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  • For decades, New York City has piled its trash in heaps of bags on city sidewalks. Now, the city is rolling out trash bins — and requiring its businesses to start using them.
  • Refugees are no longer allowed to settle in one western German city. Such bans are expected to be introduced in other cities as more Germans complain that there are too many refugees.
  • The city of Peoria wants to see more usage of the Gateway Building.
  • The south Los Angeles community is on its way to surpassing New Orleans as the most violent per-capita city in America. City leaders, residents, police and the clergy are trying to quell the violence.
  • Mayor Pierre David of the Belgian city Verviers was the city's first mayor, and served until his death in 1839.
  • The Pekin City Council voted unanimously Monday to extend the emergency powers of the mayor and city manager for another two weeks.
  • Bloomington needs a new city manager.David Hales was introduced Tuesday as the new city manager in Joliet. He’ll start Nov. 27, making $215,000. (That’s a…
  • Host Jacki Lyden talks to travel writer Chris Elliott about airlines' efforts to crack down on fliers who buy tickets for "hidden cities." Some travelers are finding it cheaper to buy tickets for longer flights, and then get off in a connecting city, or to pay a lower round-trip fare for a one-way flight. Airlines say that's costing them money.
  • Meet the Slow Cities League, a band of about 30 Italian towns that are saying "no" to fast food, and other signs of globalization. These cities are hoping to preserve the easy going pace of small town life.
  • Money Magazine rated three hundred cities for "livability"...Madison, Wisconsin received the highest rating and Rockford, Illinois received the lowest. Robert talks with Bill Greg of Rockford, and Bob Schlicht (SHLITT) from Madison about why they both think their cities deserve the highest ratings.
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