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'Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye': 5 stories from a family's time near the Arctic
Zac Unger temporarily moved his family to Churchill, Manitoba, to experience life in the polar bear wild. Here are some of his stories from his book "Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye."
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17 stories from 'Undefeated: Inside the 1972 Miami Dolphins’ Perfect Season’
Writer Mike Freeman explores the undefeated season of the Florida team in his book.
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Evolution of the NFL: 16 ways the game has changed
Forty-seven years after the first Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles before a less-than-capacity crowd, let’s look back at some of the ways the NFL has changed.
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The Super Bowl: 10 football books to gear you up for the big game
The biggest sports game of the year is just around the corner. Here are some books to put you in the mood.
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Israeli elections: The 5 candidates steering the debate
Israeli elections will be held Jan. 22.
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Modern Parenthood Facebook waning, social media may have plateaued among teens, Pew study says
A huge update on our knowledge of teens and social media was released by Pew Research Center today. It's findings include some surprising info: Facebook use among teens is waning, teens do, in fact, value their privacy online, and a majority have friended their parents.
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Some families reunited after Okla. tornado, others wait in worry
In the tornado's wake, some parents and guardians were able to reunite with their children. Others, while families hugged and cried around them, were left to wait.
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Olive Press On Gaza's border, an unexpected haven for mentally-handicapped Israelis
A factory in Sderot provides mentally-disabled people in Israel with work and a social environment where they can feel accepted.
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Robert Griffin III fans buy everything off QB's wedding registry
Robert Griffin III is getting married this summer, and like most future newlyweds, he and his fiancee registered for wedding gifts. Unlike most couples, their Bed Bath and Beyond registry has been almost completely bought up – by fans of the Redskins quarterback.
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Syrian Army, Hezbollah bear down on rebels in strategic Qusayr
For the Syrian rebels, Qusayr has been critical to bringing in weapons and fighters from Lebanon. But the regime and ally Hezbollah want the town, which lies at an important crossroads.
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Chapter & Verse J.K. Rowling, Hilary Mantel, and other British authors auction off annotated first editions
J.K. Rowling and other authors are selling first-edition copies of their books with annotations, written thoughts on the book, and/or illustrations to benefit the writers' organization English PEN.
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Pavlof Volcano ash cloud shows Alaska's threat to air travel (+video)
Ash billowing from Pavlof Volcano is not high enough to affect international air travel, but Pavlof is just one of a string of active Alaska volcanoes that sits beneath the flight corridor between the US and Asia.
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After tornado, Texas town begins to pick up the pieces
Though devastation is widespread, residents of Granbury, Texas will be able to return to their homes and retrieve what may be left after a huge tornado struck the town on Wednesday.
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Olive Press Gazans struggle to reel in a livelihood
One man alone used to employ more than 2,000 fishermen to bring in Gaza's daily catch, but Israel has reduced the areas in which Palestinians may fish, curbing the number of accessible fish.
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Homeward Bound
The 'new domesticity' is persuading many mothers to stay home. But is that really the best answer for moms – or their children?
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Olive Press Israeli artist Sovar Lerner sees harmony in a teapot
A new art piece on exhibit in New York highlights how Israel is an immigrant nation.
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Briefing: Palestinian factions agree to reconcile
Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian factions, have put a three-month deadline on efforts to mend their long-standing differences.
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Chapter & Verse Dan Brown's 'Inferno' gets mixed reviews but tops sales charts
Dan Brown's new book following the adventures of hero Robert Langdon is centered around Dante's work 'Inferno.'
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Pop-Tarts' new flavors: Will they woo adults?
Pop-Tarts' new flavors may be part of the Kellogg corporation's efforts to win back adults, who have drifted away from the breakfast market, by piling on the nutrition.
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How Einstein's theory of special relativity helped find a new planet (+video)
To find the planet, astronomers used Einstein's theory as it pertains to the intensity of a beam of light. The method could add more exoplanets to a growing list, no 'wobble' or 'transit' required.
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Energy Voices Oil boom boosts US, but Europe could see decline
The benefits of the North American oil boom on this side of the Atlantic are well-documented – and the same technologies might help developing nations. But Europe's energy industry, which separately became a target of a price-fixing investigation, could emerge as a loser.
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Global News Blog Kenyan police clear protesters - and a drove of pigs - from Parliament's gates
Demonstrators are upset with efforts by Kenya's lawmakers to give themselves a pay raise.
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Brazil's gun control debate: Opponents try to shoot holes in disarmament law
The number of homicides in South America’s largest nation fell in 2004 for the first time in 12 years thanks in part to a disarmament law. But a new push by some legislators could loosen gun restrictions.
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In West Bank, one family's stand against made-in-China keffiyehs
Manufacturing in the West Bank has collapsed due to a flood of cheap Chinese imports and the effects of the Israeli occupation. But one family is holding the line as the last local producer of a symbol of Palestinian resistance.
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Star Spanish architect's work draws praise - and costly repairs
Santiago Calatrava's flowing, modernist projects are tourist attractions all over the world. But several have also been subjects of legal dispute over their need for repairs.
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Olive Press Palestinian woman with prison legacy feels betrayed by her own
Umm Abdullah, whose husband is on his 14th turn in prison and has been imprisoned herself, is angry with Palestinian officials for cooperating with Israelis to arrest Palestinians.
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Saving Money Happy Mother's Day: five last-minute ideas
Mother's Day is here, but don't fret; there's still time fro the procrastinators among us to find a great gift that says: 'Happy Mother's Day.'
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Judge won't delay his order for easy access to 'morning after' pill
A federal judge, in a slap to the Obama administration, refused Friday to postpone his order to make the 'morning after' pill widely available to women and girls. The government had sought a stay pending appeal.
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Olive Press Fashionable – and thrifty – amid fire in southern Israel
Liat Azran had two goals when she opened a hip secondhand clothing store in Sderot, which bears the brunt of rocket fire from Gaza: helping heal the town and encouraging sound financial judgement.
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Modern Parenthood Moms are getting schooled: Record amount of mothers college educated, Pew says
A Pew Research Center study, out today, says a record amount of moms are college educated. The more educated the mother, the better off their child is going to be.
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