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submitted by Jenna for team Bicyclism 70 weeks 3 days 11 hours 18 minutes ago
The mayor of crime-ridden, smog-choked Mexico City is trying to do what some might consider impossible: transform his megalopolis into a place that's more healthy, livable and even fun.
And despite much skepticism, initiatives such as "urban beaches" and outdoor movies have become a wild success.
Mexico's capital...(more)
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submitted by Jenna for team Breast cancer info 81 weeks 4 days 12 hours 22 minutes ago
It's a Monday evening two weeks before Mother's Day. I'm in the emergency room holding my 3-year-old as he gasps for breath. He started wheezing at three in the morning and isn't responding to medication. He sits hunched in my lap, his head against my chest,...(more)
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submitted by Jenna for team Outdoor news 83 weeks 3 days 1 hour 53 minutes ago
A blind British adventurer touched down in Sydney Monday to end an epic 13,500-mile flight by microlight aircraft from London.
Miles Hilton-Barber braved snowstorms, freezing temperatures and torrential downpours during his 59-day journey under the supervision of sighted co-pilot Richard Meredith-Hardy.
"It's the fulfillment of an amazing dream,"...(more)
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submitted by Jenna 83 weeks 3 days 1 hour 56 minutes ago
Meredith Nunn is ready to fence up her 19-acre fruit orchard and quit farming in East Contra Costa County.
Because her property is within the county's protected agricultural core, Nunn is not allowed to operate a bed-and-breakfast on her farm. She can't build a small restaurant or...(more)
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submitted by Jenna 83 weeks 3 days 2 hours 3 minutes ago
CAN size matter too much? A lot of the furniture, lighting and accessories unveiled by the world's best-known designers here proved this equation: Accessible technology plus bloated ego equals big mistake.
Too often, good design took a back seat to folly at the home furnishings extravaganza. There...(more)
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submitted by Jenna 83 weeks 3 days 2 hours 2 minutes ago
NOT long ago, the Los Angeles area was filled with specialty nurseries that grew nearly every kind of landscape plant imaginable â orchids, roses, cactuses. The rise in property values during the last few decades, however, has pushed growers, especially the smaller ones, to the fringes.
Some...(more)
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submitted by Jenna 83 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago
A 4-year-old boy lay on an operating table here a few weeks ago with a tumor that had eaten into his brain and the base of his skull. Standard surgery would involve cutting open his face, leaving an ugly scar and hindering his facial growth as...(more)
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submitted by Jenna 27 weeks 3 days 6 hours 21 minutes ago
This 4 and 1/2 minute video shows how to make a sculpted cake of your favorite dog - but it would feel weird to eat it.
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