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VIDEO: Taking a cab to freedom. The US border with Mexico gets a lot of attention, but patrolling the northern border with Canada can be just as daunting, especially in Vermont, where the border bisects a town. Over the past six months, more than 5,000 people — many who’ve entered the US legally on a tourist visa —have taken a taxi to the US-Canada crossing, rolled their suitcases across the border, and walked right into Canadian custody.

A trillion dollars worth of untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan could give President Trump a reason to commit more US troops to what some see as an unwinnable war — especially if Western companies are allowed in to extract all of that potential vast wealth.

Using human skulls as props, India farmers wearing skimpy Tarzan-like loincloths are attracting attention to a farm crisis that’s left them mired in debt. The protesters say the skulls belong to fellow farmers who killed themselves after the worst drought in more than 100 years.

I’ll have a latte and a million dollars. In Silicon Valley, the tech capital of the world, the nexus for startup wannabes and venture capitalists might just be a café in downtown Palo Alto, where the buzz in the air isn’t coming from the cappuccino machine.

Used book boom. With South Africa in the middle of an economic recession, sales of secondhand books have never been better. With the country’s unemployment rate nearing 30 percent, frugal readers are getting more bang for their book by not buying new.

A living fossil has returned to life in Illinois. The alligator gar fish is so ancient, it was probably around about 100 million years ago — during the Early Cretaceous period. But what’s old is new again as state wildlife officials hook their hopes on the alligator gar being able to keep other fish in check.