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  Wither American City: Change and Hope for Urban Areas?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Apr 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: suburbs, republican, infrastructure, transit, diana lind, pennsylvania, democrats, ohio, texas | 1

  It’s election day in Philadelphia. And Diana Lind is not voting. Read on to find out why. 

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  High-rises cause crime? Turning to Texas, lack of focus on urban issues, treehugging, fo

  David Anderson | Wed, Feb 20th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: david anderson, crime, election 2008, ohio, inflation, primaries, texas, urban issues, micro-uav, consumer prices, tree planting, high rises, miami, lunar eclipse, law enforcement | 0

  Knocking Down High Rises Stops Crime! Or not.

  “OK, so, you take away two-thirds of the people of Richard Allen (and in fact, probably take away more than 2/3rds of the original residents, given many projects become mixed income), and you lose.... 2/3rds of the crime. Not to be a jerk, but doesn’t that sort of imply that, at the end of the day, as absolutely crappy and terrible as these huge projects were, crime might not have been caused by architecture, but instead by the fact that…

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  La Cosa Nostra, acts of god, perfectly fine transactions, tap that, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Mon, Feb 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, hillary clinton, meredith aska mcbride, minneapolis, crack, texas, la cosa nostra, god, tugboat, border fence, gambino family, mafia, siciliani, antonio villaraigosa, transactions, tornados, macy's | 0

  Big Mob Sweep Nets Gambino Hierarchy

  “The charges, which are being brought in United States District Court in Brooklyn and state Supreme Court in Queens, also include seven murders — three dating back more than a quarter century — along with racketeering, extortion and state gambling charges, officials said.

  “The arrests by the F.B.I. and investigators from several other agencies were coordinated with a sweep that netted dozens of accused organized crime figures in Sicily. Those…

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