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NEWS ABOUT: development

development stories: 14 news summaries

2010 Winter Olympics Feel
a Chill in One Host Town

Construction hassles, dim future depress Whistler residents

Aug 31, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whistler Village, Canada, celebrated when it learned it would host many events as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics in nearby Vancouver. But the honeymoon is pretty much over, the Seattle Times reports. Clogged roads, endless construction, and soon-to-be-closed schools have residents ruing the decision. And their ire doesn’... More »

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tourism • Canada • development • British Columbia • skiing • Olympic Village • Whistler Blackcomb • 2010 Vancouver Olympics • Winter Olympics

ANALYSIS

 Jaycee May Never Recover 

Overcoming lost years will be a huge challenge, mental health experts say

Aug 30, 09 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - It will be a struggle for Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters to recover from the years they spent in captivity, writes Karen Kaplan in the LA Times. Psychologists have few comparable cases to draw from, and those that exist are not encouraging. Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, of Vienna,... More »

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kidnapping • captivity • development • Vienna • psychologist • child rape • Elisabeth Fritzl • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

(Newser) - Ben Stein loves Wal-Mart—just don’t put one smack-dab in the middle of a historic Civil War battlefield in Orange, Va. The 1864 Battle of the Wilderness was a turning point in the conflict, Stein writes in the American Spectator, and the “battlefield is incredibly important environmentally and... More »

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United States • America • Virginia • development • Civil War • Ben Stein • Wal-Mart • national park • Ulysses Grant • Battle of the Wilderness • Robert E. Lee

(Newser) - The 4,000 US Marines who invaded the Helmand Province in Afghanistan this week might feel at home—the US helped build it, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In a Cold War race against the Soviets, Washington lavished more than $110 million on irrigating land, constructing schools, and building the... More »

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development • Helmand province • invasion • Afghanistan war • Marines

 Homes Shrink 
 With the Economy 

Builders' 'Depression' helps drive reduction

May 26, 09 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Home sizes are aligned with the shrunken economy, the Los Angeles Times reports: last year, the typical home size dropped 11%—likely the fastest plunge since the 1970s. Some 90% of builders are working on a smaller scale now, an industry poll found. “People are realizing, 'Hey, I don't... More »

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recession • development • homebuilders • housing starts • building • financial crisis

(Newser) - Apple is preparing a foray into the “netbook” market, AppleInsider reports. The computer company has put out feelers to parts suppliers in a bid to create a web-connected, 7- to- 10-inch tablet one analyst thinks will retail for $500-$700. “It is increasingly clear that Apple is investing more... More »

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iPhone • Apple • development • 3G wireless networks • Netbooks • mobile devices • Jay-ZTV • tablet computer

(Newser) - Development, deterioration, and a lack of funds are endangering the nation's historic treasures, says the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The group released its annual list of the most endangered sites, reports ABC News. They are:
  • The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles
  • The WWII-era Enola Gay hangar at
... More »

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architecture • United States • development • Galveston • Frank Lloyd Wright • National Trust for HIstoric Preservation • heritage • endangered

 Wind Fuels Land 
 Rush in Wyoming 

Ranchers band together to negotiate better deals

Nov 28, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Wyoming is in the midst of a land grab, but this time it's wind farm developers, not oilmen, who are eager to make a deal, the New York Times reports. To deal with the onslaught of offers from out-of-state developers, ranchers are abandoning a culture of self-reliance and pooling their... More »

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development • Wyoming • wind power • wind farm

 Developers Plan Feast on 
 Thoreau's 'Silver Platter' 

Prospect of vast swath of homes on Maine lake has locals up in arms

Oct 1, 08 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - It was once Thoreau’s “gleaming silver platter,” and now developers want to eat off it. A Seattle developer wants to put 1,000 hotel rooms and condos around Maine’s Moosehead Lake, Bloomberg reports. The proposed construction on mostly private land abutting a huge tract of forest... More »

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conservation • Maine • development • Henry David Thoreau • Moosehead Lake

Coney Island's Astroland to Shut Down

Owner of legendary amusement park can't strike deal on lease

Sep 4, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The iconic Astroland, one of two theme parks on New York’s Coney Island, will close for good on Sunday, the New York Post reports. Owner Carol Albert said she couldn't strike a lease deal with the 46-year-old site's developer and landlord. The park’s historic (and bruising) Cyclone... More »

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real estate • New York City • Coney Island • rollercoasters • development • lease • Astroland • Cyclone

opinion

Be Bold, Baltimore:
We Need a Downtown Arena

Stop thinking small, columnist urges

Jul 25, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Baltimore is big enough—and its future bright enough—to build a new sports arena downtown, and all those "nattering negativists" who think otherwise need to get out of their basements more, writes Dan Rodricks in the Baltimore Sun. Plans to tear down First Mariner Arena and put up... More »

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Maryland • development • Baltimore

Proposed Philly Mega-Skyscraper Rivals US' Best

1,500-ft. tower would top Sears; Chicago, New York plan taller

Jun 20, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Philadelphia took a step toward entering America's mega-skyscraper club today, the Daily News reports, with a city councilman introducing zoning legislation for a building that, at 1,500 feet, would eclipse Chicago's Sears Tower. Plenty of bureaucratic hurdles remain for the proposed American Commerce Center, including retooling the city's planning... More »

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real estate • Philadelphia • mayor • development • skyscraper • Michael Nutter

Hospitals Build 'Womb Rooms' for Preemies

Environments are designed to replicate qualities of the womb

May 29, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - With preterm births soaring—and tinier preemies surviving—many hospitals are redesigning their neonatal units to provide environments closer to those babies experience in utero, the New York Times reports. The new rooms are darker and quieter, and provide space for skin-to-skin contact with parents (not to speak of places... More »

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neonatal care • children • family • baby • development • womb • preemies • infant

China's Drivers Steer Clear
of Tolls

Thrifty motorists resort to detours, deception to get around steep fees

May 16, 07 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tolls are literally taking a toll in China, where thrifty motorists try to steer around the tollbooths cropping up on the country's highways. An infrastructure boom has created 40,000 kilometers of new toll roads since 1990, and drivers are doing anything—from faking toll-exempt plates to making long detours... More »

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China • Driving • tollbooth • development • toll

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