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Shutterstock How has one of America's biggest cities resisted the medical establishment on fluoridation?
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Should You Buy That Beachfront Home in the Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways?
Homes ripped apart by the superstorm are proving to be magnets for bargain hunters—but not everyone is getting a good deal.
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Is Bloomberg the Right Leader of the Anti-Gun Movement?
The blunt-spoken billionaire mayor may be popular in Washington and New York, but that popularity doesn't extend to other parts of the country.
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Parking Ticket of the Day: The One Rep. Louie Gohmert Isn't Paying
Will the Texas congressman pay up?
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More Thoughts on Creating an Effective Assault Weapons Ban
We can reduce street crimes by making the gun owner responsible for whatever happens with the weapon, no matter who pulls the trigger.
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Istanbul Is a City on the Brink of Crisis
An earthquake could decimate 2 million of the city's 3 milion apartments. But not everyone is happy with Turkey's solution.
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More Than Half of America's Rivers Are Very Polluted
A new report by the EPA found that the majority of rivers and streams can't support healthy aquatic life.
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Do Texting Bans Really Prevent Fatal Accidents?
New research says yes — but only under certain conditions.
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Gay Marriage and the Power of Cities to Change the Country
What was once popular opinion – and public policy – in San Francisco could soon be the national norm.
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How to Create an Assault Weapons Ban That Would Actually Cut Down on Violence
The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban had important, positive effects that were just beginning to take root when it expired in 2004.
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The Great Georgia-Tennessee Border War of 2013
Georgia's state senate just declared that it, not its neighbor to the north, controls part of the Tennessee River at Nickajack.
