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Go West, Young Band

The Lumineers — from left, Neyla Pekarek, and two New Jerseyans, Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites — have been nominated for two Grammys. DENVER — T
PUBLISHED: Feb. 6, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (729 words)

A Walk in Calcutta

A young bride near the Kalighat temple in south Calcutta. More Photos » ON a rainy day in the late 17th century, an enterprising agent of the British East India Company named Job Charnock sailed…
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2009
LENGTH: 3 minutes (875 words)

How I Became One of the Most Successful Art Smugglers in the World

Having turned the craft of international art smuggling into an art in its own right, Michel Van Rijn was once wanted by authorities all over the world for sneaking valuable pieces of art across sea…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2066 words)

The Narco Tunnels of Nogales

If everyone had kept quiet, it could have been the most valuable parking spot on earth. Convenient only to the careworn clothing stores clustered in the southern end of downtown Nogales, Ariz., it…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4134 words)

A Profitable Vestige of Cold War Precaution

The previous owner of Maria Lagos's and her husband's house built a bomb shelter underground at a time when fears of an atomic bomb attack were widespread. Today, the Lagoses use the room as a…
PUBLISHED: June 13, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (720 words)

Patagonia's Founder is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru

BOARD MEETING Yvon Chouinard (seated), Patagonia's founder, at his home in Ventura, California. When the waves are rolling, his staff goes surfing, thanks to the company's flex-time policy. A couple…
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2012
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2867 words)
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Out of One Frying Pan, and Into Another

Ahmass Fakahany, left, a former Merrill Lynch co-president, with the chef Michael White at Marea on Central Park South. The two men have joined forces in a swiftly growing restaurant empire.…
PUBLISHED: March 31, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (843 words)

Adventures in Baby Pooping

If you have a baby you, quite literally, have to deal with a lot of shit. And the only thing more disturbing than scooping poop clumps out of your daughter's vagina or scrapping off feces caked onto…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1231 words)

Where North and South Koreans Go to Reunify (Hint

PUBLISHED: Jan. 18, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (936 words)
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