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Traffic congestion in the Washington region improves. Seriously. Washington Post Relying on transmitters installed in trucks and fleet vehicles, it is the hand behind many of the traffic-flow reports that define congestion in real time in color-coded green, yellow and red road maps shown on television and the Internet. |
 The Atlantic Cities | The Trust for Public Land Unveils ParkScore(TM) Rankings for 40 Largest US Cities MarketWatch (press release) The site includes interactive maps of each ParkScore city, allowing users to zoom in and study park access on a block-by-block basis. Additional detailed information about each public park in all 40 ParkScore cities is also provided. DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score" The Best City Parks Systems in America San Diego ranked 8th in parks |
 Columbia Missourian | Fremont boy in National Geographic Bee finals San Francisco Chronicle Varun correctly identified Iran as the country where the city of Mashhad, the site of an annual Shiite pilgrimage, is located. The national final, where 10 students face off, will be Thursday in Washington. It will be televised nationally from 8 to 10 VIDEO: West Des Moines Whiz Kid Headed to National Geographic Bee |
Mapping the District's murders Washington Post (blog) Not surprisingly, the map shows what we've all long known — the majority of the city's murders are clustered in parts of Ward 5 and east of the Anacostia River, while fewer than 10 happened west of Rock Creek Park. Homicides in DC have steadily |
 New Yorker | Romney to shift focus from nation's economy to education system as he tries to Washington Post The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, who has been reluctant to stray far from economic issues, is expected to outline a proposal for improving education in a speech Wednesday at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington. Obama's Southern Discomfort (The Note) |