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By Damien Newton

8:28 AM PDT on May 4, 2011

Metro Releases Budget, Schedules Hearing for 5/18 (The Source, Daily News)
LAT: Suburban Flight Gives SoCal a Chance to Grow Smarter
The Paper of Record Also Notes There’s a Controversy About a Leimert Park Station (LAT)
Happy 72nd Birthday, Union Station (Primary Sources)
“Some” Question Tax Breaks for Downtown Hotel (LAT)
Dodgers Advertise the Dodger Shuttle (Twitter)
The Santa Monica Festival Looks Really Bikey (Pac. Swell)
GOOD Demolishes the Argument That You Can Drill Your Way to Lower Gas Prices
Architects Look Forward to Day When Cars Can Replace Bees As Pollinators (NY News)

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