Understanding urban and rural spaces on the basis of mixed use is pretty amazing.

Quoted: A US charity helps Detroit's poorest people turn vacant lots into blooming gardens, the BBC's Matt Wells finds.

the predictions coming true?

Quoted: Shares in US mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae open 44% lower amid concerns for their future.

Quoted: A wealthy New York woman is sentenced to 11 years in jail for keeping two Indonesian women as slaves.

whoa.

Quoted: Construction of the world's first moving building, a 80-storey tower with revolving floors which give it an ever-shifting shape, is due to begin.

Quoted: Voters in Bolivia's gas-rich Tarija province overwhelmingly back greater autonomy in a referendum, exit polls suggest.

Quoted: A three-legged, one-eyed, cancer-afflicted dog named Gus has been crowned the World's Ugliest Dog at a fair in California.

fucking crazy amazing.

Quoted: Executives said the trader may not have sought personal gain from the fraudulent deals.

until you get to:

The bank, one of France's largest, has arranged a rights issue worth 5.5bn euros in new capital in order to offset the losses.

But it said it would still make a profit of 600m to 800m euros for 2007, despite the blow to its balance sheet.

Quoted: A European investigator says he has evidence the CIA ran secret "war on terror" jails in Poland and Romania.