A recent article on ear stretching prompted many emails. Here are 10 of your experiences.

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10 of your ear stretching stories

Two police officers have been describing their experiences of the London riots.

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VIDEO: Police: ‘Smell of smoke hit us first’

A survivor from a mass killing in Guatemala relives his experiences at the hands of suspected Mexican drugs cartel members.

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Guatemala massacre details emerge

Jason MerrittGETTY IMAGESCatherine Zeta-Jones.Catherine Zeta-Jones’ public revelation that she checked into a mental health facility for treatment of Bipolar II Disorder is shining a light on the form of manic depression. While Zeta-Jones has not made a personal statement about her Bipolar II Disorder, a form less severe than Bipolar I, other celebrities diagnosed have spoken publicly about their experiences.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones and Bipolar II: How celebs help raise awareness about the disorder

A study suggests children are giving traditional playground games a modern twist using their experiences of computer games and reality TV shows.

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Playground games get modern twist

Tenants should have a rating website on which they can share their experiences of landlords, a consumer body has said.

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Landlords ‘should get web rating’

In the Fall of 2009 I had the privilege of following a delegation of US veterans and war resisters traveling to Israel/Palestine to meet with their Israeli counterparts in an effort to strengthen connections between the US and Israeli anti-militarist movements and to share their experiences of refusing to be part of an occupying army. read more

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In Israel/Palestine, Occupation Has No Future

In the Fall of 2009 I had the privilege of following a delegation of US veterans and war resisters traveling to Israel/Palestine to meet with their Israeli counterparts in an effort to strengthen connections between the US and Israeli anti-militarist movements and to share their experiences of refusing to be part of an occupying army. read more

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In Israel/Palestine, Occupation Has No Future

Standardized testing has become central to education policy in the United States. After dramatically expanding in the wake of the No Child Left Behind Act, testing has been further enshrined by the Obama administration’s $3.4 billion “Race to the Top” grants. Given the ongoing debate over these policies, it might be useful to hear about the experiences of a hidden sector of the education workforce: those of us who make our living scoring these tests. read more

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Test Scorer

An American activist once gave me a book she had written that detailed her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey in the occupied West Bank, a place rife with barbed wire, checkpoints, soldiers and tanks. It also highlighted how Palestinians resisted the occupation peacefully – in contrast to the prevalent media depictions linking Palestinian resistance to violence. read more

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Who Decides How the Oppressed Should Fight Oppression?

Some of the hundreds of children who were evacuated from Guernsey to Glasgow in 1940 tell BBC Scotland about their experiences.

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Evacuees recall life in Scotland

Your experiences of volunteering at the Olympics

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‘Time of my life’

The retired leader of Belgium’s Catholics advised an abuse victim to delay public statements about his experiences, Church officials admit.

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Cardinal condoned abuse silence

Your experiences of weight-loss surgery

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‘Last chance’