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'The Dangerous Animals Club': 5 stories from Stephen Tobolowsky's book
Prolific actor Stephen Tobolowsky looks back over his life in his collection of essays.
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6 styles of parenting from around the globe
In 'How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm,' writer Mei-Ling Hopgood explores parenting customs from other cultures.
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Top 10 sports biographies I wish somebody would write
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The top 10 weirdest stories of 2010
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Blue crabs in Maine? Something fishy about global warming.
Warming oceans are changing the mix of species in the world's fisheries, according to a new study. Marine-ecosystem models have indicated that this could be an effect from global warming.
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Ray Harryhausen was a special-effects pioneer
Ray Harryhausen perfected the stop-motion method of effects, creating characters that were from 3 to 15 inches tall for his sequences. Ray Harryhausen is cited as an inspiration by director George Lucas and writer Ray Bradbury.
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Change Agent Rural electric co-ops go green
Electric cooperatives have served rural Americans for generations. Some are taking advantage of their member-owned status to begin weaning their regions off of fossil fuels.
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Yoga pants recall hits Lululemon stores (+video)
Yoga pants recall involves the Lululemon fitness brand's popular black yoga pants, which were found to be too revealing. The company blamed a 'major quality control problem' for the yoga pants recall.
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Energy Voices Crowd-funding emerges as source of capital for cleantech
Crowd-funding may provide cleantech entrepreneurs early-stage capital at a time when early-stage funding is drying up for cleantech.
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Culture Cafe 'Red Widow' star Goran Visnjic discusses his villainous new role
'Red Widow' actor Goran Visnjic portrays a Russian mob leader in the new TV show. 'Red Widow' premiered March 3.
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From wooden skis to Olympic hopefuls: Why Pakistan's Air Force is training skiiers
In Pakistan's isolated Naltar Valley the Pakistani Air Force is training children who learned to ski on wooden planks tied to boots with wire for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Energy Voices Will leak detection end the oil pipeline impasse?
Adrian Banica, founder and CEO of Synodon, a company that builds systems to detect pipeline leaks, discusses how remote sensing technology can find little pipeline leaks before they become big leaks, in an interview with OilPrice.com.
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Chapter & Verse Blonde 'Anne of Green Gables'? A new cover displeases loyal readers
A new book cover for the classic novel 'Anne of Green Gables,' showing Anne as a blonde without freckles lounging in a plaid shirt, has Amazon users up in arms.
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Energy Voices Canada considers oil spill legislation. Repercussions for Keystone XL?
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet is reportedly considering offshore oil and pipeline legislation that would appease environmentalists, Alic writes. While environmentalists focus on the new pipelines like Keystone XL, Alic adds, the real threat is the older pipelines.
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L.A. to crack down on 'birthing tourism'
Los Angeles may take action against so-called maternity hotels, where pregnant women from other countries wait to deliver babies that will be born as U.S. citizens.
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In Gear Canada jump starts country's electric car charging network
Canada is seeing the development of several charging station programs across the country, in preparation for increased electric vehicle ownership, Ingram writes.
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Four planets in 'habitable zones' spotted within spitting distance of Earth
Astronomers say they used a new statistical technique to find four possible super-Earths orbiting in the habitable zone of two stars within 22 light-years of Earth, Gliese 667C and tau Ceti.
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Chapter & Verse Does the literary world need a women-only prize?
The Rosalind Prize for Fiction – named for Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' heroine – follows awards like Australia's women-only Stella Prize and the U.K.'s Orange Prize.
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Amanda Todd: Bullied teen shared story, then committed suicide
Amanda Todd, the bullied Canadian teen whose video documenting her troubles went viral, committed suicide.
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'The Dangerous Animals Club': 5 stories from Stephen Tobolowsky's book
Prolific actor Stephen Tobolowsky looks back over his life in his collection of essays.
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In Gear Tesla 'superchargers' up the ante for green technologies
Tesla Motors has debuted a network of Superchargers, fast-charging stations for electric cars. The new green technology is about twice as powerful as previous fast-charging stations, according to Green Car Reports.
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Focus Obama plan for high-speed rail, after hitting a bump, chugs forward again
High-speed rail plans, announced by the White House in 2009, are back on track after Amtrak commits to upgrades in the Northeast and California approves billions to build new tracks.
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Chapter & Verse Asking 'Where's Waldo' helps increase local bookstore business
The 'Find Waldo Local' campaign, held nationwide for the month of July, had customers hunting for Waldo in independent bookstores and businesses.
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The $14 billion Summer Olympics: Why does London even want them?
Unlike recent past hosts of the Olympic Games, London has nothing to prove to anyone. Yet it has paid handsomely to hold the Games – for reasons that go beyond mere prestige.
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New studies cast doubt on NASA's arsenic bacteria claims (+video)
Research led by a NASA astrobiologist in 2010 that suggested the existence of bacteria could grow using arsenic instead of phosphorus has been challenged by two new studies.
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The Reformed Broker Could gold really be on the ropes?
When looking at gold you can be an expert in the fairy tale aspect or accept the fact that it is the ultimate Greater Fool trade, for better or for worse. With levels reading 1500 an ounce, at least one analyst thinks the hallowed metal may be flirting with breaking under.
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Is Canada about to face US-style housing meltdown?
Skyrocketing home prices in Canada, particularly in cities like Toronto, are fueling concerns that Canadians are overspending as they assume – as the US did – that real estate prices can only go up.
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Maurice Sendak beloved by parents and kids around the world
Maurice Sendak, who passed away this week, was beloved by parents and kids around the world, who admired his unique storytelling abilities that could transport the reader into wild worlds of unfettered imagination and wonder.
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Modern Parenthood Mother's Day: Consider the life lived in 15-minute increments
Mother's Day: The prosaic detail of a mother's day – lived in 15-minute increments of cereal, pet-minding, chauffeuring, professional duties, homework, and ... bedtime – is part what we thank her for.
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