Today’s Headlines

By Elana Schor
Nov 12, 2009

Secret Service motorcade — without the vice president on board — strikes and kills a pedestrian (The Hill)

Truckers: "As soon as you say ‘green’, [they] shut down" (Reuters)

Pennsylvania Republican leaders urges LaHood to reject state leaders’ plan to toll I-80 (Post-Gazette)

For seeking a nuclear- and drilling-heavy climate change bill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gets censured in his home state (Post & Courier)

The recent forced closure of a bridge over Lake Champlain in upstate New York? It could be just the beginning of the problem (AP)

The Obama administration is taking action to help … the airline industry (AP)

A pitch to retool highways with adjacent rail lines and embedded electricity transmission (NYT)

Explaining the correlation between the relative pollution of cities and their ability to attract new residents (TNR’s Avenue)

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