Today’s Headlines
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7:37 AM PDT on October 19, 2009
- Road Rage Doc’s Lawyer Blaming the Victims at Trial (Times)
- 10% of CA Drivers Have Disabled Placard? State Cracksdown (NYT)
- River Enviros Worried About HSR’s Impact on LA River, Development Plans… (Times)
- …Including Contributor Joe Linton. More on His Thoughts (Creak Freak)
- Car Free for a Cause: 30k Take Part in AIDS Walk (Times)
- Tru Threatens Jail to City Workers, Council Woman Defending L.A. Live’s New Billboards (Times)
- Search for Police Chief Gets Serious This Week (Daily News)
- In Praise of Pedicabs (NYT)
- LaHood Shows Love, But Not Money, for Twin Cities’ Green Transport Hub (Forbes)
- New on Google Street View: Pics of Car-Free Places (PC World)
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