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Smokers in New York City have already been chased out of bars, offices and restaurants. Now, the city wants to ban smoking in outdoor public spaces like parks and beaches. The ban would affect some of the most crowded pedestrian spaces in the world, like Times Square.

This Culture Lust Weekend we think you should "Get Weird" with Traffique, be witty with Wilde, and get out to all the amazing art shows happening around town.

Why bother with the oven mitts this Easter when there are so many places to dine out? From traditional holiday fare to some unlikely finds (bacon Bloody Mary's and Mariachi music!), let Culture Lust contributor Meredith Hattam be your dining guide to this Culture Lust weekend.

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There are a record number of candidates of South Asian descent running for prominent offices across the country. Most notably is Nikki Haley for governor of South Carolina, and six candidates are running for congressional seats. Commentator Sandip Roy looks at the different ways some of these candidates are expressing their ethnicity.

A vegetarian diet can be healthy for kids, but parents need to learn nutrition basics to make sure their children get all of the nutrients they need, experts say. Iron is the nutrient vegetarians and vegans most often don't get enough of.

The rescue effort in China has turned toward helping those who survived Monday's earthquake and retrieving bodies from the rubble. Now, the safety of the area's dams is in question — in particular, Zipingdu dam, a staging point for relief efforts that is upstream from a city of a half-million people.

"Bonking" or "hitting the wall" is that awful moment when marathoners run out of gas. They've used up all of the carbohydrate fuel stored in their liver and muscles, and their bodies are forced to switch, painfully, to burning fat. Now a marathoning Harvard-MIT student has figured out how to calculate that point.

California is a step closer to picking a restoration plan for the state’s largest lake. The Imperial County’s Salton Sea is choking on salt and pollution. Public comment ended Tuesday on ten poten