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GOP leader suggests pulling the plug on California's high-speed rail
PolitiCalRep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), the third-highest-ranking Republican in Congress, suggested on Thursday that the federal government should “cut its losses” and not provide any more money for the state’s high-speed rail program.... -
Judge rejects bid to halt California high-speed rail project
L.A. NOWA Sacramento judge has rejected a bid by agricultural interests to temporarily halt the state's bullet train project in the Central Valley until a lawsuit can be decided.... -
Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad to close for upgrades
Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad is closing Jan. 7 to undergo an overhaul to replace its tracks and vehicles and to give it a new paint job. It will be the third major overhaul of an iconic ride in as many years. The railroad in the...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure Industry, Travel, Amusement and Theme Parks, Transportation, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Metrolink hires New York rail director as new chief
L.A. NOWThe Metrolink commuter railroad Friday hired a veteran transit leader with more than three decades of experience as its new chief executive, replacing John Fenton, who left the agency in May to head a Florida-based rail company. Members of the...... -
Reader photos: Southern California Moments, Day 241
L.A. NOWTake flight: Anthony Gates photographs the gateway to the Angels Flight railway with his iPhone in downtown L.A. on Aug. 25. The railway, which carries patrons up Bunker Hill, originally opened on Dec. 31, 1901. ALSO: Submit your photos Southern...... -
Governor signs high-speed rail conflict-of-interest measure
L.A. NOWCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that requires state high-speed rail officials to disclose their financial investments and eliminates a loophole that created potential conflicts of interest for the project’s board members.... -
State Senate candidates travel separate tracks on bullet train
PolitiCalCalifornia’s plan to build a $68-billion bullet train divided the Legislature this summer, so it is no surprise that it became a hot-button election issue. And nowhere is that split more on show than in the 5th Senate District contest...... -
Pakistani officials distance themselves from minister's bounty offer
World NowPakistan’s government on Sunday distanced itself from remarks made by a federal minister who offered up to $100,000 to anyone who would kill the maker of an anti-Islamic film that sparked a wave of violent protests across the Muslim world.... -
Yes on Proposition 30, no on Proposition 38
The day Gov. Jerry Brown took office in 2011, the state budget was more than $25 billion in the red — the latest installment in a long-running drama of boom-and-bust budgeting. Since then, lawmakers have slashed billions of dollars from education,...
Tags: State Income Tax, Taxation, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Justice System
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Eric Lomax dies at 93; ex-POW's act of forgiveness set stage for memoir 'The Railway Man'
"Some time the hating has to stop," reads the last line of "The Railway Man," a moving tale of wartime torture and forgiveness by former British prisoner of war Eric Lomax. Lomax was a British army officer when he was captured by Japanese forces during...
Tags: Prisoners and Detainees, United Kingdom, Prisons, Human Interest, Movies
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Ben Isaacs dies at 107; oldest Pullman porter
For more than three decades, Ben Isaacs worked as a Pullman porter, one of the uniformed railway men who served first-class passengers traveling in luxurious sleeping cars — a much-coveted job for African Americans between the 1870s and late 1960s....
Tags: Gloria Swanson, Count Basie, Celebrities, Air Transportation Industry, Pneumonia
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London Olympics: Tips on how to navigate the city during Games
LONDON — If you're at all familiar with London — the city of congestion, crowded byways, skinny streets — you may be trying to imagine how in the world the city will cope with moving its Olympics visitors from Point A to Point B. Many...
Tags: Paralympic Games, Equestrian, Public Transportation, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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