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Female pot entrepreneurs could make marijuana legal nationwide, help reform the criminal justice system and build gender equality into a billion-dollar industry.
Inside Aleppo, Syria's Most War-Torn City
To the victor go the spoils, but in Syria's largest city there won't be much left.
After Hurricane Katrina, a Man-Made Disaster in New Orleans
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, opportunistic, bureaucratic, racist and politicized rebuilding plans kicked New Orleans when it was down.
A Katrina Relocation Project So Ambitious It Was Doomed to Fail
After Katrina, a Canadian millionaire tried to create an agrarian Shangri-la.
In Focus
Day for Knight
Alabino, Russia—Participants dressed as Old Russian knights and Russian paratroopers take part in the opening ceremony of the inaugural International Army Games on August 1. Moscow created the games, a kind of Olympics for military prowess, to flex its military might and show off weapons it hopes to sell to neighboring nations such as India, Pakistan and China. Sixteen non-NATO nations were invited to compete in 13 events, including a tank biathlon and aerial bombing runs.
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What's Behind the Surge in Israelis Seeking EU Citizenship?
They are rushing to countries their relatives fled before and after the Holocaust.
Tech Is About to Take the Work Out of Finding Your Perfect Job
For too long, we've had to "find a job." It's about time the right jobs found us.
For Pluto 'Truthers,' the New Horizons Mission Is Only the Latest Lie
Continuing a long tradition of space program conspiracy theories, 'Pluto Truthers' claim NASA is faking it.
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Downtime
He's New York's most prolific body-painter, and he's bringing 100 nude models to Manhattan this weekend.
I Do...and I Do...and I Do Again
Why do Pieter Langendijk and Marcella van Huisstede get married in a new city every year?
An Exposé on Wall Street Exposés
Don't want your children to grow up to be bankers? Then don't let them read "Straight to Hell."