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That's the ratio on summer weekends downtown in Newport, Rhode Island. A coalition of local businesses, advocates and city officials are brainstorming solutions.

June 30, 2009 - Associated Press

Residents in 600 American neighborhoods are breathing air with levels of pollution that put them at an elevated risk of developing cancer.

June 26, 2009 - Associated Press

The $8.5 billion CityCenter casino complex designed for the Las Vegas Strip had been stalled over financial issues between two of the funders, but now an agreement has been reached and the mega project is set to complete on time.

May 1, 2009 - Associated Press

A slightly watered-down version of the traffic reduction methods the Chinese city of Beijing instituted in Summer 2008 to reduce congestion and pollution during the Olympics has been extended for another year.

April 8, 2009 - Associated Press

The Los Angeles suburb of Industry has approved plans to build a stadium in the city in hopes of luring a football team back to the L.A. area.

March 1, 2009 - Associated Press

Architect Oscar Niemeyer has released plans to build new iconic buildings near the UNESCO-protected cultural and government center he designed in Brasilia 50 years ago. But locals have voiced opposition.

February 6, 2009 - Associated Press

Legal actions have been brought against more than a dozen Amish residents in Wisconsin and New York for building structures in their traditional style, but without building permits.

December 21, 2008 - Associated Press

Somalian pirates are creating a booming economy of caterers, luxury cars, and high-end chefs in the northern coastal towns of the impoverished country. "The pirates depend on us, and we benefit from them," said one shopkeeper.

November 20, 2008 - Associated Press

The Environmental Protection Agency has not done enough to control pollution from stormwater runoff in urban areas, according to a report from the National Academy of Sciences.

October 20, 2008 - Associated Press

Officials in Mexico are looking to crack down on rampant police corruption with an unlikely carrot: mortgages.

October 7, 2008 - Associated Press

Foreclosures and economic hardships have caused a proliferation of tent cities across the U.S.

September 21, 2008 - Associated Press

A jury has awarded a poor rural Ohio neighborhood populated mostly by African Americans nearly $11 million, having determined that racist motives lay behind the water authority's decades-long refusal to supply water to the community.

July 13, 2008 - Associated Press

Freight trains already face serious traffic on the nation's network of rails. If nothing is done, insiders project disaster in the near future.

June 1, 2008 - Associated Press

The American Lung Association has released its 2008 State of the Air report, which ranks cities with the worst air pollution.

May 2, 2008 - Associated Press

Responding to the growing backslash against cell phone chatter, the city of Graz, Austria has banned cell phone use on its public transit system.

April 20, 2008 - Associated Press

Recent reports are highlighting the dire effects climate change will have on transportation infrastructure.

March 13, 2008 - Associated Press

Growth and rising populations have many Western states reconsidering dams.

March 8, 2008 - Associated Press

TV network officials have issued a formal apology for its tongue-in-cheek suggested mispronunciation of the name of the Massachusetts town of Athol in a recent ad.

March 7, 2008 - Associated Press

A group of researchers is using mapping and satellite data to help cities quantify their tree canopy cover -- a move that is spurring efforts to increase tree planting in cities across the country.

February 22, 2008 - Associated Press

Criticism of New Mexico's commuter rail system heats up as officials claim Rail Runner starves other transportation projects of funding.

February 15, 2008 - Associated Press