- April 22, 2008 • 3:54 pm PDT
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Lindsay Utz
Danielle Flug
Lindsay Utz
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What Does Teaching Creativity Look Like?
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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What the 2.4-Cent Penny Says About America's Budget Problem
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This Valentine's Day, Celebrate All Kinds of Love
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Birth Control Costs More Than You Think—Even for the Lucky Ones
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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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Lessons from Prop. 8: Why We Shouldn't Put Our Civil Rights Up for a Popular Vote
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Intermission: The Most Beautiful Valentine Ever Made
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Labor of Love: 4 Lessons From My Imperfect Love Life
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Wastelands Around the World Unite! Cities' Forgotten Spaces Become Artists' Canvases
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People Are Awesome: Politicians Slash Gas Prices for Needy Drivers
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Better Place, the electric vehicle company that's promoting a subscription car model (where you pay for the energy you use, and get the car for a...
