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State-level legal challenges to K-12 educational freedom continue. Jason Bedrick offers his analysis.

A cabinet reshuffle, billed as a "big shake-up", fails to tackle the country's growing problems

The study measured the awareness, popularity and appeal of toy brands among children, but separated the findings between genders

The copper-mining industry needs huge amounts of energy. How much can renewables provide?

Ecuador's central bank experiments with electronic money—on its own refreshment trolley

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For the second time, we find ourselves with nothing more to say regarding Vladimir Putin’s Russia.  Back in October 2011, we shut down activity on La Russophobe after Vladimir Putin announced he would return to power for a third term as president and the world simply acquiesced, clearly indicating it had no intention of listening... Read more.

Researchers from the Netherlands have made available online a digitized catalogue of more than 10 hours’ worth of chimpanzee calls. Karen Hopkin reports

CNN 'technology analyst': 'Who is this 4chan person? We just don't know'

We hope they haven’t said goodbye, but if so, Hello New York leaves behind an impressive pictorial tribute to the Big Apple. Since the Tumblr blog was launched in 2009, it has published hundreds of crowdsourced photos from the likes of Flickr and Instagram, with marquee-worthy shots of such landmarks as the Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, and the Empire State Building. The seemingly infinite scale of the city, and the awe it can inspire, is well-captured here. ...

We hope they haven’t said goodbye, but if so, Hello New York leaves behind an impressive pictorial tribute to the Big Apple.

Photo Courtesy of People Magazine Ever since the first photos of Brangelina’s secret wedding appeared earlier this week, it’s been all about Angie’s dress. Naturally, the 39 year-old actress looked picture perfect in her Atelier Versace silk-and-lace gown, but it was her veil that took the world’s breath away. Jolie had her close friend Luigi Massi, Versace’s master tailor, hand-embroider dozens of her children’s designs — monkeys, music notes, stick figures of the entire family— into the floor-length chiffon headpiece. Читать дальше...

Photo Courtesy of Trunk Archive Fashion Week is the perfect opportunity to use social media—especially Instagram—to see all the action from inside the tents, or to share what you’re seeing with people who can’t be there with you.

Also, let it be known that THEY NEVER ACTUALLY SHOWED THE WEDDING.

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Which brings me to this site, my very own “new beginning!” If you’re reading this—my first “A to Zee” column here on the spanking new Yahoo Style—you probably found me through one of several ways: 1) linked from a social media channel 2) clicking onto yahoo.com/style 3) or a (really awesome) friend forwarded it to you. In fact, the staff has even uploaded their Spotify playlist of all the tunes we jammed to while working around the clock getting Yahoo Style ready for you.  When I left Elle to start this online magazine... Читать дальше...