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8:42 AM EDT on July 9, 2012

    • Obama Signs Bill, Says He's Been Calling on Congress to Spend War Money on Transpo (TID)
    • ...Mica: Really, Obama? Because We Haven't Heard a Peep Out of You For Ages (Fox)
    • Just Raise the Gas Tax, Already (Record-Searchlight, Seacoastonline, MyCentralJersey)
    • ...It's Grover Norquist's Fault That Congress Won't Do It (Star-Ledger)
    • California Legislature Says Yes to the Bullet Train (SF Gate, CNET)
    • Examiner: Ray LaHood <3 High-Speed Rail --> Ray LaHood = Mao Tse-Tung
    • Your Tax Dollars Are Supporting Flammable Sprawl in the West (Billings Gazette)
    • People Are Driving Less. Transit Needs a Sustainable Funding Source to Keep Up (Journal Sentinel)
    • Record Heat Wreaked Havoc With Trains, In Addition to Planes and Automobiles (WaPo)
    • Cyclists Think Twice Before Sharing the Road With Increasingly Distracted Drivers (Amarillo Globe-News)
    • Bike-Share Brings Out More Cyclists, Who "Assert Themselves More Than They Should" (USA Today)

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