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The Two-Way
12:15 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

Presidents, Dignataries Gather For Hugo Chávez's Funeral

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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Cuba's President Raul Castro salutes as he stands next to the coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez.
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By Eyder Peralta

Originally published on Fri March 8, 2013 1:42 pm

Presidents and dignitaries from around the globe are gathered in Caracas this morning to pay their final respects to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

CBS News reports:

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The Salt
12:05 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

We Like 'Em Big And Juicy: How Our Table Grapes Got So Fat

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Left to their own devices, many seedless grapes would be puny and soft. But these Thompson seedless got pleasingly plump after a little girdling and hormone treatment.
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Giving that orange a run for its money, these red grapes clearly have been treated with a plant hormone, which makes them long and cylindrical. They "were so large, hard, and yummy that I had to re-read the package label a couple of times," Flickr user I Love Egg wrote about her grapes.
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Left to their devices, many seedless grapes would be puny and soft. But these Thompson seedless got pleasingly plump after a little hormone therapy and girdling.
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Put a "girdle" on that vine: By scraping off a small section of the grapevine's trunk, a farmer in California hopes to fatten up the fruit growing at the top.
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A 1931 horticultural pamphlet from the University of California shows how girdling boosts grape size and quality.
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By editor

Originally published on Mon March 11, 2013 5:37 pm

It's no secret that many Americans have a fetish for big food. Whether it's a triple-decker cheeseburger or a 128-ounce Big Gulp, some portions in the U.S. have gotten freakishly large.

But not all of our supersizing is unhealthy.

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The Two-Way
12:04 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

'JFK Profile In Courage Award' Going To Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords

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On Wednesday, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, attended a news conference at the site of the 2011 attack in which she was shot, 12 other people were also wounded and six people were killed.
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a 2011 gun attack that left six people dead and 13 others (including Giffords) wounded, is this year's recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.

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World
11:19 am
Fri March 8, 2013

A Decade After Invasion, Are Iraqi Women 'Lucky'?

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It's been 10 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. That conflict drastically changed the lives of Iraqi women. On International Women's Day, host Michel Martin talks with Iqbal al-Juboori, about how the war affected her personally, and what it's like for women to live in a conflict zone. al-Juboori works to provide job training and life skills to women and their families in rural parts of Iraq.

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11:16 am
Fri March 8, 2013

What Happened When Humans Met An Alien Intelligence? Sex Happened

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Originally published on Mon March 25, 2013 2:50 pm

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