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CNN's Becky Anderson finds out how furniture retailer IKEA makes a global connection for Malaysia and Sweden.

Feisal Abdul Rauf says radicals are hijacking the talk about the Islamic center and he didn't foresee the controversy.

Massachusetts higher education commissioner Richard Freeland criticized state legislators yesterday for continuing to cut funding for public universities and colleges amid increased student demand, saying that they have put the system of 29 schools in a compromised position. Higher education - Education - Colleges and Universities - Massachusetts - Public university

British TV host and "America's Got Talent" judge Piers Morgan will take over Larry King's primetime slot in January 2011.

Sen. Mitch McConnell tells CNN's John King he doesn't want the president to fail, but wants him to change.

The nation's "tannest" Republican defends his skin tone. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on all those orange tan jokes.

Cooking Light shares the secret to creating a skin-like crust on this lightened pan-fried chicken.

Experts on Islam look at the differences between Muslims in the U.S. versus those in the rest of the world.

Filmmaker Laura Ziskin is "hopping mad" about cancer and explains why making a movie is like curing the disease.

wiedzmin writes "This month, officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), armed with fingerprinting machines, iris scanners and cameras hooked to laptops, will fan out across the towns and villages of southern Andhra Pradesh state in the first phase of the project whose aim is to give every Indian a lifelong Unique ID (UID) number for 'anytime, anywhere' biometric authentication. While enrolling with the UIDAI may be voluntary, other agencies and service providers might require a UID number in order to transact business. Usha Ramanathan, a prominent legal expert who is attached to the Center for the Study of Developing Societies in the national capital, said that, 'taken to its logical limit, the UID project will make it impossible, in a couple of years, for an ordinary citizen to undertake a simple task such as traveling within the country without a UID number.' Next step, tying that UID number and biometric information to to their RIM BlackBerry PIN number."

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Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams explains why ETA's cease fire signifies a political change.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the NYC Islamic center, says they will proceed with plans to build it.

AustinSlacker writes "An Iowa school district's lunch program asks children as young as 5 years old to memorize a four-digit PIN code so it can monitor what they eat in the school cafeteria - prompting some parents to claim it's an unhealthy case of 'Big Brother.' An over reaction by parents or an unnecessary invasion of privacy?"

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A bridge breaks apart as a CNN crew arrives - highlighting a problem repeated across flooded Pakistan.

CNN's Reza Sayah reports on Muslim reaction to the plans of a Florida church to burn copies of the Quran on 9/11.

Rick Stengel of Time Magazine and CNN's John King examine Tea Party's impact on Senate races in Florida and Kentucky.

CNN's Ed Lavandera talks about the twister that touched down in Downtown Dallas, near his office.

A hospital in battle-scarred Juarez, Mexico, cares for about 900 people a day - regardless of their ability to pay.