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Impact Your World How to help
CNN Films' "Girl Rising" tells the stories of girls across the globe and the power of education to change the world. Are you inspired to help the cause of girls' education around the world? You can make an impact in many ways, but by just being aware of the issue, you can spread the word. By acting in your own community, you can make a global difference.


Get the strength of Hercules
The Titan Arm, is the brainchild of four mechanical engineering students who built an upper-body exoskeleton that can more than double the average person's strength


Square Feet The Superman Building in Providence, Now Dark, Is in Need of a Savior
The owner of the Art Deco skyscraper, which resembles the Daily Planet building from the 1950s Superman series, is pushing a conversion to apartments, but taxpayers are balking at proposed subsidies.


YouTube battle in island dispute
Japan is using YouTube to bolster assertions of ownership over islands also claimed by neighboring China and South Korea.


'Dainty, but slightly aggressive'
Roller derby is a full on, high-impact sport. And Cape Town's Rollergirls aren't scared of a few bruises.


Glasses to make you a real-life Tony Stark
Imagine a world where anyone could be like Tony Stark in the "Iron Man" movies -- manipulating 3-D images in thin air.


At Notre Dame, Parents Day May Require a Red Carpet
The singer Jon Bon Jovi and athletes like Torii Hunter and David Robinson, among other celebrities, have sons on the Fighting Irish football team.


T Magazine In Tbilisi, Georgia, Bold New Buildings Rise From the Ruins of Dead Empires
The historic citys shiny new skyline is a source of both aesthetic and political controversy.


Will Kimi deliver success?
CNN's Ben Wyatt looks at Ferrari's decision to bring Kimi Raikkonen in to partner Fernando Alonso in 2014.


Living With Cancer Brains on Chemo
Forgetfulness, trouble concentrating and word loss are common manifestations of the condition known as chemo brain. For many cancer patients (and the people who love them), this can be a mystifying experience, writes Susan Gubar.


Once an activist, U.S. envoy Power now fights as a diplomat
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Three months into Samantha Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria.


Penguins Hang On Against Bruins
Brandon Sutter and Jussi Jokinen scored in the third period, and the host Pittsburgh Penguins held on for a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.


Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Britain's Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle that explains how elementary matter attained the mass to form stars and planets.


FOREX-Euro heads for worst week in 16 months on ECB bets
* Traders speculate about ECB rate cut as inflation plunges


Fisheries chief says some EU cod stocks facing collapse
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's fisheries chief proposed on Wednesday a cut of up to a third in the amount of cod the bloc's fishermen can catch next year, warning that stocks are at risk of collapse in some areas.


Recovered Video of Mayor Roils Toronto
The police said that technicians had recovered from deleted computer files a video that apparently showed Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.


Venezuela seeks to tame 'Wild West' motorcycle chaos
CARACAS (Reuters) - Choking traffic, causing pileups and even ambushing drivers, Venezuela's hordes of motorcyclists are an increasingly high-profile problem for the new government of President...


Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security and Taliban sources said, in a blow to the fragmented movement fighting against the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.


EMERGING MARKETS-Petrobras drags Brazil stock index lower
MEXICO CITY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's Bovespa stock index fell to a three-week low on Friday, with shares of Petrobras pulling the bourse lower while investors profited from sharp gains in the state-run oil company earlier in the week.


The Learning Network Blog Poetry Pairing | The Fisherman
In this Poetry Pairing, two well-known Irish poets are remembered. There is the nearly 100-year-old poem The Fisherman by William Butler Yeats, paired with the August 2013 obituary Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet of Soil and Strife, Dies at 74.


Well Now, a Kiss Isnt Just a Kiss
Why do we lock lips in romantic relationships? Its complicated, according to researchers at Oxford University. Its less about sex and more about assessing potential mates than you may think.


No. 11 Auburn Rolls Past Florida Atlantic, 45-10
Jeremy Johnson threw two long touchdown passes to Sammie Coates after replacing injured starter Nick Marshall and No. 11 Auburn overwhelmed Florida Atlantic 45-10 on Saturday night.


DealBook Oracle Shareholders Oppose Compensation for Ellison
A majority of shareholders demonstrated their opposition to the compensation of chief executive Lawrence Ellison, voting against a resolution on the companys pay practices.


Chemical tankers in demand as U.S. exports soar
* Cheap shale gas drives increase in U.S. chemical production


Sinosphere Blog Hong Kong Finds Switch to Cleaner Fuels Has Flaws
A switch to cleaner-burning vehicles has in one respect actually worsened smog in Hong Kong, forcing the city to modify its effort.


Fisheries chief says some EU cod stocks facing collapse
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's fisheries chief proposed on Wednesday a cut of up to a third in the amount of cod the bloc's fishermen can catch next year, warning that stocks are at risk of collapse in some areas.


Sketch Guy The Perils of Ascribing Meaning to a Random Event
Dont make big financial decisions based on one or two events that might not even be related, a financial planner writes.


U.S. celebrates the pumpkin
Oct. 21 - Americans find unusual ways to celebrate autumn with pumpkin festivals and competitions. Tara Cleary reports.


T Magazine Editors Letter | The Luxury of Simplicity
To do simple right isnt as easy as it looks. If knowledge is power and simplicity requires knowledge, then Socrates might agree with our issues premise that simplicity is very powerful.


Shareholders voice displeasure with Oracle's pay watchdogs
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Oracle Corp have sent a message to the people who set Chief Executive Larry Ellison's pay, re-electing the directors on the board's compensation committee by much smaller margins than the rest of the directors, according to a filing on Friday.


National Briefing | Health F.D.A. Lays Out Rule to Avoid Drug Shortages
The rule, which is open to public comment for 60 days, applies for the first time to makers of biological medicines, which are produced in microorganisms, animal or plant cells.


California city fumes over hot sauce factory
Oct. 30 - Irwindale, California City Manager says the fumes in the area near a Sriracha hot sauce plant are "horrible" and is taking the company to court. Gavino Garay Reports.


Tool Kit Gadgets to Help the Party Host
A robotic bartender will soon join a group of gadgets to help you throw a holiday or tailgate party to remember.


Graphene is creeping into your home
Just under ten years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and his colleague Kostya Novoselow the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics. It was graphene -- a one atom thin substance. The Professor of Physics at Manchester University talks to CNN about discovering the first ever 2-dimensional material.


"TransWall" brings new perspective to touch screens
Oct. 29 - South Korean researchers have developed a double-sided touch screen for use as an entertainment platform or for public information displays. Called "TransWall", the screen responds to touch on both sides from multiple users. Rob Muir has more.


Di Resta reveals Ferrari 'dream'
Monza may be a long way from his birthplace in West Lothian, Scotland but Italy is unquestionably a home from home for Paul di Resta.


Internet Subscribers Aid Growth by Comcast
Increases on the broadband side and decreases on the television side are again evident in the cable companys financial results.


Property Values What You Get for ... $525,000
A contemporary in Santa Fe, N.M.; a midcentury modern in McHenry, Ill.; and a condo in downtown Nashville


Strategies Riding Out the Political Storm
Investment strategists say its likely that long-term investors who stick to a well-thought-out plan can ride out awkward periods like the current conflict in Washington with few ill effects.


Top U.S. health official "Healthcare.gov can and will be fixed"
Oct. 29 - Marilyn Tavenner, director of the agency in charge of setting up the online insurance exchanges, apologizes for glitches on the healthcare.gov website. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).


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