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For its 120th birthday, the Eiffel Tower gets a little hat.
Some question whether it’s swimmers who are breaking world records, or their new, high-tech Speedos.
It’s not a groundswell; it’s a tidal wave. It’s the biggest thing to happen in Tibetan history for 40 years. Tibet expert explains what’s going on, what’s next.
Audio: Meditation-expert monks have more compassionate brains than those without meditative training.
“I’m not a happy bunny.” Heathrow’s new terminal continues to fail spectacularly.
Ten technology gadgets to covet, like a solar-powered robot lawnmower.
Audio: British radio host gets the giggles during obituary, audience coos.
The $35 movie ticket will arrive with reclining seats and sushi service.
The number 4,000 is too great to grasp even for us that are here in Iraq.
“Were we looking at a new Jackie O or more of an Audrey Hepburn or perhaps, even, a touch of Diana.” Unlike their Gallic counterparts, the British press swoon for Carla Bruni.
Some may bristle over using sex to sell veganism, but the opposite is admittedly much harder.
A tub for the reading-in-the-bath folks.
Related: How to dry out a wet book.
More often Brockmeier’s pity is directed toward white Americans who grew up during the 1980s. Christian Lorentzen on Kevin Brockmeier’s “Magic Feelism.”
Video: Nicole Pasulka on sign-language remakes of music videos.
“This is not a bomb! This is not terror!” On the train to Brooklyn, a student’s science project began smoking in his backpack.
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Tentative cease-fire in Tripoli; U.N. evacuates non-combatants from refugee camps.
Bad if true: U.S. military official claims Iran is prepping al Qaeda for an all-out war this summer.
By 1921 American eugenicists had so firmly implanted fears of racial pollution through sex that 15 states had passed laws permitting involuntary eugenic sterilization. The etymology of “white trash.”
New York’s currently: humming Lou Rawls
West African girls trafficked into domestic service for rich U.K. families.
Connecticut will no longer superseal court records.
City installs antiterrorism plan, Operation Atlas.
Studies show, New Yorkers with dogs risk dying alone. [ via K ]