Today’s Headlines
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10:02 AM PDT on October 5, 2009
- Amid criticism from City, Angry Spirit of William Mulholland, DWP Boss Nahai Resigns, Joins Clinton ‘s Climate Initiative Team (Times)
- HBO Airs Four-part Documentary on How the Chandler Family (and their newspaper) ‘Invented’ Los Angeles (CNN)
- World’s Worst Bikeshare Program? (Copenhagenize)
- 11 ‘Essential Fixes’ for Smart Growth of Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes (Reconnecting America)
- A Brief History of the Ghost Bike Phenomenon (Greater Greater Washington)
- A Technology Solution to the Distracted Driving Problem or Tougher Laws?
- David Byrne’s Wild Wild Biking Biking Life (NPR Weekend Edition)
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