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http://nyti.ms/1bZAq6m SAN FRANCISCO — The tech sector is, increasingly, embracing the language of urban planning — town hall, public square, civic hackathons, community engagement. So

http://nyti.ms/1e8c9gh Mary Catherine Sexton has been rattled enough.  This fall her neighborhood in the northeastern part of this city has been shaken by dozens of

http://nyti.ms/186YqUg FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Faced with mounting evidence that get-tough policies in schools are leading to arrest records, low academic achievement and high dropout

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/nuclear-waste-fiasco-100450.html The $38 billion nuclear waste fiasco Doing nothing often has a cost — and when it comes to storing the nation’s nuclear waste, the

http://nyti.ms/IyVtzz WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said on Sunday that it had met its goal for improving HealthCare.gov so that the website now “will work

http://nyti.ms/IzLuLd WASHINGTON — As a small coterie of grim-faced advisers shuffled into the Oval Office on the evening of Oct. 15, President Obama’s chief domestic

by Jon Hamilton NPR – November 28, 2013 Think back to an important event in your life: a graduation, a birth, a special Thanksgiving dinner.

by Frank James NPR – November 27, 2013 The new U.S. Treasury/Internal Revenue Service rules aimed at clarifying what constitutes political activity for tax-exempt “social

 FOR many education advocates, the arts are a panacea: They supposedly increase test scores, generate social responsibility and turn around failing schools. Most of the