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Obama outlines plans for high-speed rail system

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The plan, which identifies $8billion provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as well as $1billion for five years requested in the federal budget, will begin in late summer when the Federal Railroad Administration begins awarding the first round of grants. Empire Corridor (New York City, Albany, Buffalo).

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

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p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. But let us dig in to see how [url=[link] report[/url] came together.[/p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Shoup stayed at PARC, supported by Kay’s research group, while Smith moved on, armed with a National Education Association grant to do computer art. Laser printers. Palo Alto, Calif.,

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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“There wasn’t a single tap-free telephone on the east side of New York,” professional wiretapper. News of the discovery made the front page of the New York Times a week later. Evelyn Straus/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images. Ruh, two rogue employees of the New York Telephone Company.