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Today’s Headlines

World Bank Report: Biofuel Subsidies Mostly to Blame for Spike in Food Prices (Gristmill) Krugman: Drilling Debate Signals Start of a Bigger Fight (NYT) The Saga of Queens Boulevard and Why It Needs to Be a Complete Street (Queens Central) Memoir of a Hit-and-Run Victim (NYT) LI Man Dead After Wife Backs Over Him In … Continued

By Ben Fried

9:07 AM EDT on August 1, 2008

World Bank Report: Biofuel Subsidies Mostly to Blame for Spike in Food Prices (Gristmill)
Krugman: Drilling Debate Signals Start of a Bigger Fight (NYT)
The Saga of Queens Boulevard and Why It Needs to Be a Complete Street (Queens Central)
Memoir of a Hit-and-Run Victim (NYT)
LI Man Dead After Wife Backs Over Him In SUV (Post)
Quiet Hybrid Cars May Pose Safety Threat to Pedestrians (Sci Am)
New Study Counts 5,700 Chain Stores in Five Boroughs (News)
East Side Residents Concerned About Midblock Second Ave Subway Entrances (Post, NY1)
ConnDOT Engineers Don’t Want to Hear About Complete Streets for New Haven (NH Indepedent)
Mag Rates Copenhagen World’s Most Livable City (City Fix)

Ben Fried

Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

Today's Headlines

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