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San Diego Country isn’t happy with the McCain family. Turns out, one of the many trusts that administers one of their seven homes hasn’t paid taxes in four years. McCain’s trust scrambled to pay nearly all of the outstanding debt to the county. $1,742 of a total $6,744.42 remains.
If that seems like an [...]

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A striking graph from the CEOs for Cities report, “Driven to the brink” on gasoline prices and land use planning. (press release and full document).
(via Steve Davis at Smart Growth around America).

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ApartmentTherapy asks, What If Homes Came With Nutrition Labels?
Eco-conscious architect Michelle Kaufmann AIA, LEED® AP writes:
Homebuyers need more information about the homes they are buying when they are buying. There should be a way for them to have easy access to information like how efficiently a home will use energy and water, how [...]

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2008 Statistics on American Politics on Facebook - Impressively thorough and well-researched.
Political prediction markets bet on Obama, Huckabee wins in Iowa - Clinton still leads in the general though… sigh.
Jamais Cascio on Geoengineering and Climate-based Warfare - Uh… happy new year?
Sydney Morning Herald has “Ten things that will change your future” - and [...]

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