A screen shot of Barbara Murphy's Google Doodle entry of Marie Antoinette, which won first prize in the New York State competition. Online voting will help determine the national winner of the Doodle 4 Google contest. (Google)

Google Doodle contest: young artists vie for site's 1 billion viewers

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The Google Doodle tops the Internet giant's search page, and the company is holding a contest to let kids design their own. The winner will get $30,000 toward college – and a lot of eyeballs.

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