Topic: Central Park (New York)
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3 new novels featuring risk-taking protagonists
In these three new releases, characters seize at chances for new experiences.
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10 snapshots of New York from celebrated diaries
From 'New York Diaries' edited by Teresa Carpenter, 10 stories of New York City through the centuries.
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Strauss-Kahn and five other vexing sexual assault cases
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 01/12
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In Pictures: John Lennon anniversary
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Sculpture: Sending in angels
Lin Evola-Smidt turns weapons into art – on an increasingly ambitious scale.
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New York tries to create Gardens of Eden on city streets
The Bloomberg administration sets up oases of plants and blooms of umbrellas along Broadway in a quest to devise a new urban aesthetic. Is it the Left Bank of Paris or just a bank of shrubs?
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Five great green TED talks
The Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference announced its 2009 prizewinners Thursday, which gives me an excuse to link to five of my favorite environmentally themed TED talks.
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Traffic stoppers
An increasing number of cities are temporarily closing streets to cars and opening them to pedestrians and cyclists. It fosters a greater sense of community.
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Eye to beak with a red-footed boobie!
For kids: Researchers 'rough it' in the wilderness to learn more about the wildlife on tiny Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
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Review: 'Meet Dave'
Eddie Murphy demonstrates his comedic gifts again this time as an alien spaceship shaped as a human entity.
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Europeans eye U.S. models to ease school segregation
A diverse area in Amsterdam weighs assigning students based in part on race, class, and parents' education level.
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Review: 'The Happening'
Shyamalan's lean offering will creep you out even though the plot misses a few logic links.
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Dog days of summer vacation
Discover the most dog-friendly destinations in the US and Canada.
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How Earth Day became … so everyday
At 38, an activist event has become an occasion for noting widespread practices – and for eyeing new concerns.
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How Earth Day became … so everyday
At 38, an activist event has become an occasion for noting widespread practices – and for eyeing new concerns.
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'The Visitor' outstays its welcome
A widower's humdrum existence is shaken up when he discovers illegal immigrants squatting in his New York apartment.
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Turning cities into art galleries
Public art can generate big revenues and beautify urban areas. Or it can anger residents. How does one measure its success?
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'Cloning' comes to trees in new preservation push
To keep natural history alive, a New York program tries grafting ancient giants.
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The hush before the rush in New York
At dawn, an unfamiliar quiet engulfs the city.
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He shows visitors how to eat wild in New York's parks
Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
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He shows visitors how to eat wild in New York's parks
Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
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