The security reforms, which Obama will talk about in a statement after a meeting with intelligence chiefs and other security officials, will include improvement in the U.S. "watchlisting" system for suspected terrorists, the official said.

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Edmunds.com, parent of AutoObserver, late last week submitted a recommendation to the U.S.

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The Department of Transportation's IntelliDrive program brings together government, industry, academia and others to specify, develop and produce technology for safer driving.

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Engineers desperately try to repair the Bay Bridge as commuters encounter heavy traffic and crowded trains after a 5,000-pound piece of steel plummeted onto the span during rush hour.

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A slow-moving autumn storm in areas of the Rocky Mountains and western plains has dumped as much as 28 inches of snow in Colorado.

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The public wanted pop from the federal stimulus, and the Florida Department of Transportation gave it to them.

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In recent years, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has required roundabouts to be considered whenever major road work is being done.

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I didn't vote for President Obama, so what, there are more things to worry about.

I didn't vote for President Obama during the recent Presidential election. I wanted Sen. McCain to win. Having said that I have accepted the fact that we have a new President, a Democrat President, and the first black American President.

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In response to several instances in which pedestrians were struck by buses, Des Moines this week began temporarily requiring bus drivers to honk every time they make a turn.

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced it reached an agreement with the states of California and Nevada to extend the California High-Speed Rail Corridor from the Los Angeles area to Las Vegas.

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WHAT is it about "flying cars" that makes otherwise sensible engineers lose touch with reality? Ever since Glenn Curtiss, a seaplane pioneer, racing legend and the Wright brothers' rival, tried to make a flying car early in the last century, tinkerers have dreamed of having …

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Your pets will be begging to fly on PetAirways the next time you travel. Dogs and cats will get their own secured crates in coach instead of the cargo hold when the fur-friendly airline takes off next month - and they'll even get potty breaks on cross-country flights.

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A government audit has pinpointed more than 3,800 vulnerabilities -- 763 of which are high-risk -- in the Federal Aviation Administration's Web-based air traffic control system applications, including some that could potentially put air travel at risk.

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A first-in-the-nation law in New Jersey will require new drivers ages 21 and younger to display identifying decals on their vehicles.� Gov. Jon Corzine signed the law Wednesday.

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First lady Michelle Obama says workers at the Transportation Department keep the U.S. moving and the government agency will get the economy going.

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Winter-hardened Northeasterners were socked with the same subzero temperatures and biting winds that have hit the Northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes.

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Arctic air extended its grip Wednesday with below-zero temperatures stretching from Montana to northern New England and frost nipping the Gulf Coast.

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The cold front swept into New York on Wednesday, after Tuesday's temperatures fell to the minus double-digits across the upper Midwest and took aim at the East.

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Residents of the upper Midwest bundled up or just stayed inside Tuesday as a wave of bitterly cold air barreled south out of the Arctic, following on the heels of a fast-moving blizzard.

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Residents in the Northern Plains bundled up as a blast of cold air followed on the heels of a fast-moving blizzard, while the Midwest was the latest target of the one-two winter punch.

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Flames engulf van in north carolina

Kimberly Campbell Contributing Writer. RALEIGH,NC - A white van engulfed in smoke in the breakdown lane of I-85W, near Exit 284, at 1:55PM this afternoon close to Durham, North Carolina slowed traffic as passersby watched the incident. Smoke billowed across the interstate.

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The federal highway trust fund will run out of money this month, requiring delays in payments to states for transportation construction projects, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said Friday.

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Cycling already has a foothold at many colleges, where hefty parking fees, sprawling campuses and limited roads make it tough to travel. Still, most students are reluctant to leave their cars parked.

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Pilots forced to fly with low fuel say it creates unsafe flying conditions for passengers.

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When the I-35W bridge collapsed a year ago in Minneapolis, federal officials requested an emergency inspection of every similar bridge in the nation. There was just one problem: No one knew how many there were. Msnbc.com's Bill Dedman reports.

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