Article — From the July 2012 issue
Broken Heartland
The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains
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Article — From the July 2012 issue
The looming collapse of agriculture on the Great Plains
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Amount of cash CNN reporter Peter Arnett says he wore sewn into his clothes while covering the Gulf War:

Babies prefer to look at attractive people.

A woman testified that prostitutes at the “bunga bunga” parties thrown by former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had dressed up as President Obama.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”