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What could the presidential race mean for cities?
Will the presidential election affect smart growth and transportation in urban areas? Not as much as you might think.
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Weary New Jersey residents face another ordeal: Voting [VIDEO]
With basic supplies still limited, the election is "the furthest thing from our minds," one resident says. Still, officials are scrambling to keep the polls open Tuesday.
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Hedgehog rescued from potato chip bag by professional hedgehog-rescuers
A hedgehog crawled into a potato chip bag outside a supermarket in Weston-super-Mare. After a three-hour ordeal, it was rescued, and is fine, and still cute.
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North Dakota’s super easy, oil-smeared voting process
The state is a dream come true for Big Oil, and not just because of how much money they can make.
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Here’s why you can’t just nuke a storm
Apparently, people ask the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about this every year. Here's the answer.
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British charity is recycling ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ as toilet paper
Fifty Shades of Grey, for the uninitiated, is a madly popular, rather trashy book in which a young woman has an affair with an older businessman.
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The grim fight for renewable energy standards, in the voting booth and behind closed doors
Michigan voters are expected to reject an expanded renewables requirement. In other states, renewable standards are under more stealthy attack.
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Colorado’s Community Solar Program Allots 9 Megawatts in 30 Minutes
When you subtract out shady roofs, renters, and other factors, only about 25% of Americans have a place to install solar power. With the high upfront cost of a complete system, the potential solar universe shrinks further. That changes with “community solar.” After a long wait on the state’s Public Utilities Commission to finalize the […]
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Rare whale seen for the first time only to die hours later
Before 2010, no one had ever seen the spade-toothed beaked whale in the flesh, let alone alive.
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Oh, cool, another big storm headed for the East Coast
The storm-battered Northeast is bracing for a strong Nor’easter. The flooding won't be as bad as during Sandy, but that's not much consolation.
