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Cities are gambling millions to promote an industry that has turned a profit only one year in the past four decades.
Culture Buzz On Saturday, April 4th 2009, massive, citywide pillow fights will commence around the world! Manchildren rejoice! It's a painless flashmob for the masses!
Science Buzz Could polar cities be the fallout shelters of the climate change era? In a development that could be a major boon to the fleece industry, a group of futurists, scientists, and planners has proposed building sustainable campus-like villages throughout the Arctic hinterlands to save us from the coming environmental apocalypse. Construction on the first will begin in Longyearbyen, Norway, in 2012. If these plans are carried out, the incidence of polar warfare seems certain to rise.