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TODAY’s Sara Haines heads to Boston to try her hand as a “wing-woman” for hire, attempting to help guys break the ice when out on the town and looking for love. (TODAY)

Parents in the town of LeRoy, NY are not convinced by the diagnosis of conversion disorder to explain the twitching that has afflicted some of the local teenage girls. CBS News correspondent Seth Doane reports.

Bertie Country, North Carolina, is an agricultural community, but most of its residents still don't have access to fresh food. With this new market, they will--plus some beautiful architecture.

We tend to take easy, safe access to potable water for granted until there's a shortage in access to it (like in Texas) or an overflow (as with Hurricane Irene). And in reality, there are a number of water risks that the world will face in the coming years, including deteriorating water quality, growing competition for limited access to resources, and an increase in water scarcity. The World Resource Institute's Water Risk Atlas outlines those risks--and gives a preview of what you can expect in your town or city in the coming years.

In an effort to cut both pollution and promote a healthy lifestyle, a town in northern Italy has swapped school buses with "foot buses." CBS News' Anna Matranga reports from the town of Lecco.

My hometown lies on a sandbar, squarely in the floodplain of the Upper Mississippi River. Winona (Minnesota) benefited from its position along the river, rapidly growing to wealth as a steamboat port and lumber town. The second railroad bridge across the Mississippi was built there, and in 1900, Winona had more millionaires per capita than any other town in the country.

A new development outside of Moscow, powered by renewable energy, is being built to foster research.

Jim Furyk noticed there were several more politicians and decision makers on hand than usual when he arrived at Harbour Town Golf Links. And the Heritage defending champion hopes that means good things for the tournament's future.