That's what a cruise ship is supposed to be doing.

That’s what a cruise ship is supposed to be doing.

Columbia professor Carl Hart has studied the choices that crack addicts make. (NYT)

Salvaging, or “parbuckling”, a huge cruise ship is not easy. (the Atlantic)

Living in one of these new 100-square foot apartments in South Harlem would be tricky. “‘They are like dorm rooms but more expensive,’ said third-floor resident Kevin Mangan, 22, a Columbia University senior”. (New York Daily News)

Federal law enforcement officers believe they know how the Navy Yard shooting yesterday unfolded. (USA Today)

You think Columbia Admirers (which is back, btw), is a bad use of Facebook? Teenagers in Chicago are using social media to fuel gang wars. (Facebook, Wired)

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