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"A Cheerful Life" is the story of a down-on-his-luck, working class Turk who is hired to work as a mall Santa. The trouble is he doesn't really know who Santa Claus is, and needs some very basic lessons.

Yemeni forces killed about 30 suspected al Qaeda militants Thursday during an air strike on the suspect's hideouts, state news agency SABA reported.

Five more defendants were sentenced to death for their roles in summer riots that killed around 200 people in western China, officials said Friday.

Nine-year-old Sean Goldman arrived at the U.S. Consulate in Brazil Friday morning for a reunion with his father David Goldman, ending a well-publicized international custody battle.

Twenty-five Shiite pilgrims were killed and 62 others were wounded Thursday in a roadside bombing in Iraq, off

December 08, 2009 To a psychologist, climate change looks as if it was designed to be ignored.

December 07, 2009 Dec. 7--High absence rates among students with disabilities in Chicago's public high schools are the largest factor explaining the difference in their academic performance when compared with non-disabled peers, according to a new research report.

December 04, 2009 Dec. 4--Illinois child welfare officials are praising a change that allows pediatricians across the country to develop an expertise in abuse and neglect.

November 30, 2009 CHICAGO - The first rigorous study of behavior treatment in autistic children as young as 18 months found two years of therapy can vastly improve symptoms, often resulting in a milder diagnosis.

November 30, 2009 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others.

Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer I love receiving holiday gifts. Especially when they’re gifts of knowledge. I feel like I received at least five gifts of knowledge when I met Janet Nkubana on a recent night. I hope you’ll let me share them with you one at a time.

Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer Janet is the master in charge of the masters. Her company employs 32-hundred women to weave baskets. Women who would otherwise have no way to support themselves and whatever family members might have survived the genocide in 1994.

Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer I've been to Rwanda before. But I was never invited into a backyard. Now I know why.

Michael Schulder CNN Senior Executive Producer I picked out a basket at Macy's and read the name of the artist to Rwanda's master weaver, Janet Nkubana. The weaver's name was sewn to the inside of the basket. Who is the woman who wove this, I asked? Janet looked at the name and laughed. The we ...

Tom Foreman | BIO AC360° Correspondent It’s Christmas Eve! Or as I like to call it, Foam the Runway Day, considering how much I usually have left to do. It’s especially true in DC this year with the big snow storm, all the late action on health care reform (as I write this the Senate is poised t ...

Sometimes it's not about wearing a suitit's about wearing a suit of armor. Learn to love the hard-knock life and more in our Fall 2009 trend reports.

Later this month, Partners & Spade is hosting its own Ping-Pong tournament. K-Swiss has teamed up with the shop to offer a collaborative shoe, which will go on sale the day of the event. It's light enough to keep you spry on the tables and stylish enough to keep the rest of us looking good on the si ...

Gucci has tapped the DJ and producer to collaborate with Frida Giannini on several styles of Gucci Ronsons for the brand's upcoming series of sneakers-only pop-up shops. The first one comes to NYC this October.

Martin Dingman's new Rudyard travel collection, a line of equestrian-inspired bags, is due this fall. The saddle-leather bags and cases are outfitted with solid brass hardware and could be pulled from the hand of Daniel Dravot (played by Sean Connery in the film The Man Who Would Be King) himself. ...

From the late Pop artist Andy Warhol's birth to a lunar eclipse tonight, here are five things worth knowing today.

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