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Report: Booming West needs federal partnerships
Western cities are developing into "megapolitan" areas that deserve more support from the federal government if they're going to continue to grow, according to a blueprint prepared by the Brookings Institution.
US public housing overhaul nets uneven gains
Three years ago, Sharon Allison's decaying 1940s-era public housing complex was demolished to make way for a new mixed-income community that would include homes for the city's poorest.  Analysis: Accord may blur disputes over Iraq warA new U.S.-Iraqi agreement raising the possibility of a withdrawal timeline threatens to complicate the war policies of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.  As economy dominates, Obama, McCain seek answersThe economy is deteriorating so quickly and dramatically that it threatens to overtake many proposals the presidential candidates have been offering for months.
NYC mayor offers new poverty gauge in NAACP speech
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is offering a new way of gauging poverty in the United States.
D.C. population continues to grow, census data show
D.C.’s population in 2007 edged up by another 2,500 residents, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday, continuing a growth trend that followed a five-decade-long collapse.
British Minister sees `long haul' in Afghanistan
Iraq is headed in the right direction in struggling against insurgents, while it will be a longer haul to achieve success in Afghanistan, British Defense Minister Des Browne said Thursday on a visit for talks at the Pentagon and White House.
Census: New Orleans fastest-growing city in US
New Orleans was the fastest-growing large city in the nation last year, but its population is still about half what it was before Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
Cheney wanted cuts in climate change testimony
Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of climate change on public health, a former senior EPA official claimed Tuesday.
D.C. needs true community college, report argues
D.C. residents suffer for the lack of a community college separate from the all-in-one institutional approach of the University of the District of Columbia, according to a report released by the Greater Washington Research arm of the Brookings Institution. |
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