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	<title><![CDATA[Map Of Potential High-Speed Rail Built By The Stimulus]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/18/map-of-potential-high-spe_n_167804.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>After <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-glave/high-time-for-high-speed_b_165688.html">much clamoring by energy hawks</a>, who knows what it was that finally brought high-speed rail to the stimulus -- perhaps a little nudge from ol' <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-fein/on-the-amtrak-to-wilmingt_b_120885.html">Amtrak Joe</a>? -- but it got in, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/17/obama-plots-huge-high-spe_n_167517.html">to the tune of $8 billion</a>. </p>

<p>And now the question is, where will the expansion be? Matthew Yglesias reports on possible new <a href="http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/02/boehner_slams_mythical_vegas_hsr_project_ignores_ohio_rail_opportunity.php">high speed rail expansion</a>:</p>

<blockquote>In a last-minute change, the total quantity of funds available was increased. But there's no special plan for...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-03-21T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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