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			<title>Md. lobbyist with seven DUIs ordered freed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Maryland lobbyist with seven drunken-driving convictions who has represented the Prince George's County Council and Sheriff's Department was ordered released Wednesday after 36 days in jail. -- <i>By Maria Glod and Jonathan Mummolo, November 19, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:10:01 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Pedestrian, 63, fatally struck by car</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by a car late Wednesday as he tried to cross a Silver Spring street, Montgomery County police said. -- <i>By Clarence Williams, November 18, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:02:14 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Va. shifts scarce road funds to priority projects</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virginia transportation officials are moving hundreds of millions of dollars from secondary and urban road projects to higher priority Interstate and primary highways. -- <i>November 18, 2009, WTOP</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:54:02 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Why is I-66 so congested? It&apos;s a matter of supply and demand</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The choices are transportation choices: an express bus that picks up passengers in Centreville and heads straight to Tysons Corner, the Silver Line Metrorail extension to Dulles Airport and car and vanpools. -- <i>By Adam Tuss, November 19, 2009, WTOP</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:49:21 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Montgomery Council asks for lower ICC tolls</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council is asking state officials to lower the proposed toll rates for the InterCounty Connector, saying that tolls costing $6 or more per one-way trip would discourage drivers from using the highway currently under construction. -- <i>By Kytja Weir, November 18, 2009, Examiner</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Setback for ICC toll plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Montgomery County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend against toll rates proposed for the Intercounty Connector, saying the tolls would be too expensive for many motorists and would leave the highway with too few users to justify its costs. -- <i>By Katherine Shaver, November 18, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:51:47 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>A half-century later, Montgomery County to get updated roads plan</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The first comprehensive update of Montgomery County's road and transit plan in more than 50 years is about to begin. -- <i>By Margie Hyslop, November 16, 2009, Gazette.Net</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:24:56 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Man struck by car on Mall dies</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A 76-year-old Northwest Washington man died Monday after being struck by a car Sunday on the Mall, U.S. Park Police said. -- <i>November 17, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:09:35 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>U.S. teens report &apos;frightening&apos; levels of texting while driving</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A graphic British public service video that portrays a fatal accident caused by a texting teenage driver has been the talk of Facebook and other places where young Americans congregate, but a study suggests that it hasn't done much to change their habits. -- <i>By Ashley Halsey III, November 17, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
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			<title>Jump in Md. tolls likely after 2010</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As the Maryland Transportation Authority's revenues have declined this year, its costs for construction of the Intercounty Connector have risen to the point where the project now accounts for 53 percent of the agency's budget - forcing delays in other road maintenance projects and making a substantial increase in tolls at some facilities a near certainty after the 2010 gubernatorial election. -- <i>By By Michael Dresser, November 16, 2009, Baltimore Sun</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:27:33 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>The Dulles Metrorail project</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Metrorail project is marching west through Tysons Corner and swinging north onto Route 7, where construction will probably have the greatest effect on drivers. -- <i>By Robert Thompson, November 15, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:20:14 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Arlington not dissuaded on HOT lanes lawsuit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[County Board Chairman Barbara Favola says it is possible that the county government could find middle ground with state and federal officials over proposed high-occupancy-toll (HOT) lanes on Interstates 95 and 395, before the matter ends up in front of a judge. -- <i>By Scott McCaffrey, November 14, 2009, Sun Gazette</i>]]></description>
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			<title>The weekend and beyond</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We have the usual weekend delays on Metrorail and some sporting events that may slow your travels. -- <i>By Robert Thomson, November 13, 2009, Washington Post</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:00:59 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Officials: P.G. transportation cuts will be noticeable</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do not expect much in new roads or maintenance in the fiscal 2011 budget, state transportation officials told a group of Prince George's County leaders. -- <i>By Daniel Valentine, November 12, 2009, Gazette.Net</i>]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:36:48 EST</pubDate>
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