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Kindle died? Reuse it as a spatula, toboggan, or chastity belt

We are very much into creative reuse, so we cannot help but be excited about 101 Uses of a Dead Kindle.

Milk sales have declined sharply, perhaps because we aren’t all babies

Declining sales point to the fact that fewer Americans are drinking milk. Philip Bump offers an explanation -- plus reasons why it's gross anyway.

Judge orders two-week halt to Keystone XL pipeline construction

A Texas judge ruled there was sufficient evidence that TransCanada had misled landowners about what would really be flowing through its pipeline.

London has been invaded by a giant duck

50-foot seafaring rubber duckies: the hot new mode of transportation.

BP emails reveal the company underreported the 2010 Gulf spill

Did you just die of shock? Sorry if you just died of shock.

How to make your own IKEA monkey

Why enjoy someone else's fancy monkey when you can assemble your own?

For the first time, cities see a drop in childhood obesity

From New York and L.A. to small cities in Nebraska and Alaska, childhood obesity rates are inching downward. The reasons aren't yet known.

Want an ethical vacation? Try sunny Latvia

Ethical Traveler put together a list of places to go where you can feel certain that your hosts are preserving their environment.

Politico’s top secret megascoop on the link between energy and the economy

The D.C. paper of record outdoes itself on putting insider obsequiousness before information.

These crazy psychedelic photos can help scientists save the rainforest

Scientists are not just generating these images so they have something to stare at while they pack their bongs.