MONEY-world-bank-asia

The World Bank lowered its growth outlook for Asia on Monday, and warned that a major unraveling in Europe could knock 2% off Asia's GDP growth next year.

MONEY-huawei-zte-congress

Two of China's largest telecom companies disputed the findings of a critical congressional report Monday, saying their products are safe for use in the United States.

FEATURES, ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

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Writer Kelly Marcel has been tapped to pen the screenplay to the film adaptation of "Fifty Shades of Grey," a wildly popular erotic novel that has sold millions of copies worldwide.

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After being engaged for just over a year, Amber Tamblyn and David Cross tied the knot on Saturday, a rep for "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" actress Tamblyn tells CNN.

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Liam Neeson was already an Academy Award-nominated star when director Pierre Morel's "Taken" was released in 2008, but the movie's sleeper success made audiences look at the actor differently. His portrayal of Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative on the hunt for his daughter's sex-trafficking kidnappers, became a cult success and made him a full-fledged action star at almost 60. As such, "Taken 2" barreled into theaters this weekend, bringing in $50 million. It's the first film to make that much in three days since "The Dark Knight Rises" in July.

US-The-new-American-job

Is the new American job a part-time one? More than half new jobs created for the month of September were part-time jobs. Many Americans are working several part-time jobs to support themselves.

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Babies are born ready to learn any language in the world, and they have linguistic super-powers that many adults don't. For instance at 6 months old, they can distinguish between sounds in different languages that non-bilinguals hear as the same, such as an English "d" and a Hindi "d." They can also tell if someone is English or French without sound based on the mouth shapes of the speaker and rhythms. Only bilinguals retain these abilities throughout life. Really cool, right? But around 10 months old, babies typically stop being able to make these distinctions. As they get better at perceiving a native language, they are less sensitive to non-native sights and sounds, says Janet Werker, psychologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Researchers are interested in probing this "critical period" of language development. They want to know what factors affect the window of time after which a baby loses sensitivity to a non-native language.

TECH-iPhone-5-Purple-Haze

Apple has responded to complaints that some photos taken with the iPhone 5 show a purple flare, saying it happens to many smartphones when they're aimed near a light source like the sun.

TRAVEL-Five-Foreign-Languages

When you travel to a foreign country, everything from greetings to requests to simple transactions can get "lost in translation." Since learning the language is one of the best ways to understand a culture, why not study it while you're there on vacation?

TECH-dishonored-video-game

In an entertainment environment where sequels often do better than the original, it could be considered risky for a gaming company to do something different. However, one team thinks it's the perfect environment to showcase new ideas and stories, not more of the same.

SPORT-Sports-Going-Gladiator

Are American sports fans turning into the citizens of ancient Rome, turning up to sports events to see mayhem akin to gladiators fighting for their very lives? Stars in two of the country's most prominent sports were asking those kinds of questions Sunday. Dale Earnhardt Jr., arguably the sport's most popular personality in NASCAR racing, said he wonders if fans are "bloodthirsty." If they watch races to see what transpired at the end of Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway, Earnhardt said they are. And he's had enough.