Recent Headlines: National Edition

• Dems Retreat on Energy, Oil-Spill Bills (The Hill)
• Obesity Rates Continue To Rise (NYT)
• Cars Remain Currency of Cool in Hollywood (Slate)
• Gulf Oil Gusher 2nd Largest Ever; Still a Fraction of What Americans Consume Every Day (AP, Time)
• But Government Tells Us 3/4 of Spill “No Longer a Threat” (LAT)
• Obama’s “Plan B” on Climate Under Assault (Politico) 
• The Case for Open Data in Transit (Streetfilms)
• Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Sub-Committee (DC Streetsblog)
• Reason Foundation: Transit a “Peripheral Concern” to National Transpo Policy

Thanks to Adam Voiland at DC Streetsblog