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Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

6:00 AM PDT on August 16, 2012

Pasadena City Council Unanimously Opposes I-710 Big Dig (SGV Tribune)
Najarian: Metro's I-710 Truck Numbers a "Snow Job" (Glendale News Press)
Social Media Abuzz with Anti-710 Commentary (Pasadena Sun)
Dirty?: "Metro to Build Huge Exploratory Tube Near Tar Pit' (Curbed)
Woman Hears Strange Noises in Head. Sues Santa Monica for $1.7 Billion Over Smart Meters (Daily Press)
Program Explains Federal Transportation Bill at Metro HQ (The Source)
Fiji Way in Marina Del Rey Gets a Buffered Bike Lane (Biking In LA)
Shocker: Reason Foundation Doesn't Like High Speed Rail (Daily News)
Summer Spirit Is Alive in L.A. (KCET)
Brown Stumping for Tax Increases (LAT)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

(Damien is traveling today, so Today's Headlines were completed last night. If he missed a good article, leave it in the comments section.)

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