Article of the Week ~ Week 5 North Korean spectators watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium as runners line up at the start of the Mangyongdae Prize

Article of the Week ~ Week 5

North Korean spectators watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium as runners line up at the start of the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 13. The annual race, which includes a full marathon, a half marathon, and a 10-kilometer run, was open to foreign tourists for the first time this year.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/2014-year-in-review/year-pictures-2014-n268806


A mother holds her children as their house burns during a fire in a residential slum in Manila, Philippines, on April 29. The fire left more than 30 families homeless and three residents injured, according to the Manila Fire Department.



A scaffold carrying two workers is stuck 68 floors above ground at 1 World Trade Center on Nov. 12 in New York City. Two window washers were left dangling from the nation's tallest skyscraper when a cable suddenly developed slack.



Corbin Crawford, 12, left, holds his brother, Dylan Crawford, 7, as the pair await rescue from shifting ice above a hydroelectric dam on the Des Moines River near Fort Dodge, Iowa.



Newborn giant panda triplets rest in an incubator at the Chimelong Safari Park in China’s Guangzhou province.



Huang Xiaohui of China competes in the Women's Platform Final during the FINA Diving World Cup at the Oriental Sports Center.



A girl reads a book on her balcony as smoke rises from the chimneys of a steel plant on a hazy day in Quzhou in China's Zhejiang province on April 3. China's Premier Li Keqiang said in March the country would "declare war" on pollution as part of efforts to upgrade the economy and shift the focus away from heavy industry.



Fifty-five years after "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee is publishing a second book, her publisher said Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/living/feat-harper-lee-new-book/index.html


Distraction caused by taking selfies is likely to blame for a plane crash that killed a pilot and his passenger in Colorado in May, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/us/selfie-plane-crash/index.html


While delivering his winter forecast, Jimmy the Groundhog bit the mayor of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/02/03/pkg-jimmy-the-groundhog-bites-mayor.wisc


"I was watching as the smoke was rolling, and it was rolling down, which would exhibit to me that it was exhaust. But then a student in the back stood up and said, 'Ms. Buhrman, there's smoke coming out of my seat.'

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/living/ep-kristinabuhrman/index.html


Williams, the anchor of the "NBC Nightly News," apologized on Wednesday for claiming -- as recently as last Friday -- that he'd been on a helicopter that was "forced down after being hit by an RPG."

http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/04/media/brian-williams-recants-iraq-story/index.html


"For reasons not precisely known at this time, but for reasons that we intend to find out, the SUV was stopped on the tracks," he told reporters

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/04/us/new-york-train-collision/index.html


Some call it the "Benjamin Button Special;" others the "old man" cut.In either case, it's supposed to be the cure for a misbehaving boy. A little bit of shame to get him back on track.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/05/us/feat-barber-shames-misbehaving-kids/index.html

Article of the Week ~ Week 5•.

Dramatic dashcam footage in Taiwan shows a TransAsia Airways plane scraping past a major highway moments before it careened into a shallow river, killing at least 31 people.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/dramatic-footage-shows-transasia-airways-plane-moments-deadly/story?id=28709578


Obama’s State of the Union address 2015

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-state-of-the-union-address-2015-remarks-as-prepared-for-d


A Russian Orthodox believer bathes in the icy water on Epiphany at a pond in Tyarlevo village outside St. Petersburg, Russia, early Monday, January 19, 2015.

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/photos-of-the-week-jan-17-23-2015/9/


Serena Williams of the U.S. serves to Vera Zvonareva of Russia during their women's singles second round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 22, 2015.



Little Amur tiger girl Alisha is presented to the public at the Tierpark zoo in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, January 22, 2015.Alisha is one of three young tigers born in December 2014. Two died because their mother Aurora could not produce enough milk for them, so the zoo decided to feed the cub by hand.



We're not sure if the robotic staff at a planned hotel in Japan will be tucking guests into their beds at night, but they'll be performing plenty of other traditional hospitality tasks.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/04/travel/japan-hotel-robots/index.html


Paleontologists have discovered a 50-foot "dragon" dinosaur species in China that may have roamed the earth 160 million years ago during the Late Jurassic period.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/asia/china-dragon-dinosaur/index.html


The 56-year-old Detroit man walks 21 miles every weekday as part of his journey to and from the factory where he works.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/us/detroit-man-walks-21-miles-for-daily-commute/index.html


Jury selection is scheduled to begin today in the trial of Eddie Ray Routh, the Marine veteran accused of shooting Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the central character portrayed in the blockbuster movie “American Sniper.”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/jury-screening-begin-american-sniper-murder-trial/story?id=28741237

http://abcnews.go.com/topics/entertainment/music/singer-seal.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/topics/entertainment/movies/american-sniper-clint-eastwood.htm


Model Ashley Graham, 27, will break the bikini ceiling in this year’s supermodel-laden pages — but in the form of an ad for the plus-size swimwear company, Swimsuits for All.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/sports-illustrated-swimsuit-edition-features-plus-size-model-article-1.2103042


http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/29/living/feat-taylor-swift-trademarks/index.html

If you were planning on using a Taylor Swift-penned phrase on, say, a locket or a jewelry box, think again. Because you could be trying to shake off a legal bill.


The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes — a tiny mussel invading from China.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/02/05/golden-mussel-poses-threat-to-amazon-river/


Australian golfer Richard Green has won three times on the European Tour and once had a top-five finish at The Open Championship, but he's never had an albatross in his career—until now.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2353464-richard-green-flukes-par-4-hole-in-one-after-ball-pops-out-of-bunker


Kansas City Fashion Week is right around the corner. In the spirit of our design issue, it’s important to acknowledge that design doesn’t always mean architecture or interior design. Sometimes, design relates to the things we wear or the books we read.

http://thevitalvoice.com/kansas-city-fashion-week/


2015 Grammy’s

http://www.grammy.com/


Each year on February 14th, many people exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers with their special “valentine.” The day of romance we call Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia.

http://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day

Documents

Article of the Week ~ Week 5 North Korean spectators watch from the stands of Kim Il Sung Stadium as runners line up at the start of the Mangyongdae Prize