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North Dakota’s red-hot, frack-fueled economy is starting to slow down
More drilling means higher costs to drill, which is starting to cool the once-bearably-warm state.
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Test drive of Tesla sedan leaves New York Times stranded
A review of the Tesla Model S in the Times leads to lots of finger-pointing, but no clear answers.
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San Francisco is turning the Bay Bridge into a giant LED light show
The annual electricity bill for the project will be an estimated $11,000. That's a lot of electricity -- but just imagine how much higher that bill would be if those 25,000 bulbs were incandescents.
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New Zealand woman dies from drinking more than two gallons of Coke a day
The 30-year-old died of cardiac arrhythmia.
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Tea Party dim bulbs go after renewable energy standard in Kansas
Wind power is big business in Kansas, backed by the GOP governor, but some conservatives are trying to overturn the state's renewable energy standard.
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How are you celebrating Darwin’s birthday? Here are our best ideas
It's Darwin Day! That's the day we celebrate Darwin's birthday, the survival of the fittest, and the fact that the planet's more than 6,000 years old.
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‘Farmhouse porn’ will make you want to quit your job and raise cattle
There's not a Tumblr, yet. But there is a Pinterest board, brought to you by undercaffeinated editors at Modern Farmer.
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2013 will be a banner year for farm profits, according to analysis that ignores the drought
If the weather in the U.S. were normal relative to the past, 2013 would be the most profitable year since 1973, says the USDA.
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Minnesota mayor doesn’t see why he can’t also run a sand-mining advocacy group
His argument is, in part, that the city of Red Wing elected him knowing he was a lobbyist.
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Man, people really knew how to party with penguins in 1903
When people hung out with penguins in 1903, they did it with class. They did it with dignity. They did it with bagpipes.
