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President Barack Obama on Thursday outlined plans for a high-speed rail network he said would change the way Americans travel. Obama was careful to point out that his plot was only a down payment on an ambitious project. If realized, it could connect Austin and dozens of other metropolitan areas around the country with high-speed trains. “What we need … is a smart transportation system equal to the needs of the 21st century,” he said, “a system that reduces travel times and increases mobility, a system that reduces congestion and boosts productivity, a system that reduces destructive emissions and makes jobs.”

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AP – The new presidents of the United States and Cuba, in a surprisingly direct exchange, appeared to open the door Thursday for negotiations toward a new relationship between the two countries divided by 90 miles of water and 50 years of cold war.

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In an unusual change of plans, the Army’s 4th Engineer Battalion was sent to Afghanistan just two weeks after arriving in Baghdad …

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