Climate Culture
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Lunch money: Can schoolkids really eat local without breaking the bank?
High-quality local ingredients can spruce up cafeteria offerings, but they require some careful bargaining and accounting, too.
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This new whistleblowing site wants to be the WikiLeaks of poaching
Yes, it's time to narc on your friend who keeps a slow loris in her purse.
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Florida judge rules it’s illegal to unhook from the city’s water system
A Florida official decided Robin Speronis was doing something too strange to tolerate: She was trying to live off the grid.
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Watch the Arctic’s oldest ice melt away
The Arctic's "old ice" -- ice that had been around for at least four years -- used to make up about a quarter of all the ice in the Arctic sea.
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Vanilla Ice became an Amish farmer when no one was paying attention
Vanilla Ice helped raise a barn and birth a baby calf, Baby Ice. If that's not the cutest thing ever, well ...
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Extreme weather means we have traffic-related musical numbers now
Watch a Cincinnati traffic reporter warn drivers to stay off the icy roads, to the tune of "Let It Go" from "Frozen."
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Father of the ride: One dad’s bike quest ends expensively on eBay
Our intrepid family man tried them all -- comfort bikes, cargo bikes, electric bikes -- but ended up building one himself.
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Ask Umbra: What’s better than butter? Spreads will roll
Olive oil from the fridge? Apple sauce? Prunes? Our green advice guru explores a tub full of butter substitutes.
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Move over, baking soda: Surprising pantry items that double as cleaning supplies
You have an arsenal of cleaning supplies lurking in your pantry. Roll-up your sleeves and get ready to pat yourself on the back for how resourceful you are.
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This artist creates fracking scenes with vintage figurines and postcards
In "Scenes from the Attic," Brandi Merolla tackles the big controversy with tiny art.
