Today’s Headlines, 8/14/06

11:48 AM EDT on August 14, 2006

Sen. Clinton to Staten Island: You've Got Traffic Problems! (SI Advance)
Hillary Rips Brooklyn Bridge Park Condos (Brooklyn Papers)
Scofflaw Councilmember Allowed to Renew Car Registration (NY Post)
Brooklyn Asks, Why No Bikes in Green-Wood Cemetery? (NYT)
Yale Architects Propose Massive Parking Garage for Red Hook (Brooklyn Papers)
Peek at Subway's New $100 Million Nerve Center (NY Post)
Port Authority and the New Tunnel: Far from the Last Word (TSTC)
Off-Duty Officer Killed in Manhattan West Street Crash (1010 WINS)
Road Rage Hate Crime in Queens (NY Post)
Cooper Union Announces "Driving Forward" Sign Design Competition (CU)

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