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Today’s Headlines

Facing $4/Gallon Gas, Drivers Change Behavior (Trib) Ethanol Subsidies Blamed for Food Riots (Sun) Paterson Says Mid-Year Budget Cuts Necessary (NYT, Post) Silver Urged to Debate Challengers (Sun) Truck Kills Woman in Downtown Brooklyn (News, NY1) Some Subway Patrols Now Armed With Machine Guns (News) Projected Cost of PA’s Downtown Transit Terminal Revised Upwards of … Continued
  • Facing $4/Gallon Gas, Drivers Change Behavior (Trib)
  • Ethanol Subsidies Blamed for Food Riots (Sun)
  • Paterson Says Mid-Year Budget Cuts Necessary (NYT, Post)
  • Silver Urged to Debate Challengers (Sun)
  • Truck Kills Woman in Downtown Brooklyn (News, NY1)
  • Some Subway Patrols Now Armed With Machine Guns (News)
  • Projected Cost of PA’s Downtown Transit Terminal Revised Upwards of $3B (AMNY)
  • Discrimination Lawsuits Filed Against MTA (News)
  • Construction Work Reduces Parking on Bronx Main Street (R’dale Press)
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Ben Fried started as a Streetsblog reporter in 2008 and led the site as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2018. He lives in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, with his wife.

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