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State-Mandated Planning, Higher Resident Wealth Linked to More Sustainable City Transportation

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Transportation practices tend to be more environmentally friendly in wealthier metropolitan areas located within states that mandate comprehensive planning, new research suggests.

The study involved an examination of 225 U.S. metropolitan areas between 1980 and 2008 to gauge how sustainable their transportation practices were and determine what kinds of socioeconomic factors appeared to influence those practices. (more…)

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Extreme Poverty: 2.8 Million Children in the U.S. Live on $2 per Day

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— One in five households with children in poverty are surviving on the cash equivalent of a half gallon of milk per person per day in a given month.

The National Poverty Center has released a new report that examines poverty trends between 1996 and 2011. The number of households with children who are in extreme poverty in a given month—living at $2 or less in income per person per day—in 2011 totaled roughly 1.46 million households, including 2.8 million kids. This number is up from 636,000 households in 1996, nearly a 130 percent increase. (more…)

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Yahoo! Reports Third Quartar 2010 Results

*Owned and Operated Display Advertising Grows 17% Year Over Year* *Company Continues Strong Operating Income and Margin Expansion* SUNNYVALE, California, October 19, 2010 – Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2010. Revenue was $1,601 million for the third quarter of 2010, a two percent increase from the third […]

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