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6 More U.S. Counties Are Now Majority-Minority
Welcome to your demographic future, Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Swarm Watch
17-Year Brood II Cicadas Emergence Update: They're Nearly Heeeere!
The sex-crazed insects have been busy in the past few weeks, with early sightings in the lands surrounding New York and Washington, D.C.
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Superstorm Sandy Was So Powerful the Ground Shook in Seattle
Earthquakes aren't the only thing to make the earth shiver.
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'Sandy' Is Retired as a Name for Hurricanes
The super storm was so damaging and deadly that the world's meteorologists will not repeat its name.
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How to Protect an Urban River From Pollution
A million people live in the Raritan River watershed, so any environmental action requires an impressive level of regional cooperation.
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Why Are There Still So Many Train Stations Named Penn Station?
The Pennsylvania Railroad isn't coming through that tunnel — so how come we keep going through its doors?
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The Strange Beauty of Airports Photographed From Above
Jeffrey Milstein has turned a lifelong fascination with airplanes into a gorgeous portrait series of jet hubs.
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Cory Booker Is an Old-School Politician Disguised as a New Media Maven
Booker's SXSW debut had all the makings (and soundbites) of a man who intends to continue his meteoric rise.
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How Flight Delays Spread From Airport to Airport Like a Disease
Air travel congestion can quickly spread from a few cities to a whole network.
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Superhero Mayor Cory Booker Strikes Again
He saved a freezing dog.

