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Today’s Headlines

7:47 AM EDT on August 18, 2009

    • Inside the Oregon DOT's quest to make a mileage tax work (Marketplace)
    • Could a "cash for clunkers" approach work to retire creaky coal-fired power plants? (WSJ)
    • Boston becomes the fourth U.S. city to let software developers work with transit data (Herald)
    • LaHood hits Maine to check out new "bridge in a backpack" technology (AP)
    • Struggling urban schools turn to marketing to win back students (WSJ)

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