Nashville (pictured) Metro government will receive more than $10.7 million in federal funds to help with flood recovery, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Monday. Tennessean
Eight Percent of U.S. Newborns from Unauthorized Immigrants
This means that while a little more than 4 percent of the U.S. adult population is composed of unauthorized immigrants, their children make up 8 percent of newborn population. Pew Research
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Study: Mixed-Use Neighborhoods Reduce Some Violent Crimes
Mixed-use neighborhoods may help lead to lower levels of some types of violent crime, a new study suggests. The results were true in impoverished neighborhoods as well as more affluent areas. However, in a sparsely populated neighborhood, increases in business-residential density actually leads to higher levels of violent crimes, at least for a while. However, after building density reaches a certain threshold, some violent crime begins to decline. The Ohio State University
Internet Upgrades Coming to Poor and Rural Schools
The Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday to approve an overhaul of the $2.25 billion E-Rate program, which subsidizes Internet service for schools and public libraries, to give schools more options for faster Internet service, allow for community Internet service and to begin pilot programs for digital textbooks. New York Times
New York Illegal Sublet Law Affects Vacation Rentals
Bikeshare Dispatches First Bikes Across D.C. and Arlington
Scores of riders on identical ruby-red bicycles swarmed from a lot near Nationals Park on Monday, fanning out across the District and Arlington to establish a new bike-sharing network that will grow to a fleet of 1,100. Washington Post
Why a Streetcar Is Something to Be Desired
U.S. and Canadian cities built between 1880 and 1945 were streetcar cities. It was a time, very brief in retrospect, when people walked a lot but could get great distances by hopping on streetcars. The Tyee
China Develops Solar Powered Air Conditioning Unit
Developed by a company called Shandong Vicot Air Conditioning Co., Ltd, the solar powered air-con unit could save companies and homeowners not only masses of money but also reduce their carbon emissions, something that is essential in China which is still a heavily-industrialized country. Inhabitat
