|                                  CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the   latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Unexpected help in Sandy's   aftermath |   |  In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, which ripped so much apart,   people came together to rebuild. Many offered their services in traditional ways.   Others found unorthodox ways to help.  |  
 
 
 | Dear NYC, what's with the   niceness? |   |  Oh, New York. People say you never sleep, and you're filled with   neon lights and people scurrying from place to place. Rumor has it you're a tough   place to call home. Some suggest that people leave before you get a chance to   harden them.  |  
 
 
 
 
 | The pit   bull debate |   |  On any given Saturday, you'll find a motley crew assembled   outside the nondescript gray building on Hollywood Road, west of downtown Atlanta.   An elderly couple walks tentatively behind a large black Labrador, a kid with   chubby cheeks totes a feisty Chihuahua, and a trio of teens bound out of their   parent's minivan with a brindle pit bull named Kola in tow.  |  
 
 
 | Opinion: The mythical 'war on   men' |   |  Professor and author Michael Kimmel says Suzanne Venker's rant against   feminist women as the source of the unhappiness that saturates male-female   relationships is wrongheaded.  |  
 
 
 
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