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Lionel Trains releases 2013 holiday lineup
(Source: Lionel Trains press release, November 13, 2013) NEW YORK — Lionel Trains, the iconic model train maker with 113 years in the toy business, today unveiled its 2013 Holiday Gift Guide, rounding up the latest model train sets and products for this year's holiday...
Starbucks testing store on Swiss passenger train
(Source: USA Today, November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Starbucks wants to put its caffeine jolt into your train ride. In Zurich on Thursday the coffee giant unveiled the first Starbucks store on a train, including a fully-branded Starbucks motif on the inside and...
How McDonald’s and Walmart became Welfare Queens
(Source: Bloomberg View, November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It seems that welfare queens are back in the news these days. The old stereotype was an inner-city unwed mother -- that’s dog-whistle-speak for black -- having multiple babies to get ever bigger welfare...
WikiLeaks exposes derails of TPP; Trade deal could be bitter medicine
(Source: Sydney Morning Herald, November 14, 2013) SYDNEY, Australia — WikiLeaks has exposed details of secret trade negotiations that could leave Australians paying more for drugs and medicines, movies, computer games and software, and be placed under surveillance as...
Teamsters support ‘Safe Skies Act of 2013’
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union applauds today’s re-introduction of the ‘Safe Skies Act of 2013’ by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). The bill would bring air cargo and supplemental...
D.C. Taxicab Commission stifles speech, discriminates against drivers with accents
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some D.C. taxi drivers were barred from speaking during the public comment period of today’s D.C. Taxicab Commission meeting because of an illegal, discriminatory...
Public gets peek at study of Denver-area high-speed rail line
(Source: Denver Post, November 13, 2013) DENVER, Colo. — Recommendations for putting in a high speed rail line from Pueblo to Fort Collins will be revealed to the public next week in Golden. Full story: Denver Post
New Mexico’s governor says state shouldn’t have to pay for track upgrades
(Source: Santa Fe New Mexican, November 13, 2013) SANTA FE, N.M. — Gov. Susana Martinez is not enthusiastic about a plan that would require the state of New Mexico to pay $4 million a year for 10 years to help fund upgrades and maintenance of railroad tracks used by...
NJ Transit ‘double decker’ train cars getting repairs, computer and security camera upgrades
(Source: Star-Ledger, November 13, 2013) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit is spending up to $23 million to repair and upgrade 429 of its popular, more spacious multilevel rail cars, informally referred to as “double deckers.” Full story: Star-Ledger
Two bridges over CSX, NS tracks to open in Toledo today
(Source: Toledo Blade, November 14, 2013) TOLEDO, Ohio — Two new railroad bridges on Northwood’s main east-west road will open today, an Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman said Wednesday. The Wales Road bridges over CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern...
