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Obama Hopes Myanmar Visit Will Give Fledgling Democracy A Boost

4:42pm November 12, 2014

by Scott Horsley

President Obama is visiting Myanmar, also known as Burma, for the second time in two years. He's there to encourage the Southeast Asian nation's efforts to create a functioning democracy.

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First responders saved workers whose scaffolding malfunctioned at the World Trade Center in New York today.

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Two Workers Rescued From Scaffolding 69 Stories Up At 1 World Trade Center

4:26pm November 12, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Firefighters had to break a window to rescue the pair after their scaffolding malfunctioned.

U.S. Marines guard arrested Iraqi men as they search a house in Fallujah during an offensive.

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10 Years After Battle For Fallujah, Marines Reflect On 'Iconic Fight'

3:58pm November 12, 2014

by Susan Murphy

The six-week battle to retake the city from insurgents was the fiercest during the Iraq War. Almost 100 Americans died; 600 others were injured. Veterans commemorated the anniversary on Friday.

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Gary Walters demonstrates his self-cooling prosthetic.

Vet's Self-Cooling Prosthetic Could Help Amputees Beat The Heat

3:58pm November 12, 2014

by Eileen Pace

An Iraq war veteran has developed a better artificial leg with a cooling fan. Gary Walters says most prosthesis don't release heat, causing many amputees to stop wearing them.

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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab created an electronic prosthetic hand and arm that has the same dexterity as a human arm. Electronic prosthetics are the biggest area of growth in this industry.

The Prosthetics Industry Gets A Human Touch

3:57pm November 12, 2014

by Samantha Raphelson

The prosthetics industry is rapidly growing, allowing patients to better customize their devices, control them using their nervous system, and even regain a sense of touch.

Jay Ruskey grows coffee next to avocados on his farm, Good Land Organics, in Goleta, Calif. The two crops are often grown together in Central America, partly because they can share fertilizer and water.

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Golden State Joe: California Makes A Play For Coffee's Future

3:29pm November 12, 2014

California's coffee crop is new and small, but farmers are optimistic about its potential. Scientists hope that by growing coffee here they can learn more about how to help the crop resist disease.

Big Banks Will Pay $4.25 Billion In Fines Over Currency Manipulation Charges

3:19pm November 12, 2014

by Bill Chappell

U.S. firms Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase will pay the largest fines, around $1 billion each, to settle civil charges that they colluded to manipulate the foreign exchange market.

Training The Next Generation Of Doctors To Get LGBT Health Right

3:03pm November 12, 2014

by Nancy Shute

People who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender often have a hard time getting appropriate health care. Med schools need to integrate LGBT health throughout training, a key group says.

Colleen Condon, left, and her partner Nichols Bleckley appear at a news conference in Charleston, S.C., in October, shortly after filing a federal lawsuit seeking the right to marry in South Carolina. A federal judge has ruled in their favor.

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South Carolina Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Overturned

2:16pm November 12, 2014

by Bill Chappell

Rejecting the state's argument that it, not the U.S. government, has the authority to define marriage, a federal judge overturned South Carolina's ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday.

Fishermen Ed Stewart (left) and Tannis Goodsen mend groundfishing nets on Merrill Wharf, in Portland, Maine, last November.

Regulators Ban Cod Fishing In Gulf Of Maine As Stocks Dwindle

2:13pm November 12, 2014

by Anne Mostue

The federal government is shutting down cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine for the next six months. But fishermen, who now face an uncertain future, dispute the government's cod counts.

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