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This woman’s trying to break the Guinness record for fastest tour of the NYC subway system
She's not doing it for the glory, though. She's doing it to call attention to proposed fare hikes that could raise the standard subway fare to $2.50.
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Central Park receives $100 million gift, largest ever to a public park
The big donation from hedge-fund manager John Paulson will increase Central Park's endowment by a third and fund park improvements.
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New species of jellyfish lives in Portland International Airport and feeds on anxiety
If you happen to be migrating through Portland International Airport, you may have come across this tank of jellyfish gently drifting in the currents.
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Sen. Inhofe’s awesome pro-coal tour, coming to a Senate race near you
James Inhofe, the Senate's top climate denier, is stumping for GOP candidates who love coal. We assume he's travelling by coal train.
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Post-ecopocalypse survival tip: You can start a fire using water
If you live on the coasts, you could soon have more water than you know what to do with. Here's how to use it to cook your dwindling food supplies.
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Ryan: We need a bigger Navy because the oceans aren’t getting smaller
In responding to the president's "bayonets" attack, Ryan inadvertently lays bare his ticket's priorities.
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This is possibly the most tear-jerking anti-factory farming video ever
This video about factory farming from Animals Australia is A BLOO-HOO-HOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOO *sniff*
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Hamster held overnight after drunk driving arrest
A woman in Oregon got a DUI while she had a hamster in her lap. The hamster spent the night in protective custody.
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America the Possible: a book review
“Should we fail to act now on the climate front, the world will likely become so nasty and brutish that the possibility of rebirth, of achieving something new and beautiful, will simply vanish, and we will be left with nothing but the burden of climate chaos and societies’ endless responses to it.” America the […]
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Sting refuses to play at tree-killing concert venue
A mall/arena in the Philippines was going to kill 182 trees. So tree lover Sting said, OK, I'm not playing there.
