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7:30 AM PDT on August 5, 2008

    • Obama Softens Stance on Drilling, Wants to Tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve (NYT, Gristmill)
    • Santa Monica Only Has Self to Blame for Traffic Woes (Times
    • Federal Food Fight Endangers Transportation Dollars (KPBS
    • Former Opponents of Expansion Divided on 710 Freeway Tunnel (Eastern Group
    • Minn. Bridge Collapse Caused by Excessive Highway Building (Planetizen)
    • LA Bridge Engineer: We Must Do Better (USA Today)
    • UCLA Awaiting Scramble Crosswalk (UCLA Today
    • NJ Attorney General Caught Speeding (AP)
    • Beijing's Curbs on Traffic, Pollution Pique Interest of Atmospheric Scientists (AP)

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