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Well Gay Marriage Same, but Different | | Gay marriages tend to be more egalitarian with couples leaning on a network of friends and reporting being happier and have less conflict than straight couples. |
Classes canceled to deal with race issues | | Oberlin College in Ohio suspended classes Monday after a student reported seeing a person resembling a Ku Klux Klan member near the college's Afrikan Heritage House. |
'Star Trek' shields for astronauts? | | Radiation dangers pose a major threat to space explorers -- but UK scientists believe they have come up with a 'Star Trek shield' to protect them. |
Tennis Flipkens fights back after clots | | Kirsten Flipkens is just one game away from a Wimbledon final -- a year ago she was just happy to be alive after being diagnosed with blood clots in her legs. |
Meet the female Indiana Jones | | Close your eyes and imagine this. An excavation is taking place on Mount Carmel, fabled site of the Prophet Elijah's burning alter, and archaeologists are digging deep to uncover the roots of humanity in the region. And every person on the dig is a woman. This isn't fiction, this is the history of real-life female archeologists. |
Are we all being watched? | | So where, exactly, is Edward Snowden? President Vladimir Putin knows. But Russia's chief snooper isn't telling. Not exactly, anyway. |
A drive-thru funeral? | | Oliver and Eggleston Funeral Establishment in Virginia now offers drive-thru viewings. WTVR reports. |
Your most memorable moments | | For some it was an exhilarating holiday to an exotic place, finding new love or conquering their greatest fear. For others, it was witnessing an historic event. |
Koreas agree 'in principle' on talks | | North and South Korea have agreed "in principle to hold working-level talks on reopening" the Kaesong Industrial Complex, the South's Yonhap news agency said Thursday, citing a government official. |
Scientists Fabricate Rudimentary Human Livers | | Researchers who began with human stem cells derived from skin report that tiny livers like those seen early in fetal life grew into functioning organ buds when transplanted into mice. |
It's not about Paula Deen, it's about us | | Gene Seymour says Deen's statements let us pillory her while we feel superior. How about instead facing our own unfinished business with racism, such as high incarceration rates for blacks? |
How to play banker on the web | | Peer-to-peer lending sites offer anyone the chance to lend money online to registered borrowers. People can lend as much or as little to as many people as they like. The interest rates can generate sizeable returns. |
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