Welcome to Monday, the 34th anniversary of Orioles great Brooks Robinson‘s Hall of Fame induction. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Privacy-rights group seeks federal investigation of Google. — California Supreme Court ruling preserves environmental challenges ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Japan’s ambassador to the U.S. says his country has authorized $2 million to support a feasibility study on building a high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington. Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae made the announcement Wednesday after signing a memorandum of ...

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Attorney General Doug Gansler wants a task force to study options for high-speed rail service between Baltimore and Washington.

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WASHINGTON — Congress would take away Amtrak‘s popular Northeast corridor train service and invite private investors to bid for the right to develop high-speed rail under a plan outlined by a key House Republican on Thursday. The densely populated corridor ...

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Mayors from around the country will gather in Baltimore next month for the annual meeting of The United States Conference of Mayors. The economy, job creation, transportation, high-speed rail, homeland security, immigration and energy efficiency top this year’s agenda at ...

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WASHINGTON — Maryland will receive $22 million in federal funding for studies needed to begin replacing a bridge over the Susquehanna River, state officials announced Monday. The money is part of about $2 billion in high-speed rail funding that has ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The state of Maryland has submitted two applications for federal high-speed rail funding. Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Tuesday that the state has formally sent two applications for funding under the Federal Railroad Administration’s High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program. ...

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WASHINGTON  — Senators from Maryland and Delaware are asking the federal transportation secretary to redirect high-speed rail funding rejected by Florida’s governor to projects in the Northeast corridor. Maryland Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin announced Monday that they sent ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley is hoping Florida’s loss may be Maryland’s gain. The Sunshine State governor, Rick Scott, announced this week Florida would return $2.4 billion in federal rail funding from the economic stimulus package. On Friday, O’Malley assured Transportation Secretary ...

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PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak unveiled a $117 billion, 30-year vision Tuesday for a high-speed rail line on the East Coast that would drastically reduce travel times along the congested corridor using trains traveling up to 220 miles per hour. The proposal, ...

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