Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Your Daily Dose: The Freshest Face on the Slopes this Season

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#1 Rising Stars

The Next Great Snowboarder Is a 17-Year-Old Norwegian

A double cork at age 11, a triple cork at age 13 ... and it hasn't stopped there.

#2 Fast Forward

A Horse Is a Horse, Except Sometimes It's a Hobbyhorse

In Scandinavia, a love of imaginary horses leads girls to find a prancing, cantering, leaping pa…

#3 Acumen

The Curious Link Between Tall Teenagers and the Stock Market

Self-esteem built during youth has lasting effects.…

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#4 Good Sh*t

This Chocolatey Mexican Drink Will Get You Foaming at the Mouth

Espuma de cacao has been around forever - now you have to try it.

#5 Flashback

The Coal Tragedy That Killed More Than 100 Children

Ignored warnings and cavalier coal-mining practices led to Aberfan's schoolchildren being carried away to an early grave.

#6 Fast Forward

How Supercomputers Can Map Disease - in Your Brain

The next wave of brain-mapping techniques is here, and it comes from big data.

#7 POV

Just How Much Can the President Slash the Federal Workforce?

The new president seems to be fulfilling his promise to cut the federal workforce. What is a civil servant to do?

#8 True Story

Stealing Was My Sacrament, Luck Was My Lord

You'd figure being a man of the cloth would protect you against certain temptations, but what happens when belief falls prey to predation?

Video series Movers and Shakers

Michael Tubbs: Redefining the Stocktons of the World

This 25-year-old mayor hopeful is headed home to save this blue-collar town.

Melinda Gates: Women and Public Health

The Leaders Who Influenced President Bill Clinton

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Trump Dumps Asia Trade Deal, Freezes Federal Hiring

He's rewriting history. Yesterday the new president signed an executive order withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnersh…

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