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Yes On Measure R - Los Angeles Times
los angeles is as famous for its traffic congestion as it is for its sunsets and palm trees, and it has paid a steep price, in smog and gridlock, for its love affair with cars. belated attempts to devise a functional public transit system have run up ...
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Electric Cars At The Paris Auto Show
everybody's working on plug-in cars, but their success depends on gas prices and cleaner power plants
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Toyota Scion Dealership Preparing For Opening In Oakland
the second largest toyota scion dealership in northern california will open in oakland just in time for the holidays.
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Gm Launches New Traverse Crossover At Tenn. Plant - Associated Press
spring hill, tenn. (ap) -- general motors corp. on friday officially launched full-scale production of the new chevrolet traverse at its overhauled former saturn plant on the outskirts of nashville. troy a. clarke, president of gm north america, said ...
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Electric Cars At The Paris Auto Show - Time
remy de la mauviniere / ap in the vast exhibition halls in southern paris one color dominates: green. from the green carpeting and lighting to the artificial lawn trimming and the acid-green cocktail dresses worn by countless exhibition assistants ...
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Brown, Pier Face Off In Supe's Race
valerie brown and will pier are contending for the 1st district supervisor seat. valerie brown was born in kansas city, mo., earned a master's degree in counseling psychology and was licensed as a marriage, family and child counselor. she has lived in the sonoma valley since 1984.
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Kingsport Faring Better Than Other Areas During Troubled Economic Times
downtown kingsport continues to draw shoppers, browsers and visitors, as evidenced by this group of people thursday. david grace photo.
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Republican Nevada Backs Obama - Afrik
a fter nevada voted republican in 2000 and 2004, democrat party strategists believe grim economic conditions will swing the state their way next month. if it does, barack obama may find himself in the white house: nevada has backed the eventual ...
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Nelsons Start Fund At Community Foundation - Sonoma Index Tribune
valerie brown was born in kansas city, mo., earned a master's degree in counseling psychology and was licensed as a marriage, family and child counselor. she has lived in the sonoma valley since 1984. brown, 62, has had an almost seamless political ...
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State Adjusts Income Tax Rates For Inflation 05.oct.08
california franchise tax board (ftb) has adjusted 2008 state tax brackets inflation using a process called “indexing.” “by indexing the tax rates, a california household with unchanged income will pay 5 percent less in state income taxes,” said state controller and ftb chair john chiang.
www.ramonasentinel.com

City Council Divided On Bart Extension
in november, santa clara county voters will decide whether to adopt a one-eighth-cent sales tax for the next 30 years to help fund a bart extension down to san jose and santa clara.
www.paloaltoonline.com

Weakest Metrolink - Los Angeles Times
the head-on train crash sept. 12 in chatsworth has focused attention on how metrolink operates its commuter trains and how the collision could have been avoided. the national transpor- tation safety board has called for installing automated positive ...
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Toyota Scion Dealership Preparing For Opening In Oakland - Inside Bay Area
oakland — despite the downturn in the economy, the second largest toyota scion dealership in northern california will open in oakland in time for the holidays. starting the first week of december, the new 200,000-square-foot facility officially ...
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Start Spreading The News
shenzhen is leading the people's republic from industrial powerhouse to western-style services economy.
theaustralian.news.com.au

Top Scoops
all our political forms are exhausted and practically nonexistent. our parliamentary and electoral system and our political parties are just as futile as dictatorships are intolerable. nothing is left. and this nothing is increasingly aggressive, totalitarian, and omnipresent.
www.scoop.co.nz

Bright Spot For Obama In Battered Nevada - Financial Times
like a stunned gambler who has enjoyed a long run of success only to lose all his winnings on a cruel turn of the roulette wheel, nevada’s economy is in shock. after years of growth its housing market has collapsed, decimated by the mortgage ...
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The Times Endorses Measure R - Los Angeles Times
los angeles is as famous for its traffic congestion as it is for its sunsets and palm trees, and it has paid a steep price, in smog and gridlock, for its love affair with cars. belated attempts to devise a functional public transit system have run up ...
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Despite Major Endorsements, No Easy Ride For Measure A
despite major endorsements, no easy ride for measure a.
www.independent.com

Region: Smart Growth Law All About Choices
supporters of legislation that gov. arnold schwarzenegger signed last week say it will expand the array of choices people have when they shop for houses. opponents say it will limit their options. the new law will require planning agencies to write n
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Green Tech - Cnet News
to get under the hood of transportation technology, just talk to john heywood. heywood, a professor of mechanical engineering at the massachusetts institute of technology, and his colleagues took the proverbial big-picture view of transportation in a ...
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