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Left: A hand-drawn typeface on Bluebird wines conveys a youthful, innovative feeling, while the puffy, raised lettering makes the $12.99 bottle appear more expensive. Right: When the Hahn family switched their cabernet sauvignon to this label, the wine started flying off the shelves — and its image of a naked lady helped get it banned in Alabama.

Drinking With Your Eyes: How Wine Labels Trick Us Into Buying

There are a whole slew of mind games that label designers use to get us to think better of their wines without ever tasting a sip. Want to add 10 bucks to the price of a bottle? Class it up with some gold stamping on that label. An insider spills the industry's secrets in a gorgeous photo book.

Political theorist and author Benjamin R. Barber (left) spoke at the CityLab summit this week in New York. He is proposing the formation of a "World Parliament of Mayors."

At Urban Summit, A Feeling Of 'The Feds Can't, But We Can'

Passing mentions of the U.S. government during this week's international CityLab gathering of mayors, city planners and urban experts in New York City sent knowing chuckles rolling through the audience.

<em>Glee</em> remembered Cory Monteith in Thursday night's episode, "The Quarterback."

'Glee' Says Goodbye

Glee put together an episode to remember cast member Cory Monteith, and while it was awkward at times, that's perhaps appropriate to the occasion.

Shutdown Takes A Toll On GOP In Virginia Governor's Race

Republican Ken Cuccinelli had been trailing Democrat Terry McAuliffe by a few points in the polls before the partial government shutdown. But since then, McAuliffe's lead has clearly widened in a state that's home to many federal employees.

Message To Congress In One Georgia District: Don't Back Down

While recent polling suggests public opinion is weighing against the GOP's approach to the government shutdown, the message is very different for Republican congressmen from deeply conservative districts. The word from back home is to continue to take a hard line. That's the case in one district in the northwest corner of Georgia, which is home to Congressman Tom Graves, a leader of the defund Obamacare movement in the House who was elected in 2010.

Hope For Solution As Obama, Boehner Agree To Keep Talking

Congressional leaders stepped up discussions with each other and the White House Friday with the goal of lifting the nation's debt ceiling and ending an 11-day government shutdown.

An Italian student holds a paper boat reading "How many tombs without names in Lampedusa, No to Bossi Fini" in reference to the recent tragedy near Lampedusa island where at least hundreds of immigrants drowned and the Bossi-Fini anti-immigration law.

Migrant Boats Capsize Off Italy And Near Egypt

Dozens of migrants are dead and hundreds were rescued. The incident comes just a week after a similar incident left more than 300 migrants dead.

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In 2002, Erik Schei hadn't yet enlisted in the Army. Three years later, he would be shot in the head in Iraq.

With Veteran's Life In Peril, His Parents Take Up The Fight

Doctors said Erik Schei would be a "vegetable" for the rest of his life — and he was only 21. He had been shot in the head on his second tour in Iraq. But his parents choose to bring him home and give him another chance at life. Now, they say he's smiling every day and grateful to be alive.

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