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Canceled NJ-NY Tunnel May Find New Life
wpix.comThe canceled $9 billion tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York could get a reprieve as early as Friday, depending on what the federal government brings to the table and depending on how New Jersey governor Chris Christie interprets some budget numbers....Tags: Politics, Executive Branch, Local Government, Chris Christie, Government
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22 cool and unusual hostels
Los Angeles TimesHostels can be boring, cheap, safe places to stay for a night. Of course, in Eli Roth's "Hostel" horror flicks, they can lead to torture and malice. This list leaps beyond the bare white walls and hard mattresses, while stopping short of chainsaws and...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Music Industry, Los Angeles Times, Landforms, Entertainment
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Chrysler Museum redefines Victorian art in new exhibit
![Mention the word "Victorian" today and -- almost invariably -- certain kinds of stereotypes tend to creep into the conversation.](http://www.dailypress.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58112932-06091744-187120.jpg "Mention the word "Victorian\" today and -- almost invariably -- certain kinds of stereotypes tend to creep into the conversation.")
Daily PressMention the word "Victorian" today and -- almost invariably -- certain kinds of stereotypes tend to creep into the conversation. Stuffy, strait-laced and hypocritical are just a few of the terms often used to describe the culture that dominated the globe...Tags: England, William Powell, United Kingdom, London (England), Chrysler Museum of Art
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Lobdell: Remember these historic figures
This year's Daily Pilot 103 got me to thinking. Who would make the all-time DP 103 list of influential people in Newport-Mesa history? Here's my stab at the beginnings of the list. I limited myself to folks who could be considered early pioneers or...Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Costa Mesa, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Property, Orange County (California)
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Found on EBay – Streetcar Items
The Daily MirrorThe Pacific Electric Railway routes radiated from downtown like the spokes of a wheel, as one early transportation engineer observed. What's this? A subway to Avalon? A recent post referred to the dangers of streetcar crossings. These photos provide a... -
Before the Rumble Seat
Times Staff WriterEIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX was a very big year. John Stith Pemberton invented Coca-Cola. Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty. King Ludwig II of Bavaria died, much to the delight of Bavarians. Also having a good year were mutton chops and diphtheria....Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Real Estate Agents, Vehicles, Death, Engineering
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New subpoenas issued in Dixon case
The state prosecutor's office has issued a fresh round of subpoenas seeking information about four development projects, the latest chapter in a long-running probe focused at least in part on gifts Mayor Sheila Dixon received from a developer who received...Tags: Politics, Sheila Dixon, Prosecution, State Budgets, Democratic Party
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Obama wants to get moving on high-speed rail
Tribune staff reporterPresident Obama touted his plan for developing high-speed railways Thursday, detailing how $13 billion in federal money would act as a "down payment" on creating speedier passenger train service. "High-speed rail is long overdue, and this plan lets...Tags: Education, White House, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Washington (U.S. state)
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Johnstown's Inclined Plane is steeped in history, tragedy
Special To The SunHere's a trip for the experienced traveler who's seen and done it all. Sure, you've flown around the world in a jumbo jet, sailed across the ocean on a cruise ship and seen the countryside by train. Maybe you've traveled by a horse and buggy, hot air...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Vehicles, Death, Heavy Engineering, Disasters and Accidents
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The beauty beyond a name
Tribune staff reporterGLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont.--"So, where are they?" the woman from Wisconsin asked. She meant the glaciers, of course. In Glacier National Park, one expects to see glaciers, but the 48 that exist may be hidden, or easily mistaken for temporary snow...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Vehicles, Road Transportation, Hotels and Accommodations, California
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Did auto, oil conspiracy put the brakes on trolleys?
Times Staff WriterIt has been 40 years since the last clang-clang-clang of a trolley in Los Angeles. The Yellow Car -- the city's local electric-car line -- made its final run March 31, 1963, a farewell tour on the "V" Line from Los Angeles City College on Vermont Avenue...Tags: Road Transportation, Death, Crimes, Santa Monica, Companies and Corporations
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From a Baghdad bus, scenes of a broken city
Sun Foreign StaffBAGHDAD, Iraq - Suffering a serious spinal cord injury seems like a real possibility on this city's red double-decker, smoke-belching buses, given how they heave and jerk and slam their passengers without mercy against the white plastic seats. And that'...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Vehicles, Transportation Accidents, Road Transportation, Death
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