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The researchers were inspired by working with ultramarathoners, who can be sidelined by blisters despite years of training. These runners competed in the 2007 Badwater Ultramarathon in Death Valley, Calif.

Go To The Tape: A Cheap, Easy Way To Prevent Blisters

1:46pm April 11, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Ultramarathoners can train for years and still get sidelined by blisters. Stanford researchers tested paper surgical tape during a 155-mile race and found it reduces blisters by 40 percent.

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Spy Charges Leveled At U.S. Navy Officer Who Worked In Reconnaissance

1:01pm April 11, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin is a native of Taiwan; he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1999, according to a profile written for the U.S. Navy's website.

Before Alejandra Galindo, 17, was identified as gifted, she was identified as an ELL, or English Language Learner.

Gifted, But Still Learning English, Many Bright Students Get Overlooked

12:26pm April 11, 2016

by Claudio Sanchez

More than 3 million U.S. schoolchildren are classified as gifted. Thousands of others, however, are never identified as gifted and remain underserved because they start school not speaking English.

Considered Southern California's premier big-wave surf spot, waves at Lunada Bay can reach up to 20 feet overhead in the winter months.

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Lunada Bay Visitors Want Locals To Let Them Ride The Waves

11:27am April 11, 2016

by Denise Guerra

Lunada Bay is a premier surf spot in Southern California. But a lawsuit alleges the mostly affluent, middle-age locals who live and surf there use violence and intimidation to keep outsiders away.

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Secretary of State John Kerry pauses during his remarks about seeing the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum, the site of the 1945 atomic bombing, during a news conference at the conclusion of the G-7 Foreign Ministers' Meetings in Hiroshima on Monda

Secretary Of State John Kerry Visits Hiroshima Memorial

10:10am April 11, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Kerry is the highest-ranking U.S. official ever to visit the site. He honored the 140,000 Japanese who died in the U.S. attack on the city, but did not apologize for the bombing there and in Nagasaki.

A photo taken on February 8 shows a South Korea military post in front of the Demilitarized Zone and the North Korean shore line, seen from Paju.

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High-Ranking North Korean Intel Officer Defects To South Korea

8:02am April 11, 2016

by Elise Hu

The military officer's defection follows the news of 13 North Korean restaurant workers who defected en masse last week.

World News

The North Korea Threat Keeps A Cold-War Era Security Law Around

7:48am April 11, 2016

by Elise Hu

The U.S. State Department, the United Nations and human rights groups say South Korea's controversial National Security Law chokes freedom of expression.

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Supporters watch as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to promote his paid family leave initiative at a rally in Manhattan on March 10.

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Paid Family Leave Advocates Celebrate A Big Week, But The Battle's Not Over

5:29pm April 10, 2016

by Joel Rose

In New York and San Francisco, lawmakers have taken groundbreaking steps toward more generous leave policies. Still, some business leaders worry how much paid family leave will cost them.

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When Should Companies Take A Stand On Social Issues?

5:12pm April 10, 2016

Amid business boycotts in North Carolina and Mississippi, former Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle reflects on his company's move to axe an expansion as a protest to Indiana's religious liberty law.

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Peru Heads To The Polls To Choose A President

5:12pm April 10, 2016

Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Peru's jailed former president, has been the front-runner in the lead up to the country's presidential election Sunday. Journalist Simeon Tegel explains the campaign.