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Say What? Obama vs. McCain on the Stump (U.S., 13 articles)
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HUDSON, Wis. - Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. HUDSON, WIS. This was supposed to be the week John McCain unveiled his new campaign, more disciplined and acutely focused on the economy. By ARIEL SABAR PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, July 12, 2008 - Sen. John McCain has made nuclear power a centerpiece of his energy plan. At a town hall-style meeting in this struggling Appalachian city Wednesday, the first person he called on was a local woman in the corner with a hand-drawn "No Nukes" sign. Earlier this week, Sen. John McCain rejected a statement by his top economics adviser, former Sen. Phil Gramm, who complained that America is "a nation of whiners" and the country is in a " mental recession. Let's just say that conjuring up the specter of mass murder as being helpful to a presidential candidate doesn't strike the most uplifting tone. Iran s saber-rattling missile tests quickly became a flash point in the presidential election on Wednesday as Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama each seized on the tests to try to validate their differing policies on Iran.
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Weary Delegates Set Emissions Cuts for Developed Nations (U.S., 11 articles)
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An international panel of climate scientists said yesterday that there is an overwhelming probability that human activities are warming the planet at a dangerous rate, with consequences that could soon take decades or centuries to reverse. Diplomats, clinching a deal in the final hours of tumultuous, marathon climate talks here, agreed today to put their governments on a fast track for deciding how to meet ambitious goals for slashing emissions from fossil-fuel combustion. Delegates from about 170 nations unanimously approved a compromise plan to set up a two-year negotiating process that will try to set specific targets for reducing so-called greenhouse gases in the 21st century.
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illegal immigration search results on washingtonpost.com (U.S., 14 articles)
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Health 1 Arts and Living 18 Books 5 Entertainment News 6 Business 92 Business Policy 7 Market News 5 Metro Business 8 Personal Finance 1 Special Reports 18 U.S. Economy 3 Wires 47 Health 1 Wires 1 KidsPost 1 Live Discussions 43 Metro 15 Crime 1 Maryland 1 Obituaries 10 Special Reports 2 Virginia 2 Multimedia 106 Nation 115 National Security 4 Science 3 Special Reports 11 Wires 64 Opinions 123 Columnists 85 Columns and Blogs 80 Feedback 11 Politics 82 Bush Administration 16 Elections 6 Federal Page 7 In Congress 16 Special Reports 3 Print 225 A Section 127 Book World 4 Editorial Pages 55 Style 5 Sunday Outlook 27 Sunday Source 1 Sports 7 Leagues and Sports 2 Olympics 2 Wires 1 Technology 7 Special Reports 1 Tech Frontiers 2 Tech Policy 3 World 287 Africa 3 Asia/Pacific 6 Europe 13 Middle East 83 South America 1 Special Reports 2 Wires 149 Well, first of all, let me just say I could not have a better senior senator than our great senator from the State of Illinois, Dick Durbin Tonight, my friends, we have won a number of important victories in the closest thing we have ever had to a national primary
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Yahoo Again Spurns a Microsoft Offer (U.S., 4 articles)
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Yahoo said Saturday night that it had rejected a renewed proposal by Microsoft, together with the activist investor Carl C. Icahn, to buy the Internet company's search business. The proposal, made Friday evening by Mr. Icahn and Microsoft's chief executive , Steven A. Ballmer, was similar to a previous offer Yahoo had rejected. Yahoo's decision is another broadside between the company and Microsoft, two months after the software giant withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover offer.
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News for Dallas, Texas (U.S., 7 articles)
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The dream scenario for someone selling his or her home is a long line of prospective buyers shouting at the top of their lungs in a protracted bidding war for the home. Real estate agents generally have a variety of standard forms, including residential purchase agreements that are kept up to date and made available to those who use the services of an agent. Finally, in many states there are disclosure laws a seller must comply with, and real estate agents can make sure that happens as well.
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Dr. Michael DeBakey, who pioneered bypass surgery, dead at 99 (U.S., 7 articles)
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Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, whose innovative heart and blood vessel operations made him one of the most influential doctors in the United States, died Friday night in Houston, where he lived. Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, a medical pioneer who was the driving force in developing the field of cardiac surgery, operating on more than 60,000 patients and developing medical technology that saved millions more, has died. HOUSTON - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, has died.
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Bush wants more oil drilling, but sites not clear (U.S., 6 articles)
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WASHINGTON - President Bush on Saturday tried to pin the blame on Congress for soaring energy prices and said lawmakers need to lift long-standing restrictions on drilling for oil in pristine lands and offshore tracts believed to hold huge reserves of fuel. The oil companies already have thousands of oil leases they can drill on the drilling off shore means 50 miles and would take maybe 20 years. A few months ago, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the far northeastern corner of Alaska was considered a dead issue.
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Cristiano Ronaldo backs Blatter's 'slavery' comments (U.S., 5 articles)
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Pele dismissed FIFA president Sepp Blatter's comment that soccer players are often bound to teams in a form of " modern slavery. United's following have clung wishfully to the hope that comments attributed to Ronaldo affirming his desire to move to Real Madrid have at best been fabricated, at worst misconstrued or misinterpreted. "I agree with the statements of the president Ronaldo told TVI, the Portuguese television channel, when asked about the" slavery " comments.
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Kennedy Returns to Help Pass Medicare Bill (U.S., 5 articles)
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As problems mount in a watchdog office at the Texas Education Agency, some lawmakers are calling for an independent office to investigate fraud and waste in all major state agencies. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats capitulated to the Bush administration on wiretapping - with Barack Obama joining the coalition of the craven. News reports stressed the cinematic quality of the event: Ted Kennedy, who is fighting a brain tumor, made a dramatic appearance on the Senate floor, casting the decisive vote amid cheers from his colleagues.
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Hiraoki 'Rocky' Aoki, 69; former Olympic wrestler founded Benihana restaurant chain (U.S., 4 articles)
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Aoki, whose Benihana empire includes more than 100 restaurants worldwide, died Thursday night in New York from pneumonia, surrounded by his wife and six children, company spokeswoman Nancy Bauer said Friday. Rocky Aoki where chefs entertain diners with acrobatic knife performances, has died. With $10,000 in profits, mainly from selling ice cream out of a truck, Aoki opened the first Benihana in New York City in 1964.
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Israeli PM Olmert accuses police of probe leaks (U.S., 4 articles)
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Olmert: Reports I defrauded charities are distorted, despicable Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Saturday accusations that he stole thousands of dollars from charities were distorted and despicable. As far back as 1991, police investigated allegations that one or more third parties financed a trip overseas taken by the Olmert family and arranged through Rishon Tours. " The reports and the leaks that emerged a short time after the questioning constitute a grave breach of acceptable norms Olmert told reporters on board a plane as he was about to embark for a Mediterranean Union summit in Paris.
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Four-alarm fire engulfs facility - (U.S., 6 articles)
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Thousands of people evacuated from their homes twice during the last month began returning to Paradise for the first time since Tuesday. About 300 homes remained threatened in and around the town, down from 3,800 homes on Friday, while officials said the fire was 55 percent contained. An evacuation order remained in effect for the nearby town of Concow, where 50 homes were razed and one person was apparently killed this week after wind-propelled flames jumped a containment line.
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Is knife crime really increasing? (U.S., 6 articles)
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to unveil plans to shock young people who carry knives into a greater awareness of the impact of stabbing on victims. A "model" student killed in a knife attack in London dreamt of becoming a police detective, his grieving family said yesterday. Miiro, 20, was stabbed in the head and chest in the stairwell of a block of flats in Walthamstow, northeast London.
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Former White House spokesman Tony Snow dies (U.S., 9 articles)
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Tony Snow, a conservative writer and commentator who cheerfully sparred with reporters in the White House briefing room during a stint as President Bush's press secretary, died Saturday of colon cancer. " All is fine Cheney press secretary Megan Mitchell said after Cheney's annual checkup, which took less than two hours at George Washington University Hospital. President Bush on Saturday tried to pin the blame on Congress for soaring energy prices and said lawmakers need to lift long-standing restrictions on drilling for oil in pristine lands and offshore tracts believed to hold huge reserves of fuel.
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Automatic personal retirement accounts 'could lose savings' (U.S., 4 articles)
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Plans for a low cost pensions scheme aimed at encouraging millions of workers to save for their retirement will be unveiled today by the Government. John Hutton, the Work and Pensions Secretary, will publish a White Paper setting out details of the new "personal accounts" which are due to take effect from 2012. Those who continue with the scheme will contribute 4 per cent of their earnings, which will be topped up by employer contributions of 3 per cent and tax relief of 1 per cent.
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ABC News: JonBenet Ramsey Case Wide Open Again (U.S., 4 articles)
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The idea that something as complicated as violent crime can be simply solved by forensic science has had major appeal since Sherlock Holmes. State scientists say the number of forensic DNA hits could double over the next year, thanks to the processing last year of a backlog of 24,000 samples. More matches are hoped for when DNA samples are collected from suspects charged with violent crimes or burglaries under a new state law that takes effect in January.
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Reaction to Jesse Jackson Disparaging Barack Obama (U.S., 8 articles)
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The Obama campaign has accepted Jackson's apology, but "Talking Points" doesn't believe the reverend and the senator will be campaigning together any time soon. Several Obama advisers said Thursday that Mr. Obama had not lost any sleep over Mr. Jackson's remarks, a measure of the Obama camp's confidence that excitement among many black Americans over his candidacy is approaching indestructibility. Special Report Panel Discusses Jesse Jackson's Obama Comments and Whether We 're Experiencing a Mental Recession Friday, July 11, 2008.
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Letters To The Editor (U.S., 7 articles)
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UNIONS WIN, YOU LOSE LABOR BOSSES RULE LAWMAKERS - AND CHOKE NY June 13, 2008 - KEY triumphs by New York union bosses this spring offer textbook lessons for how to keep Labor strong. Consider... more BAM 'S LAND OF LOSERS HIS PATHETIC ADVICE TO GRADS May 30, 2008 - FOR all his soaring, hopeful rhetoric, Barack Obama chose an odd message this week to send Wesleyan's graduating seniors. NY 'S ROCKY PAST: WHY SPENDING SOARED THE ISSUE: The increases in state expenditures during Nelson Rockefeller's NY governorship.
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Pet Sayings: the dog days of summer (U.S., 6 articles)
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With that goal in mind, the agency holds a series of open auditions in which a couple of dozen eccentric Angelenos parade through the agency's offices talking baby talk to their doggies. At the end of the six episodes, one of the dogs will land a role in a new movie, according to Lifetime. With Lewes only about 110 miles away, the round-trip in my compact car didn't even use up a tank of gas.
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Landis Attorneys Question Lab's Methods at Hearing (U.S., 6 articles)
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Attorneys for Floyd Landis began trying to paint a picture yesterday of incompetence at the French laboratory where the cyclist's urine was tested. While Floyd Landis s former manager prepared to enter rehab yesterday, a witness for Landis testified he had grave concerns about the evidence being used to prove the Tour de France champion's positive doping test. Landis contends poor testing methods are responsible for unreliable results that call into question the validity of the positive test from last year's Tour.
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Screen Actors Guild rejects contract offer: Hollywood producers (U.S., 6 articles)
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In a brief statement released in the evening, SAG said its negotiating team " met behind closed doors throughout the day today discussing bargaining strategies. LOS ANGELES The major Hollywood studios have told the Screen Actors Guild that if the union does not accept its final contract offer by Aug. 15 any proposed wage increases would not be retroactive, the studios said Wednesday. The producers alliance threw down that gauntlet in its final offer, which it said included $250 million in additional compensation over three years.
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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to stop Comcast file-sharing limits (U.S., 6 articles)
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Kevin J. Martin said Friday that Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, should be sanctioned because it had interfered with the Internet connections of users who were exchanging files with other people. Mr. Martin's recommendation is a strong push for network neutrality, the idea that Internet access providers like Comcast should not be allowed to favor some uses of their networks over others. " The commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers access to the Internet FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told The Associated Press late Thursday.
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Cuomo Steps Into Mortgage Crisis (U.S., 5 articles)
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BECAUSE of the vagaries of federal banking regulations, states have somewhat limited ability to respond to the mortgage foreclosure crisis, but this has not stopped Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York from acting aggressively in recent months. Mr. Cuomo wields unusually broad power in the mortgage industry because many lenders and ancillary businesses are based in New York or do business there, and therefore come under his jurisdiction. There is one change that may help stem fraud in the mortgage industry, and it could reduce the number of unscrupulous or unlicensed brokers and loan officers who move from state to state preying on borrowers.
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'That Was the Desk I Chose to Die Under' (U.S., 5 articles)
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IT'S A CHILLING thought: Seung Hui Cho's rampage at Virginia Tech might have been avoided but for what might have seemed until recently a minor flaw in Virginia state policy. In 2005 Mr. Cho's disturbed behavior persuaded a state special justice to declare him "an imminent danger to himself as a result of mental illness" after police detained him. That's because Virginia authorities never reported Mr. Cho's status to the database, which relies on information that states decide to provide.
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A New Lease-Purchase on Life (U.S., 5 articles)
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She and her husband , Richard Eig, bought a house on a double lot in their Rockville neighborhood in September 2006, at the high-water mark for prices. The family dropped the price to $448,750 three months ago, and still no bids, even though a house across the street sold recently for $455,000. Part of the rent goes toward a down payment and the tenant puts down a larger deposit than usual, which will also apply to the down payment.
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Brinkley settles salacious divorce trial :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: People (U.S., 5 articles)
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" It's a freak show celebrity divorce lawyer Raoul Felder said Friday of the latest chapter in divorce und New York-style und under the media's microscope. The first day of a trial settling several million dollars in assets and custody of their children, ages 10 and 13, featured the 49-year-old Cook tearfully recounting a pornography obsession and his affair with an 18-year-old mistress. CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Christie Brinkley's fiercely combative divorce trial ended Thursday following a week of salacious testimony about her fourth husband's affair with a teenager and his Internet porn proclivities.
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Clinton and Obama Mend Fences by Raising Funds (U.S., 5 articles)
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PHILADELPHIA - Former President Bill Clinton warned Saturday that the country is becoming increasingly polarized despite the historic nature of the Democratic primary. Speaking at the National Governors Association's semiannual meeting, Clinton noted that on the one hand, following the early stages of the Democratic primary, " the surviving candidates were an African-American man and a woman. Clinton's wife , Hillary Rodham Clinton, battled for the Democratic nomination into June with fellow Democrat Barack Obama, son of a white mother and black father.
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Olympic swimmer Shanteau has testicular cancer (U.S., 5 articles)
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There's no way this is happening to me right now he said by telephone from the team's training camp in California. Shanteau surprisingly made the team in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing second ahead of former world-record holder and heavy favorite Brendan Hansen. The 24-year-old Georgia native will be monitored closely during the next month by U.S. Olympic team doctors and vows to withdraw if there is any sign his cancer is spreading.
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ABC News: Bodies of 2 Missing US Soldiers Are Found in Iraq (U.S., 4 articles)
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For more than a year, Gordon Dibler held out hope that his stepson, Army Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, would return home from Iraq. Then military officials delivered the grim news that the bodies of Fouty and another soldier captured in an ambush south of Baghdad had been found. The bodies were found with help from special operations forces who on July 1 captured someone suspected of knowing where the soldiers were buried, military officials said Friday in a statement.
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U.S. Senate bows to Bush, approves surveillance bill (U.S., 4 articles)
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The measure requires an individualized, court-approved warrant to conduct surveillance targeted at Americans' communications with those overseas and in an expansion of existing FISA protections at Americans abroad. US President George W Bush has approved a bill to shield telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial wiretaps programme. " The bill will allow our intelligence professionals to quickly and effectively monitor the communications of terrorists abroad while respecting the liberties of Americans here at home he added.
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Annette Berry and Dan Miller (U.S., 4 articles)
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At their wedding , Mr. Miller, the lead guitarist of the rock band They Might Be Giants, wrote and performed " Stuck a song for his bride. Ms. Berry, a graphic artist and art director in Manhattan, remembers thinking he was smart, funny, handsome and " a yapper. (Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) Brad Miller of the Sacramento Kings was suspended for five games by the NBA on Thursday because the centre violated the league's drug program.
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Take That AP Test or Flunk (U.S., 4 articles)
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In May, Newsweek will again publish its annual Top High Schools list, using the Challenge Index rating method, just as The Post published its annual Challenge Index list of D.C. area schools in December. The Post's local list is also popular, and both are targets of controversy, producing by far the most questions and comments coming to my e-mail boxes. Two well-crafted op-ed pieces, by Chicago high school student Tom Stanley-Becker in the Los Angeles Times and by Stanford University graduate fellow Jack Schneider in the Christian Science Monitor, have recently illuminated this split.
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Owners of a Horse Hospital Face Critics on Many Fronts (U.S., 4 articles)
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ELMONT WHILE thoroughbred racing fans argue over Big Brown s spectacular rise and fall, his owners are stirring another debate here, over an elaborate new orthopedic hospital for horses set to open late this summer. But then the powerful colt mystified handicappers with a last-place finish at the Belmont Stakes here in June, ending his bid for the Triple Crown. That performance drew widespread attention and scrutiny to Big Brown's majority owner, a Long Island investment firm named International Equine Acquisitions Holdings, of Garden City.
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Metro Posts Alerts for Bus Riders (U.S., 4 articles)
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Who needs congestion pricing? Bridge-and-tunnel commuters, fuming over the rising costs of gas and tolls, are hanging up their car keys in record numbers. The radical off-road shift has the number of straphangers surging by 9 percent - 10.9 million more riders jammed the subway in February than in the same month last year. The Metro Red Line's increase from 124,358 riders a day to 141,659 would go unnoticed in a city like New York or London, where millions ride the subways every day.
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