Subject: The Best Long Reads from January: Amazon Gold Rush, Futuristic Sidewalks, President Garfield's Assassin and More
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The Best Long Reads
January 2012
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The Top Long Reads of the Month

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The Devastating Costs of the Amazon Gold Rush
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Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin
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The Stalking of the President
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Charles J. Guiteau said he wanted to kill President James A. Garfield "in an American manner." He passed up several opportunities before he thought the time was right.
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Moving Sidewalks Before The Jetsons
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The public's fascination with the concept of "movable pavement" extends back more than 130 years
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Eric Klinenberg on Going Solo
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The surprising benefits, to oneself and to society, of living alone
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Go Behind the Red Barn and Rediscover Dale Nichols
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Though snubbed by scholars, the American realist painter produced surprisingly symbolic works, as a striking new exhibition makes clear
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Prohibition's Premier Hooch Hounds
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Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith were so good at undercover work, a newspaper said they could disguise themselves as "breaths of air or unconfirmed rumors." But their success came back to haunt them
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Dinosaurs of a Feather
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Some researchers insist that birds are not dinosaurs, but do they have any evidence?
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