"If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we read it? Good God, we also would be happy if we had no books and such books that make us happy we could, if need be, write ourselves. What we must have are those books that come on us like ill fortune, like the death of one we love better than ourselves, like suicide. A book must be an ice axe to break the sea frozen inside us."
—Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Austrian writer, The Metamorphosis, The Trial
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Aussie army chief sends blunt word
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:47:48 EDT
Faced with a sex scandal in his ranks, the chief of Australia's army tells soldiers: Treat your female comrades properly or "get out."
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Victorious Spain 'world's best team'
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:54:56 EDT
The score looked close, but Spain's domination was all too apparent as the world champions began the Confederations Cup with a 2-1 victory over Uruguay on Sunday.
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Buffett: Women in the workplace
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:35:14 EDT
Warren Buffett, one of the world's richest men, talk about the status of women, saying, "If I had been born a female, I would have been very unhappy about the Constitution."
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Is this the future of flight?
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:48:57 EDT
Imagine a future in which planes run on a mixture of batteries, body heat and cow manure.
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Teen mistakes bear for dog
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:24:13 EDT
When a girl realized an animal in her yard was not a dog, but instead a bear, she grabbed her camera and recorded it.
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From garbage to gold in Brazil
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:35:57 EDT
Meet Brazil's catadores, combing the country's dumps to turn trash into furniture, jewellery and works of art.
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Hollywood: 'Eliminate nukes'
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:46:50 EDT
Michael Douglas led a dozen Hollywood A-listers in a video aimed at reminding President Barack Obama that he told the world four years ago of the need to eliminate all nuclear weapons.
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On your marks, jet set, go!
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:49:40 EDT
The "jet set" heads to Paris for the 50th airshow, where global aviation's A-listers shape the future of flight.
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Fatherhood: Can men have it all?
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:25:26 EDT
David Michael Perez was "terrified of parenting" and swore it off for the first 30 years of his life.
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'Pregnant boys' ad controversy
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:24:59 EDT
The city of Chicago has displayed ads of "pregnant boys" to spark conversations on teen pregnancy.
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Who will beat financial crisis?
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:15:35 EDT
The BRIC nations were the ones tagged to drag the globe out of economic despair. But, as the world struggles to recover from the credit boom and bust, they too are stumbling.
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Freida Pinto's open letter to girls
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 03:18:37 EDT
In an open letter to girls, actress Freida Pinto writes: "I remember the first time I read Aristotle's view that a female is an incomplete male... I was furious.'
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Young girl's fight for new lungs
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:21:33 EDT
CNN's Zain Asher reports on the tumultuous journey of a 10-year-old battling for new lungs.
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Surf's up: World's biggest waves
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:27:29 EDT
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Burmese actor turns undertaker
Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:38:48 EDT
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