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Giant Mutant Rats Invading Iran

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“Rats have been a problem for many years in Tehran. As the BBC reported in 2000, officials back then launched a poison control program that they hoped would kill many of the estimated 25 million rats in the city. Well, now there are reports that the poison isn’t working that …

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Student Disarms Teen Gunman Gets Suspended

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“A Florida high school student was suspended after he disarmed another student who allegedly threatened to shoot someone while on a school bus. An unnamed 16-year-old student from Cypress Lake High School in Fort Myers, Fla., was suspended for three days after he disarmed a 15-year-old peer who allegedly threatened …

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Sue Colorado, Say Failed ‘War on Drugs’ Chiefs

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“Eight former U.S. drug chiefs warned the federal government Tuesday that time is running out to nullify Colorado and Washington’s new laws legalizing recreational marijuana use, and a United Nations agency also urged challenges to the measures it says violate international treaties.”* Former DEAs are asking President Obama to sue …

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Concrete Tent | I Didn’t Know That

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Watch Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips quickly construct a building made of concrete canvas—a material that has all the elements of concrete, but is flexible enough to be turned into any shape. This technology allows people to erect permanent structures in a fraction of the time needed for traditional building …

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