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  King Corn, Sexual Abuse Victims Confront Benedict, East LA’s Taco Trucks, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Mon, Apr 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: los angeles, construction, beijing, pollution, olympics, corn, sexual abuse, street vendors, pope, clean electricity, sunlight, mirrors, catholic church, agribusiness, yale, tacos | 1

  Los Angeles cracks down on taco vendors, mirrors are the next big thing in sustainable energy, Yale grads release documentary on the pervasiveness of corn in American agribusiness, and more

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  Martin Luther King Remembered, Public-Housing Not Remembered, New Orleans Economic Immunity, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: environment, news, hillary clinton, obama, barack obama, clinton, headlines, foreclosure, infrastructure, green, homeless, mortgage, architecture, boston, architects, katrina, foreclosures, beijing, japan, janet speyrer, new york mets, bronx, oakland, dr. janet speyrer, kyoto, new york yankees, boston red sox, martin luther king jr. | 0

  America evaluates change since Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, democratic presidential candidates still ignoring key city issues, economist Janet Speyrer offers insight on how recession may or may not impact New Orleans, Kyoto passes new accord and more in today’s headlines.

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  Fragile China, urban trials, immigration backlog, Philly soccer, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Jan 31st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, meredith aska mcbride, beijing, lunar new year festival, lake union, philadelphia soccer team, pro-soccer team | 0

  Chinese Blizzards Reveal Rail Limits

  “The snow and ice that have led to chaos at transport hubs as up to 200 million migrant workers and other travelers attempt to return home for the Lunar New Year festival next week have also restricted coal shipments along critical rail arteries feeding power stations in the southeast, China’s densely populated manufacturing heartland.

  “Food prices are increasing in major cities including Beijing as distribution bottlenecks and bad weather hamper…

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  Hijinks in Beijing, Protests in Shanghai, Russia’s Islands, Freegans, MORE

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Jan 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, freegans, beijing, bronx, paratransit, trains, yankee stadium | 0

  Olympic Vandalism

  Beijing transforms into a self-declared world city in time for the Olympic Games in August, it is also rushing to complete its “conservation plan” for 25 historic areas.Tens of thousands of families have been forced to move when their ancestral homes have been razed ahead of the Beijing Olympics. This means knocking the buildings down, removing the occupants to more remote parts of the city, and creating in a couple of neighbourhoods an ersatz version of Olde Worlde…

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