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• Dry Barcelona forced to ship in water
Last year sink holes delayed construction of a high-speed rail line from Madrid to Barcelona, and other engineering problems with it shut down commuter rail lines for days.
• Oil spikes to record above $117 a barrel
Diesel is used to move most of the world’s food, consumer and industrial goods via truck, ship and rail. Skyrocketing diesel prices are part of the reason food and consumer goods prices are so high. At truck stops, retail diesel prices rose 3.1 ...
• Amtrak steps up security measures
... and employees safe remains our priority,” Amtrak president and CEO Alex Kummant said. “These new procedures will strengthen Amtrak's overall security, and they are vital in our efforts to deter, detect and prevent a terrorist incident on the rail ...
• Asheville, N.C.: Blue Ridge beauty
Enjoy a quick spin on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Really, is there any drive, anywhere that’s as sublime, as stately, as gosh-darn gorgeous, with its ever changing panorama of split rail fences, vintage farmhouses, sun speckled woods and dusky cerulean ...
• Light rail may create parking problems for businesses
AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) -- The proposed light rail system intends to alleviate traffic problems downtown, but it may leave business owners with a parking headache. Business owners said another round of construction downtown is not a welcomed sight. What ...

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