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Number of bees in Queens man’s yard exceeds population of Queens
New York legalized beekeeping in 2010, but that does not mean that it was cool with city officials when they discovered that a guy in Queens named Yi Gin Chen had 45 beehives in his yard, containing 3 million bees. That’s more bees than there are people who live in Queens.
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Stuck in traffic, cancer surgeon commandeers little girl’s bike to get to the hospital
The surgeon borrowed an 8-year-old's pink Schwinn and Disney princess helmet to make it to the operating table in time.
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Why does mass transit in the U.S. cost so much more to build than in other countries?
Basically because we rely too heavily on contractors, allow too much time for construction, and insist on extravagant stations.
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World’s biggest bus is 98 feet long and can fit 256 passengers
This monster of public transportation is actually three buses chained together into a sort of Vehicular Centipede. It’s nearly 100 feet long, fits 256 passengers, and — if you believe the institute that developed it — is no harder to drive than a regular 40-footer. So basically, it’s a subway train minus the complicated underground […]
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A single sticker turns your bus commute into a monster rampage
All the monster sticker needs is a window on a moving tram or bus. The goal: Move your head so that the monster eats the heads of people (or dogs) that you pass.
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Tropical Storm Isaac scrambles GOP plans, heads directly for New Orleans
The most recent prediciton for Tropical Storm Isaac shows that it's due to hit New Orleans on the seventh anniversary of Katrina's landfall.
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How Boston and New York hope to avoid becoming Atlantis
New efforts by both cities are trying to address sea-level rise before it becomes a big problem.
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What the Dark Knight knows about holding our urban lives together
"The Dark Knight Rises" might be a crazy movie full of plot holes -- but it understands the systems that serve as the vulnerable hearts of our cities.
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What other cities can learn from Seattle’s troubled ‘deep green’ building program
Three years ago, Seattle challenged developers to build the next generation of uber green buildings -- but few answered the call. What can we learn?
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Super-freaky train station design looks like a spider laying eggs
The proposed structure for a Vienna train station looks like a mutant pregnant insect depositing its egg sacs.
