Today’s Headlines

  • Regional partnerships are helping to maximize the impact of federal stimulus dollars (TNR)
  • Arizona craziness: Traffic safety officials allege man is evading 37 photo-enforced speeding tickets by wearing a monkey mask (AZ Republic)
  • National Transportation Safety Board bans staff from using cell phones behind the wheel (CNN)
  • The first study of the congressional climate bill’s benefits — not just its costs — shows that they’re pretty massive (WSJ)
  • Bad economy boosts local governments by lowering the amounts of construction bids (AP)
  • U.S. airlines are racking up a string of delay reductions (WSJ)

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