[OKC] FW: NOW Newsletter - 10.10.08: Driven to Despair

[Shauna Struby]

FYI - Some transportation goodies here .

 

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 <http://www.pbs.org/now> NOW with David Brancaccio | PBS

   NOW Newsletter: Friday, October 10, 2008 (Check local listings
<http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html> )


This Week on NOW: Driven to Despair


  <http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/440/images/video.jpg> The American dream of
commuting to work from the fringes of suburbia has become an American
nightmare. Many are facing a hard choice: Paying for gas or paying the
mortgage. How did it come to this?

> About the Show <http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/440/index.html> 



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Reinventing American Transportation


  <http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/440/images/mariia-zimmerman.jpg> Should we
be changing the way we work and live? A transportation expert gives her
prescription for creating a 21st century infrastructure.

> Read the <http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/440/infrastructure.html>  Essay



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Election Cartoon Caption Contest


  <http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/439/images/cartoon-nl.jpg> Who's tricking
and who's treating? Put your own words to our brand new October political
cartoon for a chance to win a NOW DVD! While you're there, check out the
hilarious captions from previous contests.

> Submit <http://www.pbs.org/now/php/cartoons.php?image_date=2008-10-01>
Your Caption



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Your Turn


Online Poll: How has the current economic crisis affected your spending
habits? Vote <http://www.pbs.org/now/index.html#poll> 

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Next Week on NOW


How much is the economy affecting the election? We visit the key swing state
of Virginia to find out.

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