouTube for tips on how to move forward. And when he wants to explore the ins and outs of collecting Bakugan Battle Brawlers cards, which are linked to a Japanese anime television series, he goes to YouTube again.

While he favors YouTube for searches, he said he also turns to Google from time to time.

“When they don’t have really good results on YouTube, then I use Google,” said Tyler, who is 9 and lives in Alameda. Calif.

Tyler’s way of experiencing the Web — primarily through video — may not be mainstream, at least not yet. But his use of YouTube as his favorite search engine underscores a shift that is much broader than the quirky habits of

At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool. – NYTimes.com.

Circus training unites kids of all backgrounds – Wonderful World- msnbc.com.

ST. LOUIS – When looking for a way to bring together children of different races, religions and financial means, most people might not think of juggling, tumbling and aerial acts as their “go-to” tools.

Jessica Hentoff does.

Hentoff, 53, is the executive and artistic director of a circus school run out of the City Museum in St. Louis. She brings together children who normally wouldn’t cross paths and unifies them through circus training and performances.