urban life

  1. VIDEO New York power outages darken the iconic city

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  2. A month after quake, Tokyo is a city of shadows

    TOKYO--If there's one sound you don't want to hear in Tokyo these days, it's the earthquake alarm. The two jarring chords came crashing through the cherry blossoms from a public-address speaker the other morning and sent me bounding into the street in my pajamas. The room started wobbling...
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  3. VIDEO Eek! Video of Rat Crawling on Man's Face Goes Viral

    Eek! Video of Rat Crawling on Man's Face Goes Viral [VIDEO] A subway rat scampering across the floor, dashing up your leg and dashing away could be any urban commuter's nightmare -- and video of just that is now a YouTube sensation. In the clip posted Wednesday, a fast-thinking...
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  4. Aggressive Elmo irks Times Square

    First Lady Laura Bush (C) and her daughters Jenna and Barbara (L to R) are greeted by Elmo at the 5th annual Sesame Street Workshop gala in New York on May 30, 2007. The event honored the First Lady for her work in promoting early literacy. (UPI File Photo/Ezio Petersen) | Enlarge NEW YORK...
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