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0 we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. . in some countries, female genital mutilation remains a gruesome passage to becoming a woman. it often means the end of schooling. this week's cnn hero in her homeland of kenya filled the remarkable tradition giving the chance of others to share their own destinies. take a look. >> i avoided the ceremony as far as i could. most of them undergo this mutilation when they're 12. i really liked going to school. i knew that once i go through the cutting, i am going to be married...

remarkable tradition giving the chance of others to share their own destinies. take a look. >> i avoided the ceremony as far as i could. most of them undergo this mutilation when they're 12. i really liked going to school. i knew that once i go through the cutting, i am going to be married off and my dream of becoming a teacher was going to end. my mind said run away. but i had to face my dad and say i would only go through the cutting if he lets me go back through school. it was done in the morning using a very old, rusty knife with no anesthesia. i could never forget that day. even...

i really liked going to school. i knew that once i go through the cutting, i am going to be married off and my dream of becoming a teacher was going to end. my mind said run away. but i had to face my dad and say i would only go through the cutting if he lets me go back through school. it was done in the morning using a very old, rusty knife with no anesthesia. i could never forget that day. eventually, i was the first girl in my community to go to college in the u.s. i am going to start a school for girls in my village so they, too, can obtain their true potential. when they got to ...

major storm in seven days. amarillo, texas, buried in snow. cars are stranded on the highways. you see people, some were trapped in the bitter cold for hours. on it goes. mike tobin live in the heart of all of it. kansas city, missouri. what is the situation where you are, mike? good morning. >> reporter: turn to a live picture that pretty much says it all. what you see in the supermarket parking lot is a snowplow that is stuck. he was trying to plow out of the parking lot. he got in the heavy, wet snow. he has a pickup. he has a light back end. he is calling his buddies to get him o...

0 wet, heavy snow, ten inches where i am. reports of 17 inches in the different parts of the state. southeast part of the stay, icy rain coming down with the snow. so the driving very treacherous. bill and martha. bill: we hear about the icy winds r there many power outages where you are? >> reporter: 33,000 people without power in kansas and missouri. that heavy snow is end abouting the tree limbs bes down taking out power lines. the icy rain comes down and weighs down the power lines and takes them out. on top of that the power crews can't get to the power lines to replace them that quickly....