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Soil is ground zero in African farming debate

| Jun 4, 2012
Ghana's farmers face tough choices in search for fertility boost.
Posted In: Africa, farming, Ghana, soil, sustainability
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Prof. to student: Get your s*** together

| Feb 24, 2010
A student at NYU's Stern School of Business was frustrated when a professor told him to leave for being an hour late to class. He wrote the professor an e-mail . . . and got his own private lecture.
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The Statue of Liberty Mutual

| Apr 1, 2013
The sequester and other coming government cuts have led the federal government to sell naming rights to monuments and national parks.
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Fact Check: The truth behind fracking claims in 'Promised Land'

| Jan 8, 2013
Dead cows in Pennsylvania? Sorting out fact from fiction in the new feature movie "Promised Land" starring Matt Damon, which examines the underworld of the booming industry of hydraulic fracturing
Posted In: fracking
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Can you still make it in America?

| Jan 18, 2013
Asking Chicagoans what it means to make it in America in today's economy.
Posted In: American dream, Chicago
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Furniture comeback draws attention of politicians

| Sep 4, 2012
Lincolnton Furniture is hailed as a success story for bringing jobs back to the U.S.
Posted In: 2012 election, furniture, insourcing, outsourcing
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Margaret Thatcher's foes turned anger into big business, and a soundtrack for the '80s

| Apr 8, 2013
From punk rock to TV satires such as Spitting Image, many of those who set out to pillory Margaret Thatcher for her policies made a nice living doing so. Listen to the soundtrack that hate created.
Posted In: Britain, Margaret Thatcher, Music
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Grown men who can't wait to play with My Little Ponies

| Mar 29, 2013
My Little Pony has a sizable cult fan base of men 18 - 40. Yes, they're called Bronies.
Posted In: bronies, cultural, my little pony
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Free-conomics: Economists go pro bono

| Nov 28, 2012
Economists are a notoriously self-interested bunch. But one British outfit is giving away its services.
Posted In: Charity, economists
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Why a currency war could hurt you

| Mar 11, 2013
A currency war sounds weirdly abstract, like a game played by rival politicians -- but it can have devastating effects in the real world. And it’s not all that different from a rivalry of different kind – a hypothetical sibling rivalry.
Posted In: currency, Global Currency War

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