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Good morning, Houston. Looks like we'll have a tougher time cracking out those fake Benjamins next year: The $100 bill will soon be getting a high-tech makeover to thwart counterfeiters. The key feature: 650,000 tiny lenses embedded in each bill, which will magnify the printing so that the portrait of Benjamin Franklin appears to move up and down or side to side, depending on which way you move the bill. "It makes for a... more ›

If you didn't get enough of skeletons this Halloween, don't worry. The Houston Museum of Natural Science spent four years in negotiation with the Ethopian government to bring Lucy, one of the world's most famous skeletons, to the United States. Lucy was a hominid who lived 3-4 millions years ago. Her skeleton was unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 and has only been on public display twice, both in Ethopia. A replica is on display currently,... more ›

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in ">seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. Image by Ethan Bagley... more ›