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Crisis-prep refresher: Vincent T. Covello's 77 questions journalists ask during a crisis.
Why governors drive dangerously fast. NYT
Joel Kotkin says baby boomers will retire in the 'burbs, not downtown. WSJ (paid subsc)
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Is propane the next biofuel? MIT Tech Review
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Christopher Swope was GOVERNING's executive editor.
E-mail: mailbox@governing.com 
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