GOOD DAY FOR:
Profiting off global warming
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Striking something better than gold
Russia declassifies the existence of one of the richest diamond fields in existence, a Siberian cache that may hold up to $1 quadrillion in diamonds. [Tecca]
Big-city living
A new study finds that rural residents are twice as likely as city-dwellers to get Alzheimer's. [Huffington Post]
BAD DAY FOR:
Big-city living
A college student strolling through New York is knocked unconscious by a futon mattress thrown from 30 stories up. [Gothamist]
RUIs
A Kentucky man is charged with riding under the influence... while traveling by horse. [Death & Taxes]
Failed cover-ups
A nuclear submarine commander fakes his own death to end an affair with his pregnant mistress, who quickly realizes that his emailed death notification is not legitimate. [Newser]
For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: September 18, 2012
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Political cartoons for February 11Cartoons Wednesday's political cartoons include erasing Epstein, the national debt, and disease on demand
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Can the UK take any more rain?Today’s Big Question An Atlantic jet stream is ‘stuck’ over British skies, leading to ‘biblical’ downpours and more than 40 consecutive days of rain in some areas
