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Today’s Headlines

MTA Prepares as Flash Flood Warning in Effect (City Room, AMNY) Where Others Use Blackberrys, MTA Turns to Bullhorns (NYT) Decoding the MTA Web Site (City Room) Officials Say Recent Storms Too Much to Handle (Post) City Says Weather-Proofing Would Cost Billions (Post) Researchers: Get Used to Heavy Rain (Daily News) Why Brooklyn Doesn’t Have More Tornadoes … Continued

By Brad Aaron

8:21 AM EDT on August 10, 2007

MTA Prepares as Flash Flood Warning in Effect (City Room, AMNY)
Where Others Use Blackberrys, MTA Turns to Bullhorns (NYT)
Decoding the MTA Web Site (City Room)
Officials Say Recent Storms Too Much to Handle (Post)
City Says Weather-Proofing Would Cost Billions (Post)
Researchers: Get Used to Heavy Rain (Daily News)
Why Brooklyn Doesn’t Have More Tornadoes (Slate)
Breaking News: Air Pollution Travels (MSNBC)
New Bedford Ave Racks Already Inadequate? (Brooklyn Paper)
Bush, Congress Argue Over Temporary Gas Tax (NYT)
Texting While Driving: What Do You Think? (Onion)
Plastic Bags a Worldwide Menace (Salon)

Brad Aaron

Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.

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