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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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The Subway Falafel Sandwich and the Americanization of Ethnic Food
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Want to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
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Most Students Who Should Be Taking AP Exams Aren't
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Birth Control Costs More Than You Think—Even for the Lucky Ones
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GOOD Citizenship Task 10: Contact a Local Elected Leader on an Issue of Interest to You #30DaysofGOOD
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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As if cyclists around the world needed even more reason to pine for the streets and bike paths of Copenhagen.

Kristina Alexanderson's project gives emotion to expressionless Lego stormtroopers.

In the first of our new taste test series, Sarah Rich samples a soda and brownie from the growing assortment of "downer" foods and beverages.

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CAKE, the band, records albums with electricity coming from nothing but the sun's rays.

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