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8:59 AM EDT on September 6, 2012

    • More Oil and Gas Drilling Won't Do Much to Keep U.S. Energy Prices Down (NYT)
    • Smart Growth Leader: We Need to Retire the Word "Urbanism" (Atlantic Cities)
    • LaHood Skips DNC (The Hill)
    • "People-Powered Buses" Help Convention Transpo (Earth Techling)
    • HuffPo: All Development Is Not Equal, When It Comes to Jobs
    • Smart Growth Fail: Treasury Department Moves Employees From Metro to West VA (Examiner)
    • NJ Transit Proposes More Density for Hoboken (Patch, Jersey Journal)
    • D.C. Bridge Could Become Park Connecting Two Neighborhoods (NPR)
    • Springfield, Illinois Moves in Bike-Friendly Direction (State Journal-Register)
    • Photographer Captures Suburban Sprawl, From Above (Co.Exist)

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