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Most parents have already cleared their children's toy boxes of playthings containing lead-laden plastics or paint. But according to a new study published on Monday in Pediatrics, the toxic heavy metal may continue to lurk in other, less expected sources in the home - like in the kitchen pantry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Lead Poisoning Could Lurk in Spices | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...subject of snow, some people at Penn decided to make a giant snowball to block a door, although it’s unclear if the motive was to do something fun on a really snowy day or to create a legitimate barricade from the dangers that lurk outside on that campus. Who knows? Maybe it was both...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Around the Ivies Plus | 2/14/2010 | See Source »

...American-owned bank. Across the street, two girls in miniskirts entice clients at the entrance of a subway station. A block down, a group of transvestites and transsexuals bare their wares outside a convenience store. Quickly, the streets fill with hundreds of sex workers, while their clients lurk discreetly in dark corners, vigilant under the threat of a sudden police raid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does Mexico City Need a Red-Light District? | 11/12/2009 | See Source »

...valley has become a flash point for the Afghan insurgency. By the time Ferguson got there, 26 men of Apache company had been wounded in the seven weeks since their arrival, and one had been killed in action--all from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the deadly little bombs that lurk anywhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Window On the War in Afghanistan | 10/12/2009 | See Source »

...Hofeld didn’t cure his propensity to serve up the long ball yesterday, but he did show promising signs that the form which he displayed in a memorable four-hit, complete game gem against Cornell last season may still lurk within—signs that will certainly be welcomed with measured optimism by a depleted Crimson pitching staff...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Douglas Continues Strong Play | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

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