Henry Grabar
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What's Going On With Rob Ford, Toronto's Alleged Crack-Smoking Mayor?
Plus a brief history of Rob Ford impersonators.
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Why You Can't Be Blasé About the Next World's Tallest Building
Zhang Yue's dream to reinvent urban life.
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Bizarre Bike Vs. Car Saga of the Day: The Sorry Story of Emma Way
After boasting that she had knocked over a cyclist in her car, Way has become international news.
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With Portland's Latest Rejection of Fluoride, Science Loses Out to History's Weirdest Alliance of Paranoiacs
How has one of America's biggest cities resisted the medical establishment on fluoridation?
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Airline Perk of the Day: A Book That Lasts Precisely the Length of Your Flight
Qantas Airways' new literary marketing strategy.
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A Treasure Trove of Economic Data on European Metro Areas
On a continent with particularly soft international borders, the success (or failure) of cities in navigating the recession has remained largely unexamined.
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Addictive Geography Game of the Day: A Place-Guessing Challenge for Specific Cities, Parks, and More
Plus thematic challenges!
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Engineering Feat of the Day: A 7-Million Pound Building on 40-Foot Stilts
Oh, and it's 115 years old, too.
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New Hampshire Town Sues Parking Meter Vigilantes
Generosity and harassment go hand in hand in Keene.
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Did Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Smoke Crack on Video?
Three reporters who have seen the tape agree that's what it looks like.

