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Pearl Removed from Ear After 41 Years

Adrian Chen · 12/25/10 01:24PM

When he was five, little Calvin Wright stuck a pearl in his ear after it fell off his mom's necklace. 41 years later, it finally came out. "I notice I can hear myself better," he says.

The Week Athens Stood Still

Gabriel Snyder · 12/14/08 06:48PM


[Rioters in Athens, who are protesting the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy, use lasers in their clashes with cops; image via AP.]