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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: Politics, Regional Authority, Sports, Rick Scott, Republican Party
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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: Lawyers, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Career and Workplace, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Labor Legislation
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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: Politics, Ken Calvert, Small Businesses, Government, Public Relations
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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, Government, University of Pennsylvania, Travel, National 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: Politics, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Joe Biden, Jeb Bush
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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, Reisterstown Road, Building Material, Pimlico Race Course, 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: Politics, Government, Pomfret, Travel, Forestry and Timber
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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: Tourism and Leisure, Politics, Human Interest, Abraham Lincoln, Labor Legislation
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52% of low-income, minority CTA riders paying more
As South Side and south suburban Chicago Transit Authority riders figure out the best way to get to work and other activities Monday without Red Line Dan Ryan service, a new analysis shows that the CTA's fare increases for one-day and seven-day passes...
Tags: Minority Groups, Forest Park, Chicago Transit Authority, Civil Rights, Travel
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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: Museums, Mother's Day, Indiana Hoosiers, Arts and Culture, Connecticut Valley Railroad
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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: Waterbury, Meriden, Travel, Middletown, Lakes and Ponds
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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: Railway Industry, Employment, Career and Workplace, Hurricanes, Port Everglades
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Apr 21, 2013
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