“Francesc Granja welcomes visitors by pressing a button that makes the front door of his home swing open. He lives in a bright apartment in Barcelona’s Olympic Village that he has adapted to his special needs. Granja has been a quadraplegic for the last 20 years, ever since he was …

“The family of an eight-year-old girl in Lynchburg, Va. has withdrawn her from a Christian school after administrators told her she wasn’t feminine enough. Sunnie Kahle enjoys what are traditionally considered “boy hobbies” as well as “girl hobbies”, reports CBS affiliate WDBJ. She collects coins, hunting knives and baseballs along …

“A Japanese court on Thursday ordered the release and a retrial of an ageing prisoner accused of murder who served on death row for over 30 years, amid doubts about the evidence used to convict him. Japan and the United States are the only two Group of Seven rich nations …

In the spirit of the NCAA basketball tournament known as March Madness, Fox News show Fox & Friends decided to do a ‘Constitutional Madness’ segment (inspired by Ben Sasse, a Republican candidate for the Senate in Nebraska) where supposed violations of the Constitution by President Obama face off in in …

*Turkey blocked YouTube after a leaked recording of officials discussing a military incursion into Syria appeared on the site. The Foreign Ministry called the leak a “despicable attack” on national security, in a statement e-mailed from Ankara yesterday. It said the meeting, attended by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the head …

What does MSNBC look for in a host? While you can argue it doesn’t apply to all of their hosts, it’s hard to argue that Al Sharpton doesn’t simply repeat talking points in support of the President Obama. Watch the mashup in this video if you’re still not convinced, and …

What is China’s relationship with the United Nations? One of the world’s biggest violators of human rights and frequent aggressor in territorial conflicts sits not on the United Nations Security Council, but also the UN Human Rights Council as well as a democracy building committee. On top of that, it’s …

Jake Kasternakes takes a hands-on look at Office for iPad, Microsoft’s recently announced productivity suite. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theverge Check out our full video catalog: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/videos Visit our playlists: http://www.youtube.com/theverge/playlists Like The Verge on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/verge Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/verge Follow on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/verge Read More: http://www.theverge.com

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National Geographic Channel returns to the Arctic for Season 2 of Life Below Zero. For the handful of people who choose to subsist on Alaska’s icy tundra — hundreds of miles from each other and civilization — only the tough survive. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Watch all clips of Life …