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Turning street lamps into solar panels

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A Denmark-based company has created a way to turn street lamps into electricity-generating solar panels.

The ‘Tame’ French Elections

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Bright Lights, Big City

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Takeouts: digital billboards pose danger to drivers, NCAA basketball heats up

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Billboards adorn historic Venice buildings

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The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Scottish Highlands, where “phone boxes” — what we call public phone booths — are in danger of becoming a thing of the past – but not without a fight.

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