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Infographic: How Cocaine Use Is Blowing Up

What used to be the "American drug" is now popular worldwide.

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People Are Awesome: European Mayor Uses Tank to Crush Car Blocking Bike Lane

A publicity stunt on behalf of bicyclists involves a Lithuanian mayor destroying a luxury sedan with a tank. Sweet revenge.

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Would You Pay $57 More to Fly to London?

Ticket prices to Europe could rise if the European Union gets its way and starts charging American airlines for their flights' carbon emissions.

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Homeschool: How to Get Your Finances in Order

You can't control those reckless banks and free-borrowing governments, but you can get your own budget in order. Here's how.

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Rich Americans Are Far Richer Than Rich Foreigners

If you thought America's rich were doing well for America, try comparing them to France and Germany's rich.

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Why Farmers Are Embracing Social Media: the #AgChat Story

Farmers are fighting rural isolation—and cow conundrums—with social media to make better food, and food policy.

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Image of the Day: 12 Years Graffiti Writing

Ozkar Gorgias's new artwork shows you what it's like to walk in a street artist's shoes.

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Places Jared Loughner Wouldn't Have Been Able to Own His Gun, and Why

In many countries and states, Jared Loughner wouldn't have been able to legally own the gun he used to allegedly kill six people. Here's why.

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Intermission: Mapping 10 Centuries of European History in Five Minutes

Here's a cartographic exploration of 10 centuries of European history animated into a five-minute video.

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Can the U.K.'s Social Impact Bonds Work in the United States?

A new plan harnesses profit incentive to solve social problems. If it works, it could scale big enough to change government programs everywhere.

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Why Do Western Europeans Want to Ban the Burka?

According to Financial Times's latest Harris Poll, more than half the voters in France favor a law banning women from wearing the burka in public....