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7:49 AM EDT on August 14, 2009

    • "Cash for clunkers" not the retail-sales boost economists had hoped ... (NYT)
    • ... and still not paying auto dealers on time (WSJ)
    • A must-read: Labeled the "fastest-dying cities," these towns are fighting back (WSJ)
    • Happy 50th birthday to the three-point seat belt (Wired)
    • Senate No. 2 (and friend of POTUS) does his part for the midwest's high-speed rail push (Pantagraph)
    • Number of Americans flying internationally hit a 7.5-year low (Dow Jones)

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