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| Heroin's rise and fatal draw | | If an autopsy shows what officials suspect, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman will be the latest in a growing list of addicts who paid a deadly price for using heroin. |
| Hollywood's everyman | | He could play any role. He had the booming voice of a deity but Hoffman often played schlubs and conflicted characters. |
| Can teachers be entrepreneurs? | | Can teachers be entrepreneurs? Some educators are using their classroom experience to create new teaching tools and pitch them in a "Shark Tank" pitch night scenario. |
| Castaway | | A mysterious castaway claiming to have been lost at sea for 13 months is now safely back on land, but many questions remain about how he could have lived on his small boat for so long as it drifted across the Pacific Ocean. |
| Paper airplane | | All that's missing are the fussy flight attendants and the smell of irradiated food. |
| How to avoid digital eye strain | | Our lives have increasingly become more digital today. While some may see this as a benefit, others are finding that it can literally be a pain in the eye. |
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