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  'Captain America' Wins Worldwide Rock Paper Scissors Competition

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:26 PM ET

  employee of the Aeropostale at his local mall, bested 512 competitors who flew in from all over the world, including Australia, China and Mexico, and in the end squared off against his best bud, one of five teammates who participated in the competition from his hometown. For his win Read More

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  US, Mexico, Canada Forge Environmental Cooperation

  By David Bois | Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:44 PM ET

  forged an agreement to collaboratively identify and address wilderness protection priorities across North America.The US has cooperated with both Mexico and Canada on shared natural resources concerns dating back to the early part of the last century. But the intergovernmental initiative no Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, United States, Canada, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Worldwatch Institute, World, Science, Politics & Policy, Americas, Environment, Life Sciences
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  Photo Gallery: International Day of Climate Action

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  their own expressions of the importance of 350:Vilandai, India Sydney, Australia Koprivnica, Croatia Santa Cruz, California, USA Mexico City, Mexico Kunar, Afghanistan A beach somewhere in the world There are many more where these came from. To submit your own 350-themed images, e-mai Read More

  More like this in: California, Climate change, India, Australia, Afghanistan, Santa Cruz, GOOD Magazine, Croatia, Bill McKibben
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  Tonic's 50 Most Beautiful People: 11-20

  By Lisa Germinsky | Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:09 PM ET

  the organization continues to help those in need, in times of crisis. Recent efforts have focused on the earthquakes in Peru, Hurricane Dean in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the tornado victims in the southern US, California fire victims, as well as getting 25,000 pairs of shoes to the victim Read More

  More like this in: Children, Education, Schools, Philanthropy, Afghanistan, Farmers Market, Hurricane Katrina, Entrepreneurship, Hurricane, Labor, Congo
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  Pick Up Artists: Lady Taxi Drivers in Ladies-Only Taxis

  By Jac Chebatoris | Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:00 AM ET

  for breast cancer awareness, the PINK line of tiny undies and things by Victoria's Secret and now there are pink taxis on the streets of Puebla in Mexico. Pink taxis for women, driven by women, some feminists say (according to the piece posted on MSNBC via the AP), are not helping the equalit Read More

  More like this in: Transportation, MSNBC, Pink, Women's Rights, Feminism, Life & Style, Culture
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  Pink Cabs: Latest Weapon in Women's Lib

  By Darragh Worland | Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:17 AM ET

  right? And indeed they would. But that still won't help those of the male persuasion get a lift.The new fleet of 35 pink Chevy compact cabs in Mexico's city of Puebla are driven by women only and only pick up women, reports the Associated Press. Each taxi comes with a beauty kit, GPS syste Read More

  More like this in: New York City, Associated Press, The Associated Press, Moscow, Taxi Drivers, World, Business, Americas, Good Ideas
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  Tuning in to a Better Life

  By Kendall Hunter | Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:05 AM ET

  Thanks to them, I was able to survive, learn music and support my family."Members of the network have performed for dignitaries around the world, in Mexico City, New York and Washington as well as a concert for the late Pope John Paul ll in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.Now that's a gang w Read More

  More like this in: New York, Children, Music, Schools, Washington, Germany, The Guardian, Classical Music, Gangs, Vatican City
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  Microcredit for Mexico: Grameen Carso Launches

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  on the action. Last week his foundation, Fundación Carlos Slim, and Grameen Trust announced the launch of the Grameen Carso microcredit program in Mexico, according to a CSRWire press release. The new organization, based on the Grameen Bank model, will give Mexico's poorest people opportunitie Read More

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  Build Well-being While Reducing Poverty

  By John Casey | Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  care. Only 24 percent of people classified as poor in a new study rated their life satisfaction as low, according to Mariano Rojas, a professor at Mexico's Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Rojas' work also showed that about 18 percent of people in the "non-poor" category als Read More

  More like this in: Health, Poverty, Employment, Health Care, Quality Of Life, Costa Rica, Mariano Rojas
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  Happy Trails

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:49 AM ET

  marketing your product, it seems the more specific you can be, the better – as evidenced by the best tourism gimmick we’ve heard of yet: New Mexico’s Green Chili Cheeseburger Trail. We’re guessing the regular cheeseburger trail was taken up by some other city? Photo courtesy Ken Lund Read More

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