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Why does Los Angeles have an inferiority complex?

May 23 - The Los Angeles Times

Differences between largely rural, conservative northern Maine and the more urban and progressive southern half of the state are growing wider, with conflicts coming to a head over the preservation of Maine's famous North Woods.

May 23 - USA Today

California's November transportation bond is $20 billion, with $4 billion for transit. Yet Gov. Schwarzenegger proposes to use a public transit account for the same amount, to help pay off the bond's debt payments.

May 23 - The Sacramento Bee

Arguably the most popular observatory-museum-planetarium in the world, the newly-restored Griffith Observatory is also one of the most recognizable buildings in Los Angeles.

May 23 - The Planning Report

Many West Virginians must leave the state to find work, but they long for home.

May 23 - The New York Times

FEATURE

May 23 - cate miller

Los Angeles has to choose between luxury condos or more homeless services for skid row.

May 22 - Abhijeet Chavan

After years of delays, a green mega-mall called 'Destiny USA' gets approval to build in Syracuse. Could this be economic development salvation for upstate New York as well as an environmentalist's dream?

May 22 - MSNBC / Associated Press

In addition to a new underground metro project, the city has given final approval to an above-ground monorail.

May 22 - The Times Of India

An astronomical vacancy rate and prices that are far from affordable have prompted government action.

May 22 - Asia Times

The world's largest oil company takes heat from major state government pension fund investors for not owning up to an obligation to address global warming.

May 22 - The Sacramento Bee

Fort Lauderdale's mayor condemned a proposed workforce housing ordinance as unfair to developers and 'communistic'. He said people mistakenly think they're entitled to an affordable single family house on a 40-hour work week.

May 22 - Sun-Sentinel

What was once one of its most productive shipyards is now slated to become a billion dollar urban village on Boston's south shore.

May 22 - The Boston Globe

At the southern tip of California's San Joaquin Valley lies Bakersfield, a city of 312,000, expected to grow to 730,000 in three decades. It has just doubled its sphere of influence and shows little inclination to put restraints on growth.

May 22 - USA Today

As housing prices continue to increase in the New York City metropolitan area, residents are moving farther and farther away to find affordable housing.

May 22 - The New York Times

Cory Booker, the newly elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey, has charged himself with turning around one of America's most dangerous cities.

May 22 - The New York Times

The two-wheeled transporters are making inroads into everyday life - from fishing trips to weddings.

May 21 - The Christian Science Monitor

A new documentary explores the myth and methods of architect Frank Gehry.

May 21 - MetropolisMag.com

Big city park agencies, advocates, and funders gathered for a conference to re-energize the urban parks movement and discuss the critical issues facing urban parks today.

May 21 - The Chicago Tribune

Can an ethanol plant restore economic vitality to a depressed, upstate New York farming and former railroad community? That is the hope for the state's first ethanol plant, which breaks ground next month.

May 21 - The New York Times