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Target Dumping Settlement: Did We Get Fooled by Clever PR?
Target was touting its buy-back program while quietly paying a $22.5 million settlement for illegal dumping of hazardous waste. Did we get fooled?
Read & DiscussGot E-Waste? Target, RadioShack Will Buy Your Old iPhone
Target and RadioShack are buying old gadgets, making it all the easier to keep e-waste out of landfills.
Read & DiscussJeff Koons Cannot Copyright Balloon Animals
The appropriation-loving artist has dropped his legal complaint against Park Life, the manufacturer of balloon animal bookends.
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: "Doubling Happiness" with a Swing Set Billboard
Didier Faustino turns a billboard into a swing set.
Read & DiscussIf Height Matched Income, American Rich Would Be Two Miles Tall
If height and income were proportional, the average American would be waist high. The rich would be two miles tall. The poor? Nearly invisible.
Read & DiscussGoogle Art Project: Street View for Museums
You can now take a stroll through New York's Met, Prague's Kampa, and a host of other art repositories with a mere click of a button.
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: 12 Years Graffiti Writing
Ozkar Gorgias's new artwork shows you what it's like to walk in a street artist's shoes.
Read & DiscussPeople Are Awesome: Skateboarder with No Legs (Video)
Italo Romano is a skateboarder who has no legs. This video of him skating is absolutely inspirational.
Read & DiscussInfographic: Should You Rent or Buy a Home?
It depends on where you live. In Phoenix? Maybe think about buying.
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: Snowflake Photomicrograph from 1890
Wilson A. Bentley was the first person to photograph a single snowflake and the image is stunning—though it may be atypical.
Read & DiscussFootball in Los Angeles: Do Professional Sports Benefit Cities?
AEG envisions a world class event center and football stadium (and NFL team) in downtown L.A. But will it benefit the city?
Read & DiscussToyota: No More Rare Earth Metals
Toyota is developming electric motors that don't use rare earth metals—one area where the innovative automaker lags behind its competitors.
Read & DiscussJulian Assange Frivolously Sued by Insane Person: What It Means
A crazy man from Florida is suing Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange for 150 million "dollors" for "serious personan injury."
Read & DiscussVentura Beach Retreats from Damage of Rising Seas
A bike path and parking lot in Ventura, California, will retreat 65 feet inland to escape rising sea levels. Expect more of this.
Read & DiscussNikola Tesla: The Other Wizard
Nikola Tesla did as much to electrify the second industrial revolution as any man. If only he weren't painted as a mad scientist.
Read & DiscussThe Ghosts of Christmas Trees Past: Seven Sidewalk Disposal Styles
Will Etling takes us on a visual tour of the funniest, saddest, and most inventive methods of Christmas tree disposal on Southland sidewalks.
Read & DiscussIntermission: Mindrelic's Dramatic New York City Timelapse
Josh Owens, also known as Mindrelic, created this wonderfully dramatic timelapse video of his favorite corners of New York City.
Read & DiscussImage of the Day: Those Who Fell in Tucson, Arizona
This is a screenshot of a photo collection of the victims who died in Saturday's tragic shooting.
Read & DiscussCan Jeff Koons Copyright a Balloon Animal?
The artist Jeff Koons has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Park Life, a store and gallery in San Francisco that sells "balloon dog bookends."
Read & DiscussGet the OED for Free
From now until February 5, you can use the OED online for free by logging in with "trynewoed" as the username and password.
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