Lawmakers to return Wednesday
The Times of Northwest Indiana - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 08:56 GMT
SPRINGFIELD | Despite few signs that the political logjam is loosening, Gov. Rod Blagojevich Wednesday called on lawmakers to return to the Capitol next week for another go-around on the state budget.

Gov. calls for special session next week on budget
The Pantagraph - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 08:55 GMT
SPRINGFIELD -- Despite few signs that the political logjam is loosening, Gov. Rod Blagojevich called on lawmakers Wednesday to return to the Capitol next week for another go-around on the state budget.

Salazar critical of Big Oil
The Steamboat Pilot & Today - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 07:19 GMT
Oil and gas companies are withholding production and largely to blame for rising gas and grocery prices, Congressman John Salazar said in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday.

Flight Cutbacks Leave Business Travelers With More Time on Road
Bloomberg.com - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 05:50 GMT
July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Jim Sachs, president of Puroast Coffee , the seller of low-acid coffee to grocery chains, is tacking on an extra 90 miles to every business trip he takes to and from his home in Sacramento.

Support for rail service coalescing
The Daily Progress - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 05:31 GMT
The Piedmont Rail Coalition thinks local residents ability to ride the rails needs a boost, and now more than 21 local governing bodies from Orange to Amherst have unanimously declared their support as well.

Time for Chicago-Milwaukee commuter line?
Chicago Tribune - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 05:26 GMT
Wisconsin debates how to pay for $200 million proposal Three times a week, Deanna Ver Steeg begins her commute shortly after 6:30 a.m. She takes a Metra train from Chicago to Kenosha, then boards a large van that takes her and other co-workers to Racine. On most days, she's at her desk by 8:40 a.m., more than two hours after her commute began.

Datebook | www.ToAcorn.com | Thousand Oaks Acorn
The Thousand Oaks Acorn - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 04:51 GMT
Conejo Valley Woodworkers Association meets 7 p.m., Redwood Middle School, 233 W. Gainsborough Road, Thousand Oaks. Discussion on dust collection systems for home shop. (818) 707-2772, www.cvwa.org.

Calendar
The Acorn - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 04:09 GMT
THURS., JULY 3 Red, White And Boom City of Moorpark annual Fireworks Extravaganza, 4 to 9:30 p.m., Thurs., July 3, Arroyo Vista Community Park, 4550 Tierra Rejada Road, Moorpark. Fireworks 9 p.m. Live music by Breakaway, The Hodads.

More travelers taking the train
Vail Daily - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 03:28 GMT
Passengers board an eastbound Amtrak at the Glenwood Springs train station. GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado When considering travel this summer, more people coming to the Roaring Fork Valley appear to be choosing trains over planes and automobiles.

Memphis Could Lose Amtrak
WREG-TV Memphis - 0 KB- Found: 2008-07-03, 00:25 GMT
Dispute over sinkhole fix could derail service.