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	As summer travel ramps up, there is hope and some uncertainty for the peak travel season in the United States. Location is key to sting of summer gas prices http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47567377/ns/business-us_business/#.T8TdlI7N5FI Summer leads to shifts in economy http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/28/BU2F1ONMHB.DTL Orlando tourism businesses look ahead to summer vacation travel...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2012/0601

	As tensions mount, there is growing concern about the unrest in Western Sahara U.N. asked to investigate violence in Western Sahara http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/16/AR2010111602813.html?hpid=moreheadlines BBC: Q&A: Western Sahara clashes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11712267 Morocco defends raid on Sahrawi camp http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11763092 BBC: We Are...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2010/1119

	As the 49ers search for a new home, questions abound about the future of the Hunters Point community Days are numbered for San Francisco's Candlestick Park http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/12/days-are-numbered-san-franciscos-candlestick-park Santa Clara lines up financing for 49ers stadium http://blog.sfgate.com/49ers/2011/12/03/santa-clara-lines-up-financing-for-49ers-stadium/ 49ers stadium: S.F. mayor has slim...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/1216

	As the city balances security concerns with the requests of protestors, Chicago prepares for the NATO summit Police, Protestors Prepare for NATO Summit http://www.voanews.com/content/nato_chicago_summit_protests_voa/666389.html NATO, Protests Getting Attention in Chicago-Area Classrooms http://www.teachhub.com/nato-protests-getting-attention-chicago-area-classrooms Preparing for Battle in a War of Ideas at Protest...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2012/0518

	As the debate over the use of real names online continues, Salman Rushdie's Facebook account is deactivated, albeit briefly Rushdie Wins Facebook Fight Over Identity [Free registration may be required] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/technology/hiding-or-using-your-name-online-and-who-decides.html Sir Salman Rushdie claims victory in Facebook name row http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8891136/Sir-Salman-Rushdie-claims-victory-in-Facebook-name-row.html 'Nym' wars, part...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/1118

	As the FBI prepares to expand biometric database, civil liberty groups express concern FBI preps award for biometric database http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/307844.html Center for Identification Technology Research [pdf] http://www.citer.wvu.edu/ CBC Archives: The Long Lens of the Law http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-75-1299/science_technology/police_cameras_privacy/ Biometrics.gov [pdf] http://www.biometrics.gov/ Latent Print Examination http://onin.com/fp/ Law...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/0208

	As the initial construction of a massive gas pipeline begins in Brazil, a number of groups remain concerned about the effects Threatened Amazon tribes fight against the odds http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096414383 Indigenous Peoples in Brazil [Macromedia Flash Player] http://www.socioambiental.org/pib/indexenglish.htm Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries [Macromedia Flash Player, pdf] http://www.opec.org/home/ Woods Hole Research Center: Amazon Ecology Program...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2007/0126

	As the mayor of Detroit inks a deal with the state of Michigan, there is a new sense of hope in the Motor City Deal Might Be The Key to Save Detroit http://www.npr.org/2012/04/06/150129157/deal-might-be-the-key-to-save-detroit Blotting-Not Squatting-In Detroit Neighborhoods http://www.npr.org/2011/12/05/142341520/blotting-not-squatting-in-detroit-neighborhoods Detroit right to accept agreement http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20120410/OPINION01/304100010 DSO outlook upbeat, but funding...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2012/0413

	As the new year approaches, a plan to showcase Chernobyl to visitors from around the world emerges Ukraine plans to open Chernobyl, site of massive nuclear disaster, open to tourists in 2011 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/12/13/2010-12-13_ukraine_plans_to_open_chernobyl_site_of_massive_nuclear_disaster_open_to_tourist.html Chernobyl: now open to tourists http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/13/chernobyl-now-open-to-tourists Chernobyl...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2010/1217

	As the planning for a memorial to Eisenhower moves forward, members of his family raise concerns Eisenhower as a Barefoot Boy? Family Objects to a Memorial http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/arts/design/eisenhower-memorial-by-frank-gehry-draws-objections-from-family.html Gehry's design for Eisenhower memorial misses the mark http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/gehrys-design-for-eisenhower-memorial-misses-the-mark/2012/01/23/gIQAy22jVQ_story.html A Q&A With Susan Eisenhower About...	More Info
	https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2012/0210

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