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The European countries that do coffee best (and worst)
Daily Telegraph· 10 hours agoVienna’s intellectualism and fin de siècle pre-eminence, he wrote, were in good part due to the...
'Killer cyclists' crackdown accelerates as MPs back action after deaths in London
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHe was cleared by a jury of manslaughter but jailed for 18 months for causing bodily harm by “wanton...
The Kalona Sales Barn experience: Farmers, pie, cows, goats and gravy
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoBecause of its location in Amish country, the barn’s biggest horse sale in February of each year...
Fire Horses
The Atlantic· 3 days agoEngines, with the men who ride on them, usually weigh about 8000 pounds, or four tons : some are a thousand pounds lighter; others as much, or nearly as much, heavier. The hose carriages ...
Road Horses
The Atlantic· 2 days agoThe road horse par excellence is a beast of medium size, who can draw a light carriage at the rate of seven miles an hour all day without tiring himself ...
Do we need tougher laws on reckless cyclists?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn the nineteenth century, horse-drawn vehicles thundered down the streets of our cities, too often leaving a trail of carnage behind them. In 1860...
52mph in a 20mph zone: How cyclists are turning UK roads into death traps
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoChelsea Embankment, 7am. On a summer morning there can’t be many nicer stretches of road to head...
Tarrant County jail deaths warrant transparency from sheriff
Dallas Morning News· 10 hours agoThe Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office has attracted scrutiny in recent years for multiple deaths of...
Cart Horses
The Atlantic· 3 days agoEVERYBODY who cares for the beautiful or the picturesque, whether or not he be touched by the true hippic passion, must take an interest in cart horses. The generic difference in this respect ...
Springfield's oldest standing home cost $6,200 to build. You could own it for $1.2 million
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoOn the third floor, there is a spacious bonus room with the potential for storage or an additional...