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Smelly plant forces idyllic picnic area to shut for a month

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A picnic area at a tourist attraction in Arizona has been closed to visitors because of the presence of a pungent plant called stinknet - which smells as lovely as it sounds.Officials at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument announced on Wednesday the area will ... More »

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Rebecca Hall Redefines Stardom

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Rebecca Hall stood in front of an easel, her face contemplative. She moved a paintbrush gently on a palette, then applied the paint to the canvas. This was in her studio, a converted barn next door to where Ms. Hall lives in upstate New York with her husband, ... More »

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Airbnb host increased price by 39% after booking

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My daughter used my credit card to book a five-month stay using Airbnb after taking up an internship in Toronto. After the host accepted the booking, she got an email saying the price for the overall stay had increased by £4,000 – a further 39%.Panicked, and u... More »

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New ‘Serial’ Podcast Explores Life at Guantánamo Bay

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Season 4 of the “Serial” podcast, nearly a decade in the making, tells an insider history of the infamous American military prison.Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.I... More »

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Oregon’s Right to Repair bill is now a law

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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has signed the state's Right to Repair bill into law, and it even comes with a provision that potentially makes it stronger than California's and Minnesota's versions. It's the first to prohibit (PDF) a practice called "parts pairing... More »

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Baltimore’s Key Bridge Was Hit By a Ship in 1980

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The massive cargo ship that lost control and slammed into a major Baltimore bridge on Tuesday was not the first to do so. The same bridge was also hit by a wayward cargo vessel in 1980.On Aug. 29 of that year, a container ship named the Blue Nagoya drifted int... More »

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