8/31: Some schools don't allow kids to have nuts in the lunches they bring from home.
8/30: WikiLeaks has begun leaving the names of diplomatic sources in the cables it publicly releases.
8/27: France approved the construction of more than 100 miles of subway lines in Paris, including 57 new stations.
8/26: As many as 30 thefts of rhinoceros horns, including ones in museums and antiques dealerships, have been reported in Europe this year.
8/25: China is using its near monopoly on certain rare-earth minerals to force foreign companies to build factories there.
8/24: East Coast earthquakes can typically be felt over a much larger area than those with a similar magnitude on the West Coast.
8/23: There's a law firm named Steptoe & Johnson.
8/22: Many conservative pundits live in South Florida.
8/21: Verizon workers are ending their strike.
8/20: Cell phone service on Martha's Vineyard improves dramatically whenever President Obama vacations there.
8/19: "I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy." —Republican presidential candidate Jon M. Huntsman Jr.
8/18: A conservative German state legislator who resigned after admitting he had a legal affair with a 16-year-old girl said he had nothing to be ashamed of because it was "a very unusual love."
8/17: The Panama Canal is being expanded so that twice as many goods will be able to pass through it.
8/16: A federal judge refused to allow New York City to remove emergency-help boxes because doing so would discriminate against the hearing-impaired.
8/15: China and Pakistan have a close military relationship.
8/14: When Larry Hagman met Lauren Bacall in 1973, he licked her from her hand to her elbow.
8/13: Mitt Romney is worth between $190 million and $250 million.
8/12: For 15 years, Zabar's sold a "lobster salad" that had no lobster in it, only freshwater crawfish.
8/12: For 15 years, Zabar's sold a "lobster salad" that had no lobster in it, only freshwater crawfish.
8/11: A number of companies make devices that women can insert between their breasts while they sleep in order to prevent cleavage wrinkles.
8/10: Women are barred from serving in the British Royal Marines.
8/9: A new law prohibits Florida doctors from routinely asking patients if they own a gun.
8/8: The five largest oil companies in the U.S. reported second-quarter profits of $35.1 billion, but the federal government still grants $4 billion a year in oil subsidies.
8/7: Former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford is still in love with Maria from Argentina.
8/6: Booker T. Jones has a new album out.
8/5: Young people in Chile are flexing their political muscle by holding massive rallies.
8/4: Treasury secretary Tim Geithner is expected to stay through Obama's term.
8/3: Bouldering is on the short list of new sports being considered for the 2020 Olympics.
8/2: More than half the $10 billion New York state spends on caring for the developmentally disabled goes to private providers, with little oversight on how the money is spent.
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