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Recent Headlines: National Edition

Thanks to Adam Voiland at DC Streetsblog

By Damien Newton

9:48 AM PDT on August 4, 2010

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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

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