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NEWS ABOUT: community

community stories: 9 news summaries

 Nature Makes You Nicer 

People more focused on others when primed with natural imagery, research shows

Aug 18, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Being around the natural world or representations of it makes you a better person, Miller-McCune reports. A study finds that people shown slides of natural landscapes rated community-oriented goals—such as “to work for the betterment of society”—as more important to them than self-oriented goals—for example,... More »

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social responsibility • psychology • nature • generosity • community • social behavior

Facebook Bad for Teens, Warns Archbishop

Social networking degrades friendship, can lead to suicide

Aug 2, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook and MySpace are degrading our ability to relate to one another and pushing young people to suicide, the head of the Catholic Church in England tells the Telegraph. Archbishop Vincent Nichols is concerned that social-networking websites encourage teens to form only “transient relationships,” which can leave them... More »

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social networking • Internet • suicide • MySpace • Facebook • Bebo • community

(Newser) - The poor economy has put a crimp in some universities' expansion plans and soured the relationship between others and the surrounding communities, the New York Times reports. For instance, Harvard’s planned $1 billion expansion into a Boston neighborhood is in limbo, leaving a 5-acre construction pit and vacant... More »

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Boston • expansion • colleges and universities • Brown University • Providence, RI • community • Harvard University • town and gown

OPINION

 What the 
 GOP Needs Is 
 a John Wayne 

Community, not freedom, is the true Western virtue: Brooks

May 5, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans have admired Westerns for decades, continually flocking to leaders—Goldwater, Reagan, Bush, Palin—who embody the John Wayne ideal of individualism and bravery. But as David Brooks writes, Westerns aren't really about lone heroes, but "civic order": how newcomers build communities in inhospitable regions. For the New ... More »

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GOP • Barry Goldwater • Ronald Reagan • Republican Party • David Brooks • conservatism • George W. Bush • Sarah Palin • community

After 100 Days, Does Obama Beat Bush?

A look at approval ratings, community-by-community

Apr 27, 09 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 100 days, President Obama is more divisive, more popular with moderates, and bigger with his base than George W. Bush was at this point—depending on where you look, the Christian Science Monitor finds in a look at 11 community types. Overall, Obama’s 63% Pew approval rating beats... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • approval ratings • George W. Bush • Obama administration • community • President Obama • 100 days

In Tough Times, People Dust Off the Library Card

Even amid budget cuts, the institutions are expanding offerings

Feb 2, 09 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - As the economy lightened wallets last year, people in search of jobs and entertainment turned to a long-lost concept called a library, reports the Washington Post, spiking DC-area circulation by 23% in the last half of 2008. And although budget cuts are hitting libraries hard, they're still finding ways to... More »

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Internet • podcast • book • digital media • community • ebooks • library

 Storms Test New FEMA System 

'Dynamic' approach distributes response burden

Sep 8, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - With three big storms hitting the US within about a week, FEMA is attempting to stay a step ahead, planning emergency response strategies and deploying supplies. The agency's new "dynamic regrouping" plan represents a real-time collaboration between military, civilian, and volunteer personnel, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "The... More »

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military • FEMA • evacuation • Red Cross • volunteer • hurricane • emergency responders • community • Hurricane Ike

Green Cafe's Crowdsourcing Doesn't Spoil
the Stew

DC eatery relies on the masses to define it

Jul 27, 08 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Elements, a vegetarian and raw food restaurant, opens in DC next year, it will have one owner, but almost 400 people who conceived and developed the idea, the Washington Post reports. An online (and offline) community is helping with everything from designing a logo to greening the building. But... More »

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business • restaurant • online • startup • community • crowd • group • raw food

OPINION

These Days, Local Banks Look Good

Your community banker cares, and may even have good deals

Jul 19, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Community banks may seem like quaint relics to those who prefer banking online, but IndyMac's meltdown should have us thinking differently, Ron Lieber writes in the New York Times. Lieber visited a bank in small-town Maryland, and found a friendly, gray-haired manager who gives banking a personal touch. “If... More »

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money • bank • home loans • savings • bank failure • local bank • community

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