Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Battle Lines Drawn on NBC Universal (Bottleneck Blog) At White House, Obama Asks Bush to Bail Out Car Makers (NYT) Obama Admin to Include Office of Urban Policy (WaPo via Grist) Driving to Lunch Creates Third Rush Hour in Tyson’s Corner, VA (WaPo) San Fernando Opens Trolley (aka Really Nice Bus) Service (Daily News) Driver … Continued

By Damien Newton

9:15 AM PST on November 11, 2008

Battle Lines Drawn on NBC Universal (Bottleneck Blog)
At White House, Obama Asks Bush to Bail Out Car Makers (NYT)
Obama Admin to Include Office of Urban Policy (WaPo via Grist)
Driving to Lunch Creates Third Rush Hour in Tyson’s Corner, VA (WaPo)
San Fernando Opens Trolley (aka Really Nice Bus) Service (Daily News)
Driver Strikes Pedestrian and Leaves Him to Die in Street (ABC7, Daily News)
Actor George Cromwell Injured in Bike Crash (AP)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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