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Addicts' movements around Baltimore are mapped onto images like this, showing levels of violence in each neighborhood. Other maps track things like visible drug use and vacant housing — all factors that may contribute to an addict's decision to use drugs.

In Baltimore, Mapping The World Of Addiction

Researchers in Baltimore are tracking the way the character of a neighborhood — its violence, its vacant houses, its appearance of obvious drug use — can affect an addict's decision to use drugs.

The iconic 828-foot smokestack in El Paso, Texas is set for demolition unless a group can raise the millions needed to save it.

Are Industrial Relics Worth Preserving?

Some call the ASARCO smokestacks in El Paso, Texas visual pollution. Others say they are historical treasures.

Sharon Jones in her video for "I Learned the Hard Way."

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A Quaint, Compelling 'Pilgrim' Tale In The New World

The year is 1622, and a tormented English Puritan strikes out for the Plymouth Plantation in Hugh Nissenson's moody, intelligent novel. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Pilgrim is a work of straightforward historical fiction — of the sort that you don't see so much anymore.

Feds Uncover Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Between Tijuana, Otay Mesa

Federal authorities uncovered a "major" cross-border drug-smuggling tunnel between warehouses in Tijuana and Otay Mesa and seized about 14 tons of marijuana stashed inside it, officials announced today.

The National Retail Federation estimates sales will be up only 2.8 percent this holiday season.

Stores May Be Slow To Hire For The Holidays

On balance, the latest jobs report suggests the economy is continuing to grow, though modestly. But a closer look at retail employment suggests this may be a gloomy holiday season for people who want seasonal jobs.

The Cannon Point neighborhood of Lauderhill, Fla., was originally conceived as a haven for the middle class elderly back in 1996. City officials did not anticipate that assisted-living facilities for the mentally ill would move in instead.

In Florida, Mentally Ill Suffer Abuse And Neglect

An investigation found sweeping failure within the state's assisted-living industry. One neighborhood in South Florida has become a de facto psychiatric ward because of zoning laws. Experts say you can pick anywhere in the country and find some version of the warehousing of people with mental illness.

<p>For the first time under the North American Free Trade Agreement, a Mexican tractor-trailer crossed into the U.S. on a trip to the country's interior on Oct. 21.</p>

Mexican Trucks In U.S. Still Face Political Long Haul

Two decades after the North American Free Trade Agreement authorized it, Mexican trucks can now drive on U.S. highways. It took that long because labor and political interests delayed the program, and those forces haven't given up yet.

<p>Greek's economic problems work their way down the supply chain to people like Kosta Bouyoukas, who imports olives and other foods from Greece. He says suppliers are changing the terms of contracts, and sometimes products don't show up at all.</p>

The Rising Cost Of Doing Business With Greece

One U.S. importer of Greek foods sees his business buffeted by the Eurozone's problems: Orders are delayed because of strikes in the port, and suppliers will change their contract terms. But the worst is when things don't show up at all. "I get mad because I depend on those products," he says.

<p>Grapes hang in a vineyard overlooking Canandaigua Lake in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. </p>

Cultivating A Wine Market In N.Y.'s Finger Lakes

The hills surrounding the lakes are fertile ground, and the area's wines are gaining acclaim. But it's still tough to buy a bottle: The Finger Lakes wines face tough competition from better-known wines, and only a few of the local labels can be found in other states.

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