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• The Daily Report

  Live from “The Jacobs…”: City rivalries need to get less rational, more obsessive

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Feb 18th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, baltimore, scientology, fbi, ikea, city awards, iraq war, grammys, rivalries, the jacobs, washington, dc | 0

  City rivalries: They dramatize professional, college and high school sports, but why don’t they exist in other areas like education, quality of life or public art? There’s nothing wrong with healthy competition. There’s also nothing wrong with obsessive competition; if cities are going to fight over who has the most efficient mass transit system, for example, it will produce a lot more for residents than a world series win.

  Let’s get this thing started. We need something to spark…

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• Headlines

  Hospital freebie dump, EPA vs. Arnold, sustainable Abu-Dhabi

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jan 22nd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, california, brooklyn, epa, super bowl, futuro house, scientology, weak dollar, prescription drugs | 1

  Sale on America: Foreign Investors Buy in Big

  With much talk about the economy shock, our international neighbors are seizing an opportunity to cash in. The New York Times reports: “For much of the world, the United States is now on sale at discount prices. With credit tight, unemployment growing and worries mounting about a potential recession, American business and government leaders are courting foreign money to keep the economy growing. Foreign investors are buying aggressively,…

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