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Today’s Headlines

8:50 AM EDT on July 12, 2010

    • Fare Hike 2011: Price of Monthly Unlimited Will See Steepest Rise (Post, AMNY, SAS)
    • 2nd Ave Subway, East Side Access Construction Could Drag Until 2018, MTA Admits (Observer, SAS)
    • MTA, TWU Agree on Mediator for Cost-Savings Negotiation (NY1)
    • New Consumer Protection Agency Can't Touch Teflon Car Dealers (NYer)
    • Truck Firms With Mega-Project Contracts Investigated for Defrauding Pension, Health Funds (NYT)
    • The First Step to Beating Oil Dependence Is Admitting You're an Oiloholic (News)
    • Urbanist Chris Leinberger and Burbs-Booster Joel Kotkin See Eye-to-Eye on a Few Things (TNR)
    • Drunk Driver Kills S.I. Woman Tending to Her Broken-Down Car (City Room, News)
    • Off-Duty Cop Busted for DWI Hit-and-Run in Williamsburg (News)
    • Ambulance Driver Starts Pileup Injuring 15 in Harlem (Post)
    • 248 Drivers Have Been Arrested Under Leandra's Law (News)
    • Remember the Heady Days When Responsible Pols Worked in Albany? (NYT)
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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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