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Goats and Soda

The Ebola Survivor Who Works In An Ebola Ward

When the 23-year-old Sierra Leonean tells patients to follow their doctors' orders and to keep fighting, they really listen.

Artists' renderings of New Meadowland show how the wetland would be designed for human recreational use as well as flood control. The berm shown would be a path through the park when water was low (left). When storms came in, the wetlands would flood, and the berm would protect local development. Courtesy of New Meadowlands hide caption

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N.J. Braces For Future Disasters By Fleeing, And Fortifying, The Coast

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"The music's kind of oozing out of not just his hands, but his whole body," Boston Symphony managing director Mark Volpe says of the orchestra's new music director, Andris Nelsons. Marco Borggreve/Boston Symphony Orchestra hide caption

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New Boston Symphony Music Director Andris Nelsons: 'It's Not A Job — It's Life'

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The Ebola Survivor Who Works In An Ebola Ward

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A manatee swims underwater in the springs of Crystal River, Fla. — home to a group of residents who have sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, demanding that the agency consider removing the animals from the endangered species list. Amanda Cotton/iStockphoto hide caption

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Florida's Manatees: Big, Beloved And Bitterly Contested

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Faye Marsay, George MacKay, Joseph Gilgun and Paddy Considine play a group of London activists who march in support of Welsh miners. Nicola Dove/Courtesy of CBS Films hide caption

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Coal Miners And Gay Activists Partner In 'Pride'

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Derek Boogaard of the Minnesota Wild (left) and Wade Brookbank of the Vancouver Canucks exchange punches during a fight in the first period of a November 2005 game in Vancouver, Canada. Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images hide caption

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'Boy On Ice' Explores The Emotional And Physical Toll Of Dropping The Gloves

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