Oh, god.

Fixing pipe in the basement = mucho moola down the proverbial drain.

Oh, GOD.

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New York and Connecticut take action against food stamp cuts

http://bit.ly/MLmemr

The Indian sanitary pad revolutionary

Now I, of course, am all about my reusable menstrual products, but if disposable ones help reduce serious stigma so that women can go to school and work, well, that's for the best.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26260978

Let’s make an effort to move more freight by rail and less by road. Trains are more efficient.

http://wapo.st/MKKWn9

Russia sets sights on Ukraine warships as U.S. threatens economic punishment, Pentagon suspends military ties

http://nydn.us/1cyyais

If you can catch the beat, you might be able to exercise harder, better, faster, stronger.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/248246221.html

Obama's budget would shift tax benefits from wealthy to poor

http://lat.ms/MLkh9x

Everything that’s wrong with the suburbs, in one image

http://grist.org/list/everything-thats-wrong-with-the-suburbs-in-one-image/

The Dalai Lama’s Ski Trip
What I learned in the slush with His Holiness.

http://slate.me/1jANRuE

Russia ties compound German dilemma in Ukraine crisis

http://reut.rs/OXoB7T

Man Buys 10.000 Undeveloped Negatives At a Local Auction and Discovers One of The Most Important Street Photographers of the Mid 20th Century

http://www.webburgr.com/vivian_maier/