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Where Eye Care Is A Luxury, Technology Offers Access()  

A man from Liberia uses a pump to adjust his liquid silicon lens. Liquid-lens glasses are part of an effort to make eyewear more accessible in the developing world.

Entrepreneurs and researchers are looking for ways to bring the cost of eye care down in the developing world. One group is working on technology that turns a smartphone into an eye exam machine, while another has developed glasses with liquid lenses that change prescriptions with the help of a pump.

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Election 2012

In Battleground Colorado, Independents On The Rise()  

An attendee holds American flags during a rally Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colo. The rally was for Republican Mitt Romney, but a new study says the number of newly declared independents is outpacing new registration for either Republicans or Democrats in the state.

A centrist think tank finds that in several key states, both parties are losing voters relative to the number of newly declared independents. In Colorado, which holds its Republican caucuses Tuesday, declared independents are now about even with registered Republicans or registered Democrats.

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Helicopter Parents Hover In The Workplace()  

As the millennial generation enters the workforce, employers report that parents are taking an increasingly active role advocating on behalf of their children.

So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews.

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Is White, Working Class America 'Coming Apart'?()  

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In his new book, Charles Murray, co-author of the controversial The Bell Curve, argues that in an increasingly economically stratified America, the white working class is slipping behind.

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Deceptive Cadence

Anne Akiko Meyers: From Knee Socks To Strads()  

On a new recording, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers plays both solo parts in Bach's Double Concerto — one on each of her two Stradivarius violins.

On her new album, the violinist teams up with herself as she plays her two Stradivarius instruments.

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The Two-Way

Remembering Roger Boisjoly: He Tried To Stop Shuttle Challenger Launch()  

Engineer Roger Boisjoly examines a model of the O-Rings, used to bring the Space Shuttle into orbit, at a meeting of senior executives and academic representatives in Rye, New York in Sept. 1991.

Boisjoly was the engineer who boisterously warned about problems with the Challenger's elastic seals. That he couldn't do anything about the launch haunted him and turned him into a crusader for ethics in engineering. Boisjoly died at age 73.

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Latin America

U.S. Travel To Cuba Grows As Restrictions Are Eased()  

The U.S. government has restricted travel to Cuba for a half-century. However, the Obama administration has gone back to a Clinton-era policy that eased some limitations, and some 400,000 Americans visited Cuba last year.

The Obama administration has relaxed travel restrictions to Cuba, reinstating Bill Clinton's policy of allowing people-to-people travel. But that's drawing criticism from some Republican lawmakers in the U.S., who say the tourist packages come with a heavy dose of Cuban propaganda.

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