Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• A New Look for the 13th Floor
• Feb 13, 2008
• As you can see, we've spiffed up the joint. Hope you like it! And by the way, if there are features you'd like to see ...

• Fuzzy Math
• Feb 12, 2008
• The math is very clear: the Democratic nomination will be decided at the convention by superdelegates. The math is wrong: The Democratic party will not ...

• The Next California Recall
• Feb 11, 2008
• From the Sacramento Bee : The proponents of the recall of Sen. Jeff Denham announced turning in 50,000 signatures to unseat the Central Valley Republican on Friday ...

• Crime Info, Street by Street
• Feb 10, 2008
• Overwhelmed by citizen requests for detailed crime information about their neighborhoods, law enforcement agencies across the country are teaming up with the private Web site...

• A Safe Place for Hoosier Cash
• Feb 6, 2008
• By March, Indiana legislators expect to pass a property tax relief package that will likely cut an average homeowner's bill by a third. That's good...

• Snub, You Lose
• Feb 5, 2008
• If you're wondering why San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom endorsed Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama, the SF Chronicle reports that it's because Obama snubbed the ...

• Transit Agency Debuts Electronic Bike Lockers
• Feb 3, 2008
• Hoping to encourage more of its riders to pedal rather than drive to train stations, officials of San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit are introducing...
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• Free Health Screenings Target Obesity
• Jan 30, 2008
• About one-third of U.S. children are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight, according to an annual survey by the federal Centers for Disease...

• Public Input, Wiki-Style
• Jan 27, 2008
• Minneapolis is testing a fresh new approach to gathering public input. Frustrated by low attendance at public meetings, it has launched its first wiki --...

• The High-Tech Approach to Digging Out
• Jan 23, 2008
• Just in time for winter's worst, Montgomery County, Md., unveiled a new Storm Operation Center that makes it the first to use the Web-based forecasting...
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• Tracking a Tar Heel Drought
• Jan 13, 2008
• About 26 percent of the Southeast is experiencing an "exceptional drought" -- the National Weather Service's worst drought category. For North Carolina, 2007 was the driest year...

• Taking the LEED on Green Building
• Jan 9, 2008
• Last May, a tornado displaced 1,400 people in the rural town of Greensburg, Kansas, and left nearly every house, tree and business razed. In the weeks...

• Send Word Now
• Jan 6, 2008
• A citywide power outage, a small plane crashing into a 40-story apartment building and a fire at the Deutsche Bank building were all events that...

• A New Year, A New You
• Jan 2, 2008
• Losing weight consistently tops New Year's resolution lists, and for the second year in a row it also tops Alabama's resolutions. Scale Back Alabama is...

• Memorializing the Victims
• Dec 26, 2007
• Drunk driving leads to more deaths during the Christmas and New Year's holiday period then the rest of the year. About four in 10 of the...