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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