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8:59 AM EDT on May 8, 2008

    • States Enacting 'Holidays' on Their Own (NYT)
    • An Economist Speaks In Favor of Gas Tax Holiday, Sort Of (NYT)
    • State Senate Votes to Suspend Gas Tax; Paterson Not on Board (Post)
    • Bloomberg: Parking Placards Should Not Be Perks (News)
    • Counterfeit Placards Rampant in Downtown Brooklyn (News)
    • It's Official: Bike Month Is Here (Bike Snob)
    • LA Times Surveys State of NYC Cycling
    • 5-Year-Old Passenger in Critical Condition After Car Crash (Post)
    • Bedbugs Sighted in the Subway (Post)
    • Traffic Piles Up in Northern Virginia Suburbs (WaPo)

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