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9:11 AM EDT on August 12, 2010

    • Kerry Unveils Revised Energy Bill (Business Green
    • Poll Shows Hickenlooper with Big Lead Over Rivals in CO Gov Race (TPM)
    • Statehouse Reshuffling Could Torpedo Regional Climate Pacts (Politico)  
    • Oil Spill Update: Finally Some Relief From All That Vaguely-Violent Engineering Jargon (Time)
    • Bevy of Lawmakers Break Ground on New Transit Center in San Francisco (Examiner)
    • Meanwhile, Pinch Yourself: SF Transit Agency Reports Large Surplus (Streetsblog SF, SF Chron
    • Not Sure About Lunch, But at Least in Chicago There Is Such a Thing as a Free Ride (Chicago Tribune)
    • High-Speed Rail Coming to Texas? (Star-Telegram)
    • First Impressions of the Phoenix Light Rail (New Times)

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