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Brookings embraces AEI’s climate head fake
A new report from Brookings and the American Enterprise Institute called "Post-Partisan power" is an oxymoronic, dishonest distraction.
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In Illinois, rail passengers stand up for trains [VIDEO]
Trains. People love them. And these riders want the government to know it.
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IBM’s OneCity urban fix-it game
IBM is hyping its new flash video game, OneCity, which is sort of a hybrid between SimCity and a well-produced commercial.
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Is the Chevy Volt really an electric car?
The Chevy Volt will be in showrooms soon and that's raising the question of whether it's an electric car wannabe.
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Digital entrepreneurs want to change the way New Yorkers hail a cab
What if the solutions to America's transportation problems weren't made out of concrete and steel, but out of zeros and ones? What if you could turn car services and taxis into an alternate public transportation system -- by creating an iPhone app?
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Ask Umbra on using toilet seat covers
A reader wonders whether he should placate his worried wife and use toilet seat covers whenever he uses a public bathroom, or just sit with abandon and save a tree instead. Umbra gives the scoop on the safest, greenest way to poop.
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When I learned that water isn't supposed to have a taste
Turning on your faucet shouldn't be a high-risk venture. Cities and towns shouldn't have to worry that the water lost in leaky pipes will mean ongoing shortages or usage restrictions. But these concerns are already cropping up in communities throughout the country -- and they will only become more common as decades of neglect to our water infrastructure begin to catch up with us.
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Green-minded dinner theater's 'Sauced' buzzworthy, but not intoxicating
Innovative dinner theater Cafe Nordo's most recent production delves into the deliciously dark world of drinking. But will it be a smashed hit?
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Friday music blogging: Black Mountain again
Vancouver-based psych rock band Black Mountain has gotten the FMB treatment before, but their latest album is so monstrously, mind-blowingly good they've earned a second go-round.
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New Portland grocery store has more parking for bikes than cars
A grocery store in Portland, Ore., is opening a new store that features more bike spots than parking spaces.
