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| 'Surprising' stem cell breakthrough | | We run too hard, we fall down, we're sick -- all of this puts stress on the cells in our bodies. But in what's being called a breakthrough in regenerative medicine, researchers have found a way to make stem cells by purposely putting mature cells under stress. |
| Mayor responds to criticism | | Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed responds to criticism of how Georgia leaders responded to the winter storm that hit the area. |
| Amanda Knox awaits retrial verdict today | | Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are waiting -- once again -- for a verdict from an Italian court in the murder of her roommate. But Knox is not at the trial. |
| Tycoon: No deal to wed lesbian daughter | | The flamboyant Hong Kong tycoon who offered millions of dollars to any man who could win the heart of his lesbian daughter says the proposal is now off the table. |
| Timeline: From brutal murder to now | | British college student Meredith Kercher was found dead in November 2007, her throat slashed in an Italian villa she shared with American student Amanda Knox. Knox, her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and a drifter named Rudy Guede were tried for murder. |
| 6 things to know about the retrial | | U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are waiting -- once again -- for a verdict from an Italian court in the murder case of British student Meredith Kercher. |
| Amanda Knox | | | U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are waiting -- once again -- for a verdict from an Italian court in the murder case of British student Meredith Kercher. |
| Winter weather | | The otherworldly, icy nightmare that paralyzed Atlanta is slipping into the rear view mirror. Abandoned cars still litter the road, but not for long. |
| Deep freeze | | A wave of arctic air that started over the Midwest and Plains spread to the Southeast, bringing snow, freezing ice and sleet to a region not familiar with such weather. |
| Traffic eases | | Although roads are not completely safe, there have been positive changes for traffic in Atlanta. |
| Heroin Happy Meals | | A McDonald's employee in Pittsburgh was arrested Wednesday after undercover police officers said they discovered her selling heroin in Happy Meal boxes, according to a criminal complaint. |
| Beatlemania | | The Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964, 50 years ago next month. Here are five things you need to know to understand Beatlemania and the significance of that performance. |
| Oscar shocker | | In a rare move, "Alone Yet Not Alone" is ending its Oscar run on a low note. |
| Stem cells | | | We run too hard, we fall down, we're sick -- all of this puts stress on the cells in our bodies. But in what's being called a breakthrough in regenerative medicine, researchers have found a way to make stem cells by purposely putting mature cells under stress. |
| Hundreds of snakes found in home | | Neighbors had been complaining for a while about the dreadful smell coming from William Buchman's house in Santa Ana, California. |
| How Ed Sullivan met The Beatles | | | The Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on February 9, 1964, 50 years ago next month. Here are five things you need to know to understand Beatlemania and the significance of that performance. |
| Can Obama deliver on year of action? | | CNN asked for views on President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night, in which he called for "a year of action"-- with or without Congress's agreement -- on combating inequality, creating pathways into employment, immigration reform and more. |
| 'Life support' fight shocks family | | Marlise Muñoz's family opens up to CNN about a wrenching court fight that sparked debate over when a person is considered dead and whether the presence of a fetus changes the equation. |
| Report: Plane crash victim already dead | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:50 PM | |
| Contradicting claims by a coroner and her family, a new report by San Francisco authorities concludes 16-year-old Ye Meng Yuan was already dead when two fire trucks ran over her on the Northern California airport's tarmac. |
| Boy, 3, executed in alleged mob hit | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:36 PM | |
| Mafia killings don't typically shock Italians -- as disturbing as the occasional hit may be, the tragedy usually affects only friends and families of the victims. |
| See chaos as Bieber surrenders | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:11 PM | |
| Chaos outside a Toronto police station as Justin Bieber turns himself in to face an assault charge. |
| Man smuggles 40,000 piranhas into U.S. | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:07 PM | |
| New York City resident Joel Rakower bit off more than he could chew when he smuggled nearly 40,000 piranhas into the United States. |
| Heroin allegedly sold in Happy Meals | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:07 PM | |
| | A McDonald's employee in Pittsburgh was arrested Wednesday after undercover police officers said they discovered her selling heroin in Happy Meal boxes, according to a criminal complaint. |
| Bieber turns himself in to police | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:06 PM | |
| Justin Bieber arrived at a Toronto police station Wednesday evening to face an assault charge in connection with an encounter with a limousine driver a month ago. |
| Bieber turns himself in to police | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:06 PM | |
| | Justin Bieber arrived at a Toronto police station Wednesday evening to face an assault charge in connection with an encounter with a limousine driver a month ago. |
| Justin Bieber | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:06 PM | |
| | Justin Bieber was charged Wednesday with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto a month ago, police said. |
| 'Barf' cruise | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 10:03 PM | |
| The ill-fated Royal Caribbean cruise ship returned home Wednesday with an ignoble mark. |
| Bieber turns himself in | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:39 PM | |
| | It's been a bad week for Justin Bieber, who is currently in Toronto to face an assault charge. The pop star reportedly got into a scuffle with a limo driver. |
| SOTU guest sat by door, just in case | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:15 PM | |
| It as a crowning achievement, but he wasn't sure that he wanted to be there. He wasn't sure he could make it through the speech without running out of the House chamber in panic. And he didn't know how many of his country's leaders cared. |
| 'People were barfing all over the place' | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 4:02 PM | |
| | That's how one Explorer of the Seas passenger described the cut-short cruise. Almost 700 people fell ill -- a 20-year record for the most people sick on a cruise ship. |
| What it feels like to be autistic | | Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:21 PM | |
| Temple Grandin discusses her experience with autism, from not speaking to becoming a renowned author and professor. |
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