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Chewbacca's mask and the power of viral joy

Would you take one?

Parent Acts: How to stop a kid's meltdown

It's OK to let your baby cry himself to sleep, study finds

CNN's 'The Eighties'

Bizarre '80s music videos that we still love
What the '80s really looked like

Culture

We had just moved back to Illinois and went to my brother's house to jump on his trampoline. He has the most beautiful view of the river bottom.

Free-roam childhoods fading away

Queer black millennial who's shaking up Georgia politics

Celebrating Octavia Butler's legacy

Barbershops place books in boys' hands

Meryl Meisler: A glimpse of 1970s New York

Identity

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One transgender woman's long road to finding herself

Riccardo Simonetti, 22, Berlin/Munich, model, blogger, self-expressionist, dreamer

In their own words: Gender as a spectrum

'I am you': American Muslims on faith -- and fear

The Disruptors: Steering the conversation

In case you missed it

For the first time in Texas A&M's 139-year history, a woman will lead the university's legendary Corps of Cadets. Alyssa Marie Michalke of Schulenburg, Texas, will take command of the 2,400-plus member unit, the largest of its type in the nation except for the service academies, at the conclusion of the spring semester and serve throughout the 2015-16 school year.
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Female commander is a first for Texas A&M

This photo provided by Mattel shows a group of new Barbie dolls introduced in January 2016. Mattel, the maker of the famous plastic doll, said it will start selling Barbies in three new body types: tall, curvy and petite. Shell also come in seven skin tones, 22 eye colors and 24 hairstyles. (Mattel via AP)

Barbie is a role model, sort of. Here's why

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Angry obits: 'In memoriam' meets TMI

The Other Side: Where do amazing coincidences come from?

Are they part of some cosmic drama shaped by unseen hands? Or are they the result of a desperate need to find meaning in odd connections?

Rose Quartz and Serenity are Pantone's colors of the year.

Rose Quartz, Serenity are colors of the year

CAMDEN, NJ - OCTOBER 11: Volunteers prepare meals at the Cathedral Kitchen soup kitchen which serves 300 to 600 meals a day, six days a week, to the needy and hungry on October 11, 2012 in Camden, New Jersey. Cathedral Kitchen was founded in 1976 and offers a variety of programs and life services to Camden's poor and disadvantaged. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Camden, New Jersey is now the most impoverished city in the United States with nearly 32,000 of Camden's residents living below the poverty line. Camden, which sits just over the bridge from more affluent Philadelphia, also has a chronic crime problem with 48 recorded homicides this year alone. A lack of jobs has been a feature of life in Camden since the city lost most of its manufacturing base in the late 60's and 1970's. While the state unemployment rate is about 9.9 percent, Camden's is estimated at 19 percent. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Why kindness matters even more after Thanksgiving

SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 21: Volunteers carve freshly roasted turkeys at St. Anthony's Dining Room November 21, 2007 in San Francisco, California. Volunteers helped carve over 4,800 pounds of turkey and prepared thousands of mini pumpkin pies to be served to needy and homeless people on Thanksgiving day. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

How to increase thankfulness and why it's good for your health

Matt Souveny has pledged to pare down his wradrobe to 10 items for a year, excluding socks, underwear and outerwear.

Minimalism in the closet and around the house

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15 years after rescue, Elian Gonzalez still a hero in Cuba

A helicopter dad embraces free-range parenting

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Celebs: 'I'm with Lizzie' to combat bullying

At most libraries, the card catalog has become a thing of the past.

The library catalog card? Time to pull it from the files

Why your cat needs an iPad

Banned Books Week champions challenged literature

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Does photo show outlaw Jesse James with his killer?

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'Streetwise' revisited: Teen prostitute finds motherhood, stability

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What I wish I'd known before college

MIAMI - SEPTEMBER 28: Devin Mingot rides a bike as his father Wayne Mingot pushes him as he shops at the Toys"R"Us store on September 28, 2010 in Miami, Florida. Toys"R"Us announced today it will hire about 45,000 employees to help with the holiday season, a larger number than in previous holiday seasons. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The case for gender-neutral marketing

Members of the 'Black Lives Matter' group protest the death of Ezell Ford as the Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signs into law an ordinance raising the minimum wage to USD 15 an hour by 2020, in Los Angeles, California on June 13, 2015. Los Angeles is the first major city to sign the ordinance and the increase will be USD 6 from the current USD 9 per hour. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Who are the modern faces of labor?

Mike Stonie defeats Joey Chestnut after eating 62 hot dogs at The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York, on Saturday, July 4.

Competitive eating champ Matt Stonie: 'A one-man team'

Meet "The Disruptors." Their rallying cry: Black lives matter. Their slogan: A movement, not a moment.

The faces of #BlackLivesMatter

A supporter holds a US flag as Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at a campaign rally September 24, 2012 at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colorado September 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GettyImages)

What's still made in America

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Sigrid Undset

The 10s, they are a-changin': Women on currency

Audrey Frische of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, makes a face after hearing her word, "obnebulate," during the 3rd round of the 88th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, May 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Can you conquer the #CNNSpellingBee?