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  • Vogt died "surrounded by his family after a battle with cancer," according to a statement from his representatives.
  • Correspondent Cheryl Devall talks with New York Times reporter Jason DeParle about the struggles of women who have gotten off welfare β€” a seven-year odyssey he chronicles in his new book American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare.
  • On a summer night in Phoenix, city dwellers can watch a line of head lamps inch up Piestewa Peak. The mountain rises sharply more than 1,200 feet above the neighborhoods of Central Phoenix. It's the most popular outdoor trek in the city. But in July and August the sun turns deadly there and hikers wait until it's safely below the horizon to begin their ascent. At the top, the view unfolds like magic every time β€” a desert city of four million people that glows red, white and orange.
  • A vacation request from a security guard for the U.K.-based fashion retailer Arcadia inadvertently got forwarded to the entire company. Within hours, it became a Twitter sensation.
  • Spain's wine industry had a record year in 2014, posting numbers that could propel it past Italy as the world's biggest wine exporter. But most of the wine was sold cheaply, in bulk.
  • Kun Shan Chun, a naturalized U.S. citizen with top secret security clearance, had worked at the FBI since 1997. Chun pleaded guilty on Monday to acting as an agent of China.
  • "I'm not a hero β€” anybody would have done it. I did it out of normal instincts," says Steven St. Bernard. But he saved a little girl from death or serious injury. The autistic child had been dancing on top of a window air conditioning unit.
  • After one of his top aides was detained by the government, opposition leader Henrique Capriles dared them to imprison him. NicolΓ‘s Maduro, who won the presidential election against Capriles, was recently given the power to rule by decree.
  • Government's top tech officials β€” including U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park β€” showed up on Capitol Hill to give a status report of the troubled HealthCare.gov system. As the administration unveils enrollment numbers, the tech officials outlined technology metrics of progress.
  • Starbucks released its Unicorn Frappuccino amid a swirl of social media buzz. "It looks nice," says one customer. And in the age of likes, snaps and tweets, the fantasy may be all that matters.
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