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...hour's drive north of Detroit. Back in the early 1970s, GM had as many as 80,000 employees around Flint, making it one of the premier company towns in the U.S. But as GM's fortunes have fallen, so have those of Flint. GM is still the largest employer in town by far, but its Flint payroll has dropped to fewer than 8,000. Meanwhile, the Genesee County Land Bank owns more than 4,000 vacant residential properties in and around Flint, which had 124,000 residents at the last census. Today, streets are mostly abandoned, the average value...
Collegiate, professional and recreational rowers and their hordes of supporters will flock to Harvard Square for the Regatta, the largest two-day rowing event in the world. Any self-respecting Ivy-Leaguer must know how to navigate the crowded spectacle...
...income communities in South Florida and elsewhere, but also for the broader cause of health-care reform. The U.S.'s chronic shortage of primary-care doctors has become "catastrophic," says Dr. Joseph Stubbs, president of the Philadelphia-based American College of Physicians, one of the nation's largest medical organizations. "If things continue as they are," says Stubbs, "by 2025, the U.S. will be 45,000 primary-care physicians short." That dearth of first-level preventive care will push even more U.S. patients to costlier secondary care like specialists and emergency rooms, which threatens to nullify any appreciable cost savings...
...afford to wait a little while. Beijing has already tapped into Central Asia's vast gas reserves. A new pipeline from Turkmenistan is scheduled to begin gas shipments to China in December via Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, both gas-rich countries. China also has access to the world's largest natural gas field, the South Pars, which is shared by Iran and Qatar. In June, CNPC purchased a block of the Iran-owned South Pars field after the French energy giant Total walked away from the bid for fear of antagonizing the French government, which was attempting to impose tighter sanctions...
Indeed there will. France and Spain back Blair, at least for now. Angela Merkel, the leader of Europe's largest economy, remains enigmatic. Westminster insiders say Merkel will come through for Blair. A German government source is more nuanced. "The Chancellor worked well with [Blair] during the 2007 German E.U. presidency when the Lisbon Treaty was sealed. But of course, she worked well with others too." The presidential race isn't over until the E.U.'s undisputed heavyweight sings. With reporting by Bruce Crumley / Paris...