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Where Are America’s Greenest Cities?

Travel + Leisure ranks the top 20 most environmentally friendly cities. Did your hometown make the cut?

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To Skirt Ban, McDonald’s to Charge for Happy Meal Toys in San Francisco

To get around a new law that bans giveaways in kids’ meals, toys will now cost an extra dime.

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Want Your City to Be Weird? Name it Portland

Or just move to New Orleans.

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No Light Work: Researchers Claim to Have Created World’s Lightest Solid

Scientists are breaking new ground in the eternal quest to create ever-lighter materials – this time forging a metal so weightless it can sit atop a dandelion.

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Fear the ‘Stache: San Francisco Mayor is ’2 Legit 2 Quit’ in Insane Campaign Video

This is going to be the best video you’ve watched all day.

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Should a 25% Tip Be Standard at High-End Restaurants?

A mysteriously sourced story is creating buzz that San Francisco servers want to make a 25% tip mandatory. While the talk is thus far unsubstantiated, the question remains: Should a tip ever be automatic?

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The Hotel Minibar Gets a Makeover

Is it possible that those ridiculous prices for in-room goodies might actually become worth it?

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QUOTE: Free Speech On BART Platforms?

“Outside the fare gates, that’s the public forum area. Inside the fare gates is a non-public forum and by law, by the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court, there is no right to free speech there.” — LINTON JOHNSON, spokesperson for San Francisco’s BART rapid transit service, explaining the banning of cell phones during a protest (via [...]

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98-Year-Old Woman Earns Highest Degree in Judo

Watch out for this one. At 4 feet and 10 inches and weighing in at 100 lbs., this judo master may make a formidable opponent.

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Airbnb Renter Wrecks Woman’s San Francisco Home

Airbnb, a startup company that links travelers seeking a more homey place to stay with hosts willing to rent their homes, is trying to make amends after one woman’s home was destroyed by a renter.