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Regional Summit on Traffic Congestion, Land Use

Official from Franklin County as well as surrounding counties will meet to discuss regional growth, traffic congestion and land use problems.

November 28 - The Columbus Dispatch

City Seeking To Lure Builders

Housing developers are shunning Philadelphia; here's what the city needs to do to bring them back.

November 28 - The Philadelphia Daily News

CRA Mishandled 7 Real Estate Deals

An audit discovered that the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency paid $1.57 million more than appraisals for land.

November 28 - The Los Angeles Times

New Urbanism: A Better Suburbia?

Is New Urbanism--a reaction to featureless sprawl--the "cure for suburbia's ills?"

November 28 - Chicago Sun-Times

Support For New Guggenheim

City will donate land and money for the proposed new Guggenheim museum in lower Manhattan expected to cost $678 million and to be designed by Frank O. Gehry.

November 28 - The San Diego Union-Tribune


Appalachia's War: Poorest Struggle Back

First part of a three-part series about the rebirth of Appalachia.

November 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Appalachia: The Region's Status

Appalachia is 200,000-square-mile region that spans 13 states and is home to 22 million people.

November 28 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


An Ocean Of Renewable Energy

World's first commercial power station that generates electricity from ocean waves has been connected to Britain's national grid.

November 28 - Wired

No Hothouse Deal

The failure of the U.N. climate talks at The Hague to reach a consensus on global warming makes further international action on global warming unlikely and may also worsen the problems the talks were intended to tackle.

November 28 - The Economist

Saving History

The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to save 1950s "Googie" architecture scorned by traditionalists.

November 27 - Smithsonian Magazine

Waste Waterworld

The "Ewww!" factor and the $600 million Groundwater Replenishment System project to turn sewage into drinking water.

November 27 - Orange County Register

Utah Monument Leaves Residents Bitter

New tourist monuments don't always have the desired effect. In Utah, the new monument resulted in lost jobs.

November 27 - The Denver Post

Climate Pact Fiasco Leaves Business Awaiting Rules

The failure of the U.N. talks on global warming is a setback for U.S. businesses.

November 27 - The New York Times

Global Warming Talks Collapse

Unable to resolve differences, 170 nations could not conclude an international treaty on global warming.

November 27 - The Washington Post

LA's Street Numbering System

Ever wonder how a large city's street numbering works? The LA Times disects LA's massive street grid.

November 27 - The Los Angeles Times

Hothouse

Chances of a meaningful agreement at the U.N. summit on global climate change are slim.

November 27 - The Economist

Homeless Want To Be Homeless

Columnist Jill Stewart argues that the ugly secret about homelessness is that many homeless want to remain homeless.

November 27 - New Times-LA

The Science and Politics of Global Warming

Why the U.N. summit on global warming matters.

November 27 - The Economist

Buffalo's High-Tech Strategy

Buffalo's newest challenge is keeping dozens of high-tech companies that have started up in Buffalo.

November 26 - The Buffalo News

Texas Growth Drains Water Supply

There is not enough water to support Texas' growth. Predictions are so severe El Paso in considering bannng lawns.

November 26 - The Houston Chronicle

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