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High-speed rail rejection: Gov. Scott might be right
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsLet's say you have a house, and a rich uncle says he's going to build you a billiards room, all expenses paid. You don't shoot pool, and you don't really want a billiards room (and all the hassles and future......Tags: Republican Party, Regional Authority, Sports, Executive Branch, Government
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Sen. Skelos, and rival Simon, on LIRR pension fiasco
Spin CycleSenate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) has long been the state lawmaker most involved with the Long Island Rail Road, with cordial union ties and a hand in its capital funding. Asked Thursday about state and U.S. probes......Tags: Employees, Crime, Law and Justice, Labor Legislation, Justice System, Executive Branch
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Republicans learning to love the stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva Even in defeat, it seems, there is victory. Even that $787-billion economic stimulus that all the House's Republicans opposed has its rosy side. "The timing couldn't be better,'' one Florida Republican crows about a high-speed rail project.....Tags: Small Businesses, Oregon, Barack Obama, Government, Politics
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Obama's high-speed rail: 'This is America'
The Swampby Ben Meyerson President Barack Obama announced his plan for developing high-speed rail in America this morning, detailing how $13 billion in federal money could act as a "down payment" on bringing the nation's passenger trains up to par with......Tags: Science and Technology, Barack Obama, University of Pennsylvania, Texas, Government
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High-speed rail: Jobs, stimulus-style
The Swampby Mark Silva With President Barack Obama intent on focusing attention on his concern for the economy, the White House plans to follow up tonight's State of the Union address with an announcement tomorrow, in Florida, of the administration's intentions......Tags: Science and Technology, Sacramento, Colleges and Universities, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Executive Branch
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Roaming the neighborhoods around Pimlico
Roaming the streets that encircle Pimlico Race Course, I discovered so many places that I had trouble going back to the same locale twice. Outer Northwest Baltimore is a fascinating, at times geographically bewildering, place. When the Maryland Jockey...
Tags: Pimlico Race Course, Hampden, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Pimlico, Druid Hill
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A Journey To A Windswept Island In Goodwin State Forest
The Hartford CourantMaybe it's because I read "Treasure Island" too many times as a kid. Or maybe it was the islands of grass -- known as "witches heads" -- we would hop across as kids to get to the other side of the swamp. Whatever the reason, I love islands. Whether I...Tags: Pomfret, Forestry and Timber, Executive Branch, Government, Politics
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Boosters want to turn Pullman into national park
A group of Chicago residents and preservationists are working to win federal approval to turn the entire Pullman neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side into a national park. If approved by Congress or proclaimed a national monument by the president,...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Mark Kirk, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Gardens and Parks, Government
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ON THE TRAIL : All aboard the nature train
The first passenger train rides of the season roll Saturday out of the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum in North Judson. Why not combine it with a hike or bike ride along the nine-mile, paved North Judson Erie Trail, a former railroad bed that runs between...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Museums, Transportation, Arts and Culture, Mother's Day
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Visiting The Meriden, Waterbury & Connecticut Railroad In Middletown
The Hartford CourantMaybe it's the sight of grass and trees growing up through the gravel and railroad ties. Or the rotting trestle that spans a small river and fills the air with a light scent of creosote. It could be the echoes of water dripping in an abandoned tunnel....Tags: Middletown, Meriden, Waterbury, Manchester, Transportation
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Kingsley Guy: South Florida economic future looks good
As Mark Twain noted, history doesn't repeat itself, but "sometimes it rhymes," and South Florida may be in for one of those rhyming moments as it emerges from the economic doldrums of the past half decade. Turn the clock back a hundred years: Henry...Tags: Mark Twain, Port Everglades, Labor Day, Railway Industry, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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Quentin Kopp, no longer on board this bullet train
There's a short piece of Bay Area freeway, Interstate 380, named for Quentin Kopp, which is ironic considering that he's beaten the drum for public transit — specifically bullet trains — for years. But then again, he's always been a...
Tags: Finance, Political Corruption, Amtrak, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Elections
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