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'Tootsie': 5 stories from the set
Susan Dworkin's behind-the-scenes look 'Making Tootsie' was reissued this year for the movie's thirtieth anniversary – here are five glimpses behind the scenes.
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Olympic moms: 13 mothers compete for Team USA
The “Celebrating Moms” series of commercials by Proctor & Gamble during Olympic coverage is a tear-jerking ode to sacrifices mothers make to support their kids’ athletic careers. But what about athletes who are mothers, themselves?Elite athlete moms have the same run-of-the-mill work/life balance as the rest of us. But these 13 Olympic moms do put parenting – both its challenges and rewards – in a new perspective.
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15 biggest moments for women in the Olympics
Since 1900, when women first began competing in the Olympic Games, there have been many unforgettable moments.
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3 spring novels journey to foreign lands
From China to Australia, Korea to Michigan and other journeys, these novels show protagonists trying to navigate new territory.
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Women's history month: 10 women making history today
March is known as Women's History month, meant to recognize the contributions and progress of women across history and around the world. Women today are playing some significant roles, from making peace to crafting economic policy in the midst of a crisis. Here are 10 women who are making history, today.
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Nurse admits murdering 11, after lying about rescue attempts
A registered nurse admits murdering 11 patients by burning down a nursing home. Earlier, he told TV reporters that he had heroically tried to rescue trapped victims of the fire.
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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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Modern Parenthood The girls are all right: Girls not as vulnerable to sexting as media says
Sexting is a largely white, heterosexual, and female phenomena. That is, according to media accounts. The real story, says one researcher, is far more diverse.
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Stir It Up! $120 egg sandwich: Pricey, but is it the world's most expensive sandwich?
$120 egg sandwich: A chef in Australia has created a lavish bacon-and-egg sandwich for Sydney's Bacon Week which costs $120. While made with gourmet ingredients, the sandwich doesn't break the 'most expensive sandwich' record.
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Modern Parenthood Sexting: Tips for educators, parents for talking to teenagers about sexting
Educators and parents who discuss sexting with teenagers often fail to recognize that young people are, in fact, competent, moral thinkers that with diverse reasons for and opinions about sexting. Be pro-active with them in discussions, not reactive.
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Cruise ship couple overboard: Hunt for missing passengers (+video)
Cruise ship couple overboard: Two passengers on a Carnival cruise ship fell overboard off the coast of Australia. Surveillance camera footage shows a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman going overboard.
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Modern Parenthood Sexting: They don't call it that now, and other facts about teen mobile nudity
Sexting is passé, at least using that word to describe sending nude photos between smart phones is, researchers say. We now know more than ever before about what sexting is and why teens and adults do it. Here's a rundown.
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How to help after Boston Marathon bombing: Relief funds spring up
Among the efforts is The One Fund Boston, which is designed to be a primary vehicle for helping those affected by the Boston Marathon bombing. Funds to benefit specific individuals are being created, too.
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For next pope, cardinals want youngish, polyglot MBA-type (+video)
Issues of governance at the Vatican are weighing on the men who will pick the next leader of the Catholic Church.
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Wildfires uncover drug lab in Australia, but miss big telescopes (+video)
Wildfires uncover drug lab in New South Wales, Australia. The illegal drug lab was revealed, and 28 homes were destroyed, by more than 140 wildfires burning across Australia.
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Australia's milder temperatures aid firefighters (+video)
Four of Australia's hottest 10 days on record have been in 2013. Cooler conditions brought relief to firefighters, who were battling around 200 fires across Australia's southeast.
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Wildfires, aided by hot conditions, rage across southeast Australia
With temperatures soaring above the 100 degree mark, firefighters battle the heat as well as high winds. National parks have been evacuated, as well.
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Australia fires burn 50,000 acres of farmland and forest
Prime Minister Julia Gillard warned today during a visit to wildfire-ravaged Tasmania that climate change could make such events more common in blaze-prone Australia.
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What's going on around Andromeda? Curious structure puzzles scientists.
Scientists have found 13 dwarf galaxies orbiting the Andromeda galaxy in what appears to be a fairly narrow ring. That makes no sense according to current models of galaxy formation.
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The world begins celebrating 2013
Australia and Asian nations are celebrating the New Year in style, from fireworks in Sydney and Hong Kong to a street party in Indonesia. Around the world, people are greeting 2013 with optimism.
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Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens
Despite a world-renowned father and merry times at Christmas, the lives of the 10 children born to Charles Dickens were anything but easy.
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Nurse left suicide note, Aussie radio sets up $525,000 fund (+video)
Nurse left suicide note: Jacintha Saldanha, a hospital nurse, left a suicide note, report British media. Will the note clear the Australian DJs of responsibility for her death or reinforce public opinion?
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Four Olympians lose medals for steroid use at Athens
Four Olympians lose medals: Four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to return their medals won in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The retroactive tests bring the number of Athens Olympians to lose medals to 31, including 11 medal winners and three gold medalists.
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New Jersey spruce survives Sandy, lights up Rockefeller Center
An 80-foot tall Norway spruce was decked out with 30,000 lights in New York City's Rockefeller Center. The Christmas tree-lighting ceremony goes back to 1933.
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Global News Blog Red algae bloom closes Sydney's beaches, but probably not for long
Bloody waters before summer has even started may sound like a drag on tourism, but it's a mere drop in the sea for Australia.
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Horizons iPad Mini launches to middling lines, muted expectations
The iPad Mini is here. So what kind of sales performance will the new Apple device turn in?
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World's longest flight: cancelled
World's longest commercial flight, from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, is being cancelled by Singapore Airlines. The world's longest flight, flown in a gas-guzzling Airbus A340-500s, proved too costly for the airline.
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Reverse brain drain: China engineers incentives for “brain gain”
Chinese who found it hard to fit in at the water cooler abroad feel newly valued at home as China creates a reverse brain drain of financial incentives for native talent to return.
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Chapter & Verse Booker Prize nominee Tan Twan Eng talks about his novel 'The Garden of Evening Mists'
Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng: how to write historical novels that are also timeless.
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Stir It Up! Humble food meets high art
'Art + Food: Beyond the Still Life' in Sydney, Australia, makes connections between consumerism, food production, and cultural identity.
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