2009 April 17 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.6" />  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/wp-content/themes/lust/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS 2.0" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml" title="RSS .92" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/feed/rss/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Atom 0.3" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/feed/atom/" /> <link rel="pingback" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/xmlrpc.php" /> <link rel='archives' title='December 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/12/' /> <link rel='archives' title='November 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/11/' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/10/' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/09/' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/07/' /> <link rel='archives' title='June 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/06/' /> <link rel='archives' title='May 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/05/' /> <link rel='archives' title='April 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/04/' /> <link rel='archives' title='March 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/03/' /> <link rel='archives' title='February 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/02/' /> <link rel='archives' title='January 2009' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/01/' /> <link rel='archives' title='December 2008' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2008/12/' /> <link rel='archives' title='November 2008' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2008/11/' /> <link rel='archives' title='October 2008' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2008/10/' /> <link rel='archives' title='September 2008' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2008/09/' /> <link rel='archives' title='August 2008' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2008/08/' /> <link rel='archives' title='July 2008' href='http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2008/07/' /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 2.6" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/sociable/sociable.css" /> </head> <body class="wpd-lust"> <div id="header"><div class="wrap_center"> <h1><a href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/" title="ChicagoWord home page">ChicagoWord</a></h1> </div></div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="menu"> <ul> <li class="page_item"><a href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog" title="Home">Home</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-21"><a href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/about-new-west-realty/" title="About New West Realty">About New West Realty</a></li> <li class="rss"><a href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/feed/" title="Subscribe to Feed">Subscribe to Feed</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="page"><div class="wrap_center"><div class="wrap_float"> <div class="maincolumn"> <div class="banner"> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="post" id="post-434"><div class="wrapper"> <div class="postmeta"> <ul> <li>Posted on: April 17th, 2009</li> <li>By: Krystin</li> <li>Under: <a href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/category/new-notable/" title="View all posts in New & Notable" rel="category tag">New & Notable</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><a href="http://mynewwesthome.com/blog/2009/04/17/president-obama-allocates-8-billion-to-new-united-states-railway/" title="President Obama Allocates $8 Billion to New United States Railway">President Obama Allocates $8 Billion to New United States Railway</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p>Year after year, high-speed rail in the U.S. has been a popular idea that never left the station. 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