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Fine Diner to Riffraff: Tipsy Tales of 4-Star Benders - New York Times

At fancy restaurants, the inebriation comes at a higher price, but it looks much the same.

The First Word - Book - Review - New York Times

Christine Kenneally’s lucid survey of the expanding field of language evolution is dedicated to solving what she calls “the hardest problem in science today.”

Michelangelo Antonioni - An Appraisal - New York Times

Decades before it was given a name, Michelangelo Antonioni recognized the malady we now call attention deficit disorder.

Getty to Return 40 Artifacts to Italy - New York Times

An Aphrodite statue, one of the Getty’s prized pieces, is among the works to be returned, but it will remain at the museum until 2010.

Brazil, Alarmed, Reconsiders Policy on Climate Change - New York Times

Brazilian policy makers have begun showing signs of new flexibility in the tangled, politically volatile international negotiations to limit human-caused global warming.

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Russian explorers ready for epic North Pole plunge (Update)

PhysOrg news: Russian explorers ready for epic North Pole plunge (Update)

Ctrl + Alt + Del if you've heard this one before

PhysOrg news: Ctrl + Alt + Del if you've heard this one before

Coelacanth fossil sheds light on fin-to-limb evolution

PhysOrg news: Coelacanth fossil sheds light on fin-to-limb evolution

Researchers find gene for left-handedness

PhysOrg news: Researchers find gene for left-handedness

Electricity from body heat

PhysOrg news: Electricity from body heat

Condo Architect Angles for Energy Savings With Tilted-Window Design

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Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart - Newsweek: World News - MSNBC.com

Thousands of adolescents work as unpaid baggers in Wal-Mart’s Mexican stores. The retail giant isn’t breaking any laws--but that doesn’t mean the government is happy with the practice.

Norma Gabler, Leader of Crusade on Textbooks, Dies at 84 - New York Times

Norma Gabler became the public face of a crusade with her husband to rid schoolbooks of content they considered antifamily, anti-American and anti-God.

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