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Riders stand in a crowded bus in Montgomery, Ala. Sixty years after the historic Montgomery bus boycott, many of the city's residents say that the system doesn't work for them.

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60 Years After The Boycott, Progress Stalls For Montgomery Buses

4:25pm November 12, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The deep-rooted history and current disrepair of the aging bus fleet in Montgomery, Ala., continues to impact its predominantly black ridership.

The Container Park in April 2014. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is spearheading the Downtown Project, an effort to revitalize downtown Las Vegas.

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Remaking Vegas In A Tech Billionaire's Image: Will It Last?

12:08pm January 20, 2015

by Elise Hu

Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh pumped $350 million into downtrodden downtown Las Vegas to make it a home for startups and a place young people want to live again. Three years in, is it working?

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