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By Kathryn Reid Moore

8:53 AM EDT on July 8, 2011

AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce United Against Mica's Transportation Bill (The Hill)
Study Finds 1 in 4 Crashes Caused By Distraction, Recommends National Texting Ban (Reuters)
Senators Agree On Terms For Immediate End to Ethanol Subsidies (WaPo)
Report: Ohio Subsidized Sprawl for Business, Hurt the Urban Workforce (Plain Dealer)
New Rule Would Require Hybrids, EVs to Be Built With Special Pedestrian Alerts (Bloomberg)
NJ Dems Want LaHood, Christie to Resolve $251 Million ARC Tunnel Fight (NJ.com)
Chicago Area To Get Single Transit Fare Card By 2015 (BusinessWeek)
Cellphones to Replace Parisians' Transit Fare Cards (TelecomPaper)
Mimes Promote Safer Driving in Honduran Capital (CNN)

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