This week's question: A Washington state lawmaker wants to legalize the composting of human remains, saying that many Washingtonians are excited about the prospect of becoming tree food. If a gardening company were to start selling a fertilizer made from human compost, what snappy brand name could it give the product?
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THE WINNER: "Pushing Up Daisies"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
SECOND PLACE: "Gone but Now for Garden"
Jill Curtiss, Deer Harbor, Washington
THIRD PLACE: "Man-ure"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pennsylvania
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Clover My Dead Body"
Drew Fagan, Gualala, California
"Lawn of the Dead"
Greg Erickson, Somers, New York
"Autopsoil"
Emily Aborn, Temple, New Hampshire
"I Seed Dead People"
James Tobiason, Phoenix, Oregon
"Rest in Peat"
Daphine Neville, Newburyport, Massachusetts
"MiracleBro"
Bill Mistele, New City, New York
"Him & Her-tilizer"
Robyn Nelson, Sun City, Arizona
"Posthumus"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
"Mother-in-Lawn"
Mike Weepie, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
"Loam Alone"
Ivan Kershn, Salem, South Carolina
"Soil-ent Green"
Stuart Antrim, Cleveland, Georgia
"Scott's (Literally) Turf Builder"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
"There You Grow"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
"Nitro-Gent"
Erin Mistele, Peapack, New Jersey
"Bros under Hoes"
Thomas Mistele, Flemington, New Jersey
"For Peat's Sake, it's Pete"
Jennifer Kitchin, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
"From Me to Yew"
Kim Koehler, Portland, Oregon
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Political cartoons for December 23Cartoons Tuesday's political cartoons include an eye on CBS, cracking the middle class, and Donald Trump's name on everything
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Women carrying ChristmasTalking Point As the Christmas frenzy ramps up, many mums feel the pressure of ‘keeping the whole sleigh on the road’
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Is Keir Starmer being hoodwinked by China?Today's Big Question PM’s attempt to separate politics and security from trade and business is ‘naïve’
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
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Nigeria confused by Trump invasion threatSpeed Read Trump has claimed the country is persecuting Christians
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Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s Iron Lady set to be the country’s first woman prime ministerIn the Spotlight Takaichi is a member of Japan’s conservative, nationalist Liberal Democratic Party
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Russia is ‘helping China’ prepare for an invasion of TaiwanIn the Spotlight Russia is reportedly allowing China access to military training
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Interpol arrests hundreds in Africa-wide sextortion crackdownIN THE SPOTLIGHT A series of stings disrupts major cybercrime operations as law enforcement estimates millions in losses from schemes designed to prey on lonely users
