Today’s Headlines

10:25 AM EDT on October 16, 2006

Text of Enrique Peñalosa Speech Online (Gotham Gazette)
The Proletariat and the Parking Lot (NYT)
... And a Battle Over Government Employee Permit Abuse (NYT)
Out for a Stroll: Mother killed, daughter hurt in Bklyn hit-and-run (CBS2)
Taxi Picks Up African-American Man at 2 am! (NYT)
First Rush Hour Test Of Manhattan Bridge Closure (NY1)
Firefighters Save Man in Gas Tanker Truck Dangling Off the BQE (News)
Text of Iris Weinshall Transportation Speech Online (Gotham Gazette)

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