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Why In-Town Big Box Stores Might Not Be As Awful As You Think
There's evidence the presence of a big box store in the city center helps reduce the amount most people drive.
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Videos
Disturbing Video of the Day: Cloud of Filth Emanates from Bus Seat
Still want to sit in cloth-backed bus seats?
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Photos
Scenes From Europe's Frozen Cities
A photographic tour of the freezing cold consuming much of the continent.
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One Month in Beijing = Smoking 5 Cigarettes
The city's notorious pollution is put into perspective by a local physician.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: 'Gay Lifestyles' Outlawed in St. Petersburg, Russia
Plus, Tucson kills its Mexican American Studies program to comply with state law; Gulfport, Mississippi, clears out lawn couches; a meat thief is banned in Britain.
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Azerbaijan's Plans for a One Kilometer-Tall Skyscraper
The architectural centerpiece for a series of man-made islands would also become the world's tallest building.
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Postcard
Postcard From Venice
Frozen canals, a fake holy water racket, and more news from the "City of Water."
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As Canada's First Nations Start Developing Their Land, Is Sprawl Inevitable?
British Columbia's Tsawwassen First Nation's first development project will be a massive exurban shopping mall.
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Have Americans Given Up On McMansions?
Home sizes have been increasing in the U.S. for decades, but that trend looks to be changing.
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U.S. Cities Are Losing 4 Million Trees a Year
Tree coverage is steadily shrinking in urban America, according to a new study of aerial photos.
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