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  • Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein were both adopted as infants. They met for the first time when they were 35 years old. That's when they discovered they are identical twins — separated at adoption and subjects in a secret research project.
  • A week out in nature — away from electrical lights — quickly resets the body's internal clock, scientists say. And it helps night owls who have problems waking up be more alert in the morning. The findings suggest some easy ways to help everyone hop out of bed with more energy.
  • As Barack Obama's presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe was responsible for constructing an unprecedented grass-roots campaign. In his new book, The Audacity To Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory, Plouffe presents a behind-the-scenes look at a historic campaign.
  • The 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body followed the contestants in a Texas car dealership competition: Hopefuls had to keep one hand on a brand-new fully loaded truck, and the last person standing kept it. As Neda Ulaby reports, that surprisingly dramatic story is now being made into a musical.
  • A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind and Senator John Kerry D-MA) on situation in Bosnia; 14-year old Waco hearing witness, Keri Jewell, rosecutor Ray Yan and sociologist Dr. Stuart Wright of Lamar University on the aco hearings; President Bill Clinton and Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) on ffirmative Action; Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) and White House Counsel Mark abiani on the Whitewater hearings.
  • At medical schools all over the country, first-year students participate in a ceremony that seems like an ancient ritual, but is actually less that 10 years old -- the white coat ceremony. White coats were adopted by doctors to make their profession seem more scientific. But the white coat ceremony was designed to instill values of caring and compassion in doctors. Commentator Joe Wright isn't sure that the ceremony is enough to instill those values. (2:45)
  • It reads "birthplace of aviation" with a photo of an early model plane. The problem? The plane appears to be flying backwards, and the Wright Brothers first flight was actually in Kitty Hawk, N.C.
  • Director Edgar Wright and actor-writer Simon Pegg came to prominence in England with their TV sitcom Spaced, and made a worldwide splash with the zombie comedy of manners Shaun of the Dead. Their latest collaboration, a parody of Hollywood police shoot-em-ups called Hot Fuzz, is set in a buccolic English village where things just aren't the way they seem.
  • Steve Bannon's conviction for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 House panel could result in fines or jail time. That's raised a question of whether the ex-Trump adviser would podcast from prison.
  • The outdoor recreation industry is overwhelmingly white. A new program at Tennessee State University aims to change that by getting more HBCU students involved in the outdoors.
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