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The humble red root contains a molecule that boosts muscle power in heart failure patients and athletes, a few small studies show. But it's not yet clear if beet juice can improve muscle stamina.

Thoughts on the prominent civil rights leader and Africana studies professor in Spokane, Wash., who was accused of being a white woman living her life as a black woman.

Two authors and former members of the U.S. military tell their stories. Benjamin Busch remembers his grandfather's silence about serving in World War II, while David Abrams reflects on the terrifying beginning of his deployment to Iraq.

More questions for the panel: The Tale of Two Kelly Hildabrandts; Heads Roll at O'Hare.

David Boyle and Michele Bertomen wanted to build their own house on a 20 by 40 foot lot they purchased in Brooklyn. Bertomen, an architect, drew up plans and the bid was over $300,000. Inspired by Bertomen's students at New York Institute of Technology, the couple built their house from five shipping containers, which cost a few thousand dollars a piece.

Put away that old Rand McNally map — it's time for a new way to see what America really looks like.

California's radical new law will put a statewide cap on the amount of greenhouse gases coming out of smokestacks and tailpipes. Utility costs will no doubt rise, but advocates of the law say it will also create new businesses and spur development and deployment of green technologies.

Some experts see parallels to the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church. "Sometimes it's very difficult for individuals in power to accept that a person they may know personally, or as part of the faculty or church, could be committing these very serious crimes," one psychologist said.

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On Tuesday night, Magic Johnson told reporters he's stepping down after a two-year stint as the president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers.