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police Suspicious package at train station was new device for reporting suspicious packages David Pescovitz

politics The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection Jennifer Sandlin

Science These 100-year-old flounder photos look like abstract design studies Popkin

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nyc This 1930s children's book on city planning is a delight Gail Sherman

law Elementary school's wooden "time out box" alarms parents Rob Beschizza

trains Amtrak reports record ridership and revenue Rob Beschizza

social media "The closer to the railway station the less tasty the Kebab is" — data scientist investigates Ellsworth Toohey

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sustainability Recycled plastic railway ties have lower carbon footprints Rob Beschizza

photos How a 1937 hoax captured the imagination with giant grasshoppers Popkin

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creative writing Ray Bradbury used 98 dimes to write the first draft of "Fahrenheit 451" on a coin-operated typewriter Mark Frauenfelder

News Railway workers built secret apartments in train stations Rob Beschizza

politics New York's governor deploys National Guard to protect subway riders Mark Frauenfelder

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Science 5 women caught eye syphilis from same man in first such outbreak Carla Sinclair

magic Watch "Siegfried and Joy" perform their infectiously happy magic, to the delight of audiences across the globe Jennifer Sandlin