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Onlookers attend the opening of the exhibition on Greek art with the marble sculpture of the river god Ilissos, in front, in the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec. 5, 2014.

Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds

Since April, the Yorkshire Museum has hosted 18 different #CuratorBattles under themes such as #CreepiestObject and #BestEgg. One of its latest is #BestMuseumBum.

Battle of the bums: Museums compete over best artistic behinds
Gay rights activists in Moscow held a banner that reads "Homophobia is the shame of Russia," as they protested in front of the Sochi 2014 organizing committee building in Moscow on September 25, 2013.

A gay Russian gets asylum and a new life in the US

A gay Russian gets asylum and a new life in the US

Why Some People Around the World Struggle to Understand America's Love Affair with Guns

Why Some People Around the World Struggle to Understand America's Love Affair with Guns

Japan's Gasoline Rationing Experience

Japan's Gasoline Rationing Experience

Hurricane Isaac approaches Louisiana coast

Hurricane Isaac approaches Louisiana coast

Important Viking Burial Site Discovered

The Geo Quiz involves a little Viking history: We're looking for a remote and isolated peninsula in the Scottish Highlands where archaeologists have uncovered an important burial site.

Important Viking Burial Site Discovered

Rwanda's President responds to genocide accusations

Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, briefly responded to accusations that he shot down a plane that triggered the Rwandan genocide.

Rwanda's President responds to genocide accusations
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Deadly heat waves expected in the midwest

This week, meteorologists are predicting that heat waves will hit hard and heavy in the midwest. Heat waves are among the deadliest natural disasters in the U.S., so why don't we treat heat waves with more concern?

Deadly heat waves expected in the midwest

Spillway Opened, Small Town Residents Fear Flooding in La.

Spillway Opened, Small Town Residents Fear Flooding in La.
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Seeing the Forest for its Bugs

Researchers in Maine are hoping that a tiny beetle can keep the hemlock wooly adelgid at bay.

Seeing the Forest for its Bugs
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A priest's permission to steal

A priest is stirring controversy in the U.K. over what he said in his sermon earlier this week. Rev. Tim Jones, the parish priest for Saint Lawrence and Saint Hilda in York, told his congregation that under certain circumstances it is okay to steal.

A priest's permission to steal
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Free transit

Miami considers free public transit. What would get you out of your car?

Free transit
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Geo answer

York, England is the answer to today's Geo Quiz. The city is celebrating the centuries old tradition of rapper sword dancing this weekend. Producer Naomi Arenburg sent us an audio postcard of the Clownfish Rapper Sword Dancers of Cape Cod, Massachusetts doing their thing.

Geo answer
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The Future of the Big Apple

The Future of the Big Apple