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New Film 'I Wish' Spotlights Divorce's Effect On Kids

Tara Fass | Posted 05.14.2012

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"I Wish" is a touching modern day folk tale created by Hirokazu Kore-eda ("Nobody Knows", "Still Walking"), told from the child-like perspective of two young brothers separated and longing for each other.

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Can Jerry Brown Rescue California's High-Speed Rail Plans?

AP | By JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 04.19.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Critics have called it the train to nowhere and a $98 billion boondoggle. As concerns mount over the practicality and affordabil...

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Down The Fast Track: California Bullet Train Critics Have A New Concern

| Posted 03.11.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams Since the recession began, the state Legislature has put some big-ticke...

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Amid Current GOP Opposition, 2012 Candidates Promoted High-Speed Rail

The New York Times | Michael Cooper | Posted 01.03.2012

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President Obama's program to bring bullet trains to the United States has been left on life support by the strident opposition of Republicans in Congr...

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'It's Highly Uncertain If Funding To Complete This System Will Ever Materialize'

AP | Posted 01.30.2012

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By Juliet Williams, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The state's legislative analyst says California's plan for a $98 billion high-speed...

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'A Very Risky Plan': Public Voices Concerns Over California High Speed Rail

AP | Posted 01.16.2012

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By Brooke Donald, Associated Press PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Supporters and opponents of an ambitious, multibillion dollar plan to build a high-spe...

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California Bullet Train Regulation Headed For A High-Speed Failure

| Posted 11.06.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Sam Pearson The California High-Speed Rail Authority is facing increased scrutiny from...

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'Deplorable' Comments From Bullet Train Official Enrage Farmers

| Posted 10.05.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams At a Sacramento hearing on high-speed rail, the director of a local far...

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House Republicans Move To Kill CA Bullet Train

| Posted 09.23.2011

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By Carolyn Lochhead This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. WASHINGTON - California's futuristic plans for 220-mph bullet trains ...

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High-Speed Rail Proponents Seek Ways To Salvage Project

| Posted 09.21.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams The California bullet train project is buffeted by bad news. Downbea...

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Bitter Dispute Over Bullet Train Gains Steam

| Posted 09.19.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Lance Williams When a route is proposed for the California bullet train, opponents mob...

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Surprise! High-Speed Train Debuts Somewhere Other Than The US

The Huffington Post | Chris C. Anderson | Posted 01.06.2012

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On Saturday Japan launched the Hayabusa with a smoking fast 186 mile per hour (300km) debut. *PHOTOS BELOW* George Will might be confused by the co...

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Surfing the Surface in China -- A Week in Hangzhou

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

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The main purpose of a conference I recently attended in Hangzhou, China, seemed to be to advertise Hangzhou -- a city where gentrification moves at a fast pace and the impoverishment of peasants in western China is but a distant reality.

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