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Googlenet?

Business 2.0 speculates that Google may offer free wireless Internet access to residents of major cities in return for the knowing the precise location of every Wi-Fi user.

August 21 - Business 2.0

Smart Growth: Education And Cold-weather Cities

Aside from climate, education may be the most powerful predictor of urban growth.

August 21 - Harvard University

No Water Treatment Facility In My Backyard

The proposed $70 million facility in Henderson is under fire from nearby residents.

August 20 - Las Vegas Review Journal

Graycliff Stone Mural Saved From Demolition

Frank Lloyd Wright's mural will become the focus of a cultural tour. (Includes photos.)

August 20 - The Buffalo News

Restricting Residential Parking Near Transit?

How much can space for parking be restricted in expensive townhomes near transit stations?

August 20 - The Washington Post


Time is Running Out to Develop Alternative Energy

Some alternative, renewable energy sources may take decades to develop. We may not have that much time.

August 20 - Common Dreams

How Privatization Gets Water To The Poor

Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey examines Fredrik Segerfeldt's new book, Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis.

August 20 - Reason Online


Friday Funny: Finance Your Fuel

Banks now offering zero percent financing for first-time gas buyers.

August 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

The Rising Costs Of Port Security

Ports in New York and New Jersey are doing record business, but the cost of extra security measures is canceling the profits.

August 19 - The New York Times

Rhode Island's New Planner

Kevin M. Flynn is named to lead Rhode Island's Planning Division.

August 19 - Grow Smart RI

Paul Farmer, Kelo Attorney Square Off Over Property Rights

APA Executive Director Paul Farmer and Scott Bullock, the attorney who argued the case before the Supreme Court, go head to head over Kelo.

August 19 - E&E Television - On Point

Economic Development Through Video Surveillance

Video surveillance cameras have been keeping taggers away from selected neighborhoods. The city considers expanding the program citywide.

August 19 - The Los Angeles Times

Einstein's Impact On GPS

A columnist explains how global positioning systems link are based on an Einstein theory as an argument for why continued funding of research is essential.

August 19 - The New York Times

SUVs Get A Reprieve

The new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) plan will exempt SUVs from mileage regulations, much to the dismay of environmental groups.

August 19 - Emagazine

McMansion Backlash

CNN Money reports on a growing backlash against the 'mansionization of America'.

August 19 - CNNMoney

San Francisco Least Affordable Place To Live

According to a new study, buying and renting a house in the Bay area is all but impossible for most people.

August 19 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Miami's Mega Metro Bubble

Miami's real estate market is red hot with 65,000 condos in some stage of development. Is this a bubble, or is Miami truly densifying?

August 19 - The Economist

Singles Surpass Families

The Census Bureau reports that for the first time more single households exist than couples with children households.

August 18 - The Hartford Courant

Ecotourism, Biodiversity, and Animal Ecology

A group of scientists is trying to introduce African wildlife to North America.

August 18 - The Denver Post

Birmingham Could Lose Public Transit

The city of Birmingham, AL. owes the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority more than $2 million in back pay.

August 18 - Birmingham Post-Herald

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