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Mark Zuckerberg is #2 on the Philanthropy 50

Wed, Feb 13 2013 at 11:15 AM

The Facebook CEO's charitable contributions were good for the number 2 spot on this list of top philanthropists, behind billionaire Warren Buffett.

Banana Joe wins Best in Show

Wed, Feb 13 2013 at 9:29 AM

Video: Banana Joe, a 5-year-old affenpinscher, wins Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.

Bad (dog) hair day at Westminster

Tue, Feb 12 2013 at 9:48 AM

Video: How do you win Best in Show when you're having a bad dog hair day?

ON THE STREETS: Green jobs

Tue, Jul 28 2009 at 4:12 PM

Jonathan Kesselman shares his knowledge of green jobs with others in Times Square.

ON THE STREETS: Earth Minute

Mon, Jun 15 2009 at 1:41 PM

Inspired by Earth Hour, Jonathan Kesselman encourages visitors to Times Square to turn off their cell phones for one minute.

Artist gives new life to Sandy's fallen trees

Fri, Feb 08 2013 at 11:25 AM

A portion of the sales are going to the New York Restoration Project to help plant new trees.

Fracking vs. beer: Does natural gas exploration threaten America's breweries?

Fri, Feb 01 2013 at 12:04 PM

If fracking techniques pollute water supplies, what will happen to beer production?

Runaway goat nabbed in Brooklyn

Thu, Feb 07 2013 at 2:22 PM

"I was like, ‘Oh snap, a goat,’" witness says.

Cuomo: Don't rebuild, let Mother Nature take back Sandy-damaged areas

Tue, Feb 05 2013 at 6:18 PM

Now that he's laid the climate change card on the table, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposes a $400M Superstorm Sandy home buyout plan in which high-risk areas would be handed back over to Mother Nature.

Climate science comes alive as art

Fri, Feb 01 2013 at 2:49 PM

A collaborative effort pulls video gamers, music professors, multimedia designers and polar researchers together to make climate science approachable.

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