via washingtonpost.com – World News and Analysis From The Washington Post by Molly Moore on Aug 06, 2007
PARIS, Aug. 6 — Five armed, masked thieves sprinted into an art museum on the French Riviera during opening hours Sunday afternoon, snatched a Claude Monet and three other masterpieces off the walls, stuffed them in bags and made their get-aways by motorcyle and car, French authorities said Monday. Visit the original item

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via TreeHugger on Jul 31, 2007

swaptree%20how%20it%20works.jpg We have a lot of books, and getting rid of them is tough. We have tried eBay, garage sales and Freecycle, but books are different, They are the ultimate “long tail” product; somebody is interested in it but how do you find them? Jeff Bezos knew this. There are more books than any store could stock, or that one neighbourhood could aborb. Books are small and dense, catalogued by a universal numbering system and relatively easy to ship; he built Amazon around them and the rest is history. That is what is so interesting about Swaptree, a new trading system for books, CD’s and DVD…
http://www.swaptree.com/

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Fairfax County, located in Northern Virginia outside of Washington, DC, has signed the “Cool Counties” declaration:

Fairfax County is helping to lead a national effort for counties to reduce global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050, an achievable average annual reduction of 2 percent. The Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration also urges the federal government to adopt legislation requiring an 80 percent emissions reduction by 2050 and calls for fuel economy standards to be raised to 35 miles per gallon within a decade.

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