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Shabnam, once Shirley Ann Hodges, married Gul Khan in 1997 and was imprisoned in Karachi for 13 years - until Pakistan human rights groups took up her case.

Rosie O'Donnell's August 2012 heart attack — which she nearly ignored — spotlighted how women's cardiac symptoms differ from the classic chest-clutch.

Brittany Wenger, 17, won the 2012 Google Science Fair with a neural network that detects breast cancer malignancy with 99% accuracy.

Adelaide and Colorado scientists found opioids trigger addiction via the immune system's TLR4 receptor — and (+)-naloxone blocks it in lab studies.

Three daycare workers in Dover, Delaware were arrested in August 2012 for encouraging toddlers to fight each other — and filming it on their phones.

Ten accessories that transform any room — from statement lighting to layered textiles to a single perfect plant. Small touches, big difference.

Ten fitness goals worth chasing — from a 5K to a two-minute plank to a sunrise yoga practice. A bucket list for women who want to feel strong.

MONEY magazine named Naperville one of America’s best places to live in 2012 — top schools, Ribfest, Centennial Beach, and the famous Riverwalk.

An August 2012 Pediatrics study found that students in states with strong school junk-food laws gained less weight — evidence that policy shapes waistlines.

Detroit Public Schools promised new Nike shoes to students who showed up on Student Count Day in 2012 — because in Michigan, attendance day means funding day.

In August 2012, an IIM-Ahmedabad professor's decision to renounce the material world made headlines — a reminder of what the rat race costs the soul.

Austin Wierschke, 16, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, retained the title of America's fastest texter — winning $50,000 in the LG championship in Times Square.

Russian police found 70 members of the Fayzarahmanist sect — including 20 children — living in an underground bunker near Kazan for nearly a decade.

Thousands of Indian parents follow their children to America — and find themselves in a strange limbo: comfortable homes, loving families, and days that

Don MacKenzie bought a 17-pound, roughly 80-year-old lobster nicknamed Lucky Larry from a Connecticut restaurant — and set him free in Long Island Sound.

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan carried the Olympic torch through Southwark, London, on July 26, 2012 — a day before the Games opened.

How McDonald's turned its McCafé coffee line into a serious Starbucks rival — and won a Consumer Reports blind taste test on the way.

Jittery after Aurora, 100 moviegoers in Edgewater, NJ were evacuated from a Dark Knight Rises showing when a man opened the emergency exit mid-film.

Savannah Dietrich, 17, faced contempt charges for tweeting her attackers' names in defiance of a court order. On July 23, 2012, the charges were dropped.

Crash diets promise magic, but lasting weight loss comes from food as daily medicine: whole foods, gradual habits, and the wisdom of traditional eating.