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Full Episode: Nightline 1/4: Lindsay Ess' Story: Getting New Hands

Full Episode: Nightline 1/4: Lindsay Ess' Story: Getting New Hands The inspiring story of Lindsay Ess, a quadruple amputee, getting a hand transplant.


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Watch: Too Close for Comfort: Nose-to-Nose with Polar Bears

Watch: Too Close for Comfort: Nose-to-Nose with Polar Bears New BBC documentary leaves cameraman in fear while filming Arctic animals.


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Watch: Widespread Flu Outbreak Rises to 41 States

Watch: Widespread Flu Outbreak Rises to 41 States Center for Disease Control reports increase in flu cases with jump from 31 states in U.S.


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Photos: Baseball Card Could Fetch $2.8 M

Photos: Baseball Card Could Fetch $2.8 M A rare 1909 baseball card of Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner will be auctioned in Feb. 2013 by Goldin Auctions, the card's current owner. With fewer than 60 existing authenticated cards, this could fetch as much as $2.8 million, according to Ken Goldin of the auction house. In 2007, Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick bought a version of the same card for $2.8 million. It's called "Jumbo Wagner" because it is larger than other cards of Wagner, who was part of the inaugural 1936...

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Tuna Sells for Record $1.76M in Tokyo

Tuna Sells for Record $1.76M in Tokyo Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76 million at Tokyo auction, 3 times previous record


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Ryan's Cliff, Sandy Votes Could Haunt Him

Ryan's Cliff, Sandy Votes Could Haunt Him These are the two Paul Ryans. There's "Pragmatic Paul," the compromiser, who on Tuesday voted against most of his GOP House colleagues and with President Obama to raise taxes on wealthy Americans and, on paper at least, add $4 trillion to the national debt.


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Secret Program Aims to Defend Power Grid

Secret Program Aims to Defend Power Grid The National Security Agency is spearheading a program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, to develop technology to protect the power grid from cyberattack. The project worries privacy rights groups.


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Report: Lance Armstrong Weighs Doping Admission

Report: Lance Armstrong Weighs Doping Admission Report: Lance Armstrong weighs whether to admit doping so he can compete in athletic events


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Tsunami Warning Canceled for Alaska, Canada

Tsunami Warning Canceled for Alaska, Canada Officials: Tsunami warning canceled for areas of Alaska, Canada; wave didn't pose threat


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Double Hand Transplant Patient Relearns How to Hold

Double Hand Transplant Patient Relearns How to Hold After receiving radical hand transplant surgery, Lindsay Ess had to relearn what hands could do.


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India Gang-Rape Victim's Friend Recounts Attack

India Gang-Rape Victim's Friend Recounts Attack India rape victim's friend recounts attack in TV interview; recalls apathy of police, public


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Vomiting Robot Helps Researchers Understand Norovirus

Vomiting Robot Helps Researchers Understand Norovirus In a study that could make you lose your own lunch, researchers have created a projectile-vomiting robot to research how far the highly contagious norovirus particles travel when somebody with the illness throws up. Norovirus causes severe projectile vomiting and diarrhea in those infected for...


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Kidogo the Gorilla Amazes with Tightrope Act

Kidogo the Gorilla Amazes with Tightrope Act Zoo gorillas have earned a reputation for doing a whole lot of nothing, often just sitting against a tree for hours at a time. But Kidogo, a silverback in the Krefeld Zoo, has earned sudden fame for his penchant for performing a number of tricks, including tightrope walking.


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FTC Says Retailers 'Bamboozled' Customers

FTC Says Retailers 'Bamboozled' Customers Four national retailers have agreed to pay $1.26 million in penalties for falsely labeling clothing and textiles as made of bamboo, when they were actually made of rayon, a synthetic material.


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Fracking Group Counters 'Promised Land'

Fracking Group Counters 'Promised Land' The natural gas industry has set up websites and purchased advertising space to provide information about "fracking" to viewers of the new Matt Damon movie, "Promised Land."


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US Pushes to Finish Afghan Dam as Challenges Mount

US Pushes to Finish Afghan Dam as Challenges Mount Final push to finish Afghanistan's Kajaki dam comes amid security worries, muddled US strategy


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Obama Urges Action on Debt Ceiling

Obama Urges Action on Debt Ceiling Obama hails fiscal cliff deal, urges action on debt ceiling


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