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Libraries have started to lend out not just books and movies, but musical instruments and other paraphernalia for hobbies.

Cyclists in Oregon will soon pay a tax for their new wheels — the first bike tax in the nation.

There’s a new position in one Atlanta school’s directory: a lawyer.

Skagway, Alaska is dependent on the cruise ship industry for its economy. The town needs to build a new dock to accommodate bigger ships, but a private company which leases the docks, the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad, won't approve a new dock unless the town extends its lease for another 15 years.

"When somebody has something good to say about you, you’d say, 'You know what? That’s great.'”

They're not as interested in those formal candlelight suppers.

Immigrant parents often depend on their children to translate for them.

One small fishing town in Maine is trying something new to help the next generation gain valuable work skills: a new charter school focused on the idea of work-based learning — designed to put students into the community and expose them to different kinds of jobs in their state.

The council has shrunk since it was formed earlier this year.

As companies like Monsanto and DuPont gain patent rights to seeds, one group of plant breeders is trying to create an alternate open access seed market.