• Here’s an entry in the web video series called “American Makeover” detailing the problem of sprawl in Atlanta.

• The latest on the attempted car bombing of New York City’s Times Square last week. (NYT)

• An article looks at the great work done by the Empire State Building to save energy. (Miller-McCune.com)

• The road-building lobby is not pleased with the Obama Administration’s emphasis on “livability” and the government’s decreased appetite with constructing highways. (PublicIntegrity.org)

• Drinking water is disrupted for 2 million people in Boston following the rupture of a major pipe. (BostonGlobe)

• Kids are staffing a small railroad in Russia; we hope that’s not a safety risk! (Wired)

• The latest on the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf Coast. (AP)