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Family hangs hope for boy on unproven therapy in India
CNN
By David Fitzpatrick and Drew Griffin, CNN Special Investigations Unit For more of CNN correspondent Drew Griffin's investigation of India's experimental embryonic stem cell therapy, watch "CNN Presents: Selling a Miracle," at 8 and 11 pm ET Sunday on ...

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Fergus Bordewich: How the West Was Really Won
Wall Street Journal
The Homestead Act, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this weekend, offered free land to men and women willing to farm it. The law helped America become an economic superpower. By FERGUS M. BORDEWICH One hundred and fifty years ago, on May 20, ...

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What the Chinese Want
Wall Street Journal
Consumers in China are increasingly modern in their tastes, but they are not becoming 'Western.' How the selling of coffee, cars and pizza sheds light on a nation racing toward superpower status. By TOM DOCTOROFF Apple has taken China by storm.

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Tiles May Help Shrink Carbon Footprint by Harnessing Pedestrian Power
National Geographic
At Simon Langton Grammar School near Canterbury, England, specially designed floor tiles translate student footfalls to electricity that powers the corridor's lighting. This summer at the largest urban mall in Europe, visitors may notice something ...

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Bugs Help Measure Impact of New Transoceanic Highway on Amazon
National Geographic
Therany Gonzalez, ACEER's director of field operations, prepares leaf packs for sampling in a river outside Cusco in southeastern Peru. Below, a damselfly larva. Insects—and aquatic bugs in particular—could be key to understanding how the opening of an ...