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Is increasing truck sizes from 80,000 lbs. to 97,000 lbs. really necessary?

Whether you are aware of it or not, there are businesses pushing to increase truck sizes on our highways from 80,000 lbs. to 97,000 lbs. Congressmen, unions, & truckers are showing concern and are taking action on this issue.

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Why do we hold High Speed Rail to a higher standard over other modes?

I came across this article about how the author views the funding for the construction of High Speed Rail. The author is a bite to extreme to me and I feel that he/she does not address the overall issue.

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New GOP Governors Kill $1.2 Billion In High-Speed Rail Jobs

Republicans who were elected on Tuesday are beginning to deliver on their campaign promises to kill America's future.

Notes from a little ConDemNation #3

Well the replacement bus service added forty minutes to my journey time into London this morning, but on the positive side I really enjoyed a replacement bus service later.

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Notes from a little ConDemNation #2

Last week I wrote about how our Labour party had elected Ed Miliband, over his brother David, as its leader. One imagines the Delphic Oracle prognosticating: "Miliband will lose" before the election.

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NC man waits for 'ghost train,' killed by real one

Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a "ghost train" from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.

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Highway vs. High Speed Rail

HIGHWAY VS. HIGH SPEED RAIL A user cost/time comparison for Tampa-Orlando commuters

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Will we EVER learn?

Is history destained to repeat itself over and over? I'm referring to the recent train crash on a level crossing on the Sudbury to Marks Tey line. This is not a busy line, one train an hour, in fact it was fortunate to escape the "Beeching Axe" back in the sixties.

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Arizona News Site Redefines How Small Town USA Gets News

Editor Benjamin Groff says that the first week of July the local website which was developed nearly two years ago following the election for Wittmann's local fire chief has reached over 50,000 clicks since its inception.

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