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RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY
Big freight liners

to miss deadline
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Several lines said they wont meet a 2018 deadline

to start using safety technology
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Railroads were required to inform the government

of their plans by last week
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BY JOAN LOWY
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON
Three of the biggest

freight railroads operating
in the U.S. have told the
government they wont
meet a 2018 deadline to
start using safety tech-
nology intended to prevent

accidents like the deadly
derailment of an Amtrak
train in Philadelphia last
May.
Canadian National Railway, CSX Transportation
and Norfolk Southern say
they wont be ready until
2020, according to a list
provided to The Associated
Press by the Federal Railroad Administration. Four

commuter railroads
SunRail in Florida, Metra in
Illinois, the Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority and Trinity Railway
Express in Texas also say
theyll miss the deadline.
The technology, called
positive train control or
PTC, relies on GPS, wireless radio and computers to
monitor train positions and
automatically slow or stop
trains that are in danger of
colliding, derailing due to
excessive speed or about to
enter track where crews are
CHARLES REX ARBOGAST The Associated Press
A Metra commuter train pulls departs the La Salle Street

station on Wednesday in Chicago. Metra is among the four
commuter railroads and three major freight railroads that
informed the federal government last week that they wont
hit the 2018 deadline for installing safety technology.
working or that is otherwise off limits.

The other four other
Class I freight railroads
that operate in the U.S.

Union Pacific, BNSF, Canadian Pacific and Kansas
City Southern and more
than a dozen commuter

railroads have told the
agency they will meet the
2018 deadline.
Railroads were required
to inform the government
of their plans by last week.
Amtrak, the nations only
long-distance passenger
carrier, began operating a
version of the technology
on all tracks that it owns in
its Northeast Corridor
between Washington and
Boston and in some other
parts of the country in
December. But most of
Amtraks operations outside the Northeast take
place on tracks belonging
to freight railroads, making
it dependent on them to
install the technology.
Many commuter railroads
are in the same position.
The deadline for the
change was Dec. 31, 2015.
But after it became clear
nearly all railroads would
miss the deadline, Congress passed another law in
October extending it to
Dec. 31, 2018.
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
Leading to primary,
Trump and Cruz
become enemies
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Trump accuses Cruz of fraud

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Cruz says Trump is losing it

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BY KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
AND STEVE PEOPLES

GOFFSTOWN, N.H.
Once a bromance, now a

brawl.
Donald Trump and Ted
Cruz cast aside any veneer
of kindness on Wednesday
to trade insults and accusations in a show of hardball
politics that demonstrated
the stakes for both men in
the New Hampshire primary six days away.
The billionaire mogul
charged the Texas senator
with fraud and called for
a do-over of the Iowa caucuses. Thats where Cruzs
unexpected victory exposed weaknesses in
Trumps unorthodox, personality-driven bid for the
White House.
Cruz shot back with his
fiercest attack yet on the
man who has dominated
opinion polls in New
Hampshire, suggesting the
reality star doesnt like the
reality of losing. Hes having a Trumper-tantrum,
Cruz told reporters. Hes
losing it.
The back-and-forth between two candidates who
once made of a show of
their rapport underscored
the shifting dynamic in a
Republican race rattled by
the Iowa results.
Cruzs campaign staff
popped champagne on the
flight to New Hampshire
early Tuesday, proud of
stealthily out-organizing
the political novice. Trump
appeared to take the loss
graciously Monday night,
but by Wednesday morning
he had turned.
Ted Cruz didnt win
Iowa, he stole it, Trump
tweeted, and his campaign
accused Cruz of dirty tricks
in telling Ben Carsons
supporters their man was
dropping out and they
should turn to the Texan.
For all their bluster, the
top two were keeping a

wary eye on Iowas surprisingly strong No. 3.
In a blitz of new Hampshire campaigning, Florida
Sen. Marco Rubio was
casting himself as the sole
unifier in a deeply fractured party and the man
best positioned to beat a
Democrat in November.
When I am our nominee I can bring this party
together, Rubio told more
than 300 people at an
athletic complex in Bow.
We cannot win if we are
divided against each other.
For Ohio Gov. John Kasich, New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie and former Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush, New Hampshire increasingly looked
like a do-or-die proposition:
Show some momentum or
pack it up. They hustled
across the state trying to
prevent this from becoming
a three-man race.
Christie argued, rather
hopefully, that the battle
for establishment Republicans was down to him and
Rubio.
He knows we have the
best ground game here. He
knows we have the most
support from folks like
this, Christie said.
The long-crowded field
continued to shrink.
Rand Paul announced he
was dropping out, and that
put a new crop of voters up
for grabs for the other
contenders. The Kentucky
senator had tried to improve the GOPs popularity
among younger voters and
minorities. But his appeal
never broadened much
beyond the libertarianleaning Republicans who
backed the previous White
House bids of his father,
Rep. Ron Paul.
Trump was far away in
Arkansas but still getting
plenty of attention.
PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS The Associated Press
President Barack Obama greets children from Al-Rahmah school and other guests during his visit to the Islamic Society of
Baltimore, Wednesday in Baltimore, Md. Obama made his first visit to a U.S. mosque at a time Muslim-Americans say
they're confronting increasing levels of bias in speech and deeds.
U.S. MOSQUE VISIT
Obama: Impression
of Muslims distorted
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AP counted more than two dozen groups that each gave

at least $50,000 to presidential-aligned super PACs
during the last three months of 2015
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WASHINGTON
BY JACK GILLUM, CHAD DAY
AND STEPHEN BRAUN
Campaign money from

shadowy sources is back
this presidential election.
At least $4 million of it is
Meanwhile, Democraticleaning American Bridge

21st Century reported more
than $1.5 million from its
affiliated nonprofit, which
doesnt have to name its
donors. American Bridge,
which said it used the money to pay for shared expenses like rent and staff,
was founded by Hillary
Clinton supporter David
Brock.
The AP counted more
than two dozen groups that
each gave at least $50,000
to presidential-aligned
super PACs during the last
three months of 2015,
piecing together property
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BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE

CATONSVILLE, MD.
President Barack Obama

sought Wednesday to correct what he called a
hugely distorted impression of Muslim-Americans
as he made his first visit to
a U.S. mosque. He said
those who demonize all
Muslims for the acts of a
few are playing into extremists hands.
Inserting himself into a
debate that has ricocheted
in the presidential campaign, Obama told parishioners at a mosque outside Baltimore that hed
heard from young Muslims
worried theyll be rounded
Election mystery money returns

Difficult to trace whos behind big money flowing
to candidates
loosened prior restrictions

in campaign finance laws.
That can hide whos really
backing candidates and
what favors or influence
could be owed should they
get elected.
Just wait until this
year, said billionaire
Frank VanderSloot, of
Idaho. The Associated
Press determined that two
of his obscure businesses
gave a combined $175,000
to a super political committee helping Republican
presidential candidate
Marco Rubio. Were going
to send bucketloads. This
was teaspoons.
Although Obama has visited mosques overseas, he

waited until his final year in office to make a visit at home
2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS
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up and kicked out of the

country. He said Muslims,
too, are concerned about
the threat of terrorism but
are too often blamed as a
group for the violent acts
of the very few.
Weve seen children
bullied, weve seen
mosques vandalized,
Obama said, warning that
such unequal treatment for
certain groups in society
tears at the nations fabric.
Thats not who we are.
For Muslim advocates,
Obamas visit was a longawaited gesture to a community that has warned of
escalating vitriol against
them that has accompanied
the publics concern about
the Islamic State and other
extremist groups. Although
Obama has visited

mosques overseas, he waited until his final year in
office to make such a visit
at home, reflecting the
issues sensitive political
implications.
In this years Republican
presidential campaign, Donald Trump has called for
banning Muslims from the
U.S. temporarily and Ted
Cruz and Marco Rubio
warned of radical Islamic
terrorism. Muslim-American advocacy groups have
warned of growing antagonism that has followed
recent attacks in Paris and
San Bernardino, Calif., by
those purporting to act in
the name of Islam.
We have to understand:
An attack on one faith is an
attack on all our faiths,
Obama said. He said it fell
on all Americans to speak
up.
For Obama, the visit re-
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flowing to outside groups

helping White House hopefuls, making it difficult to
trace whos behind the big
bucks. Both parties benefit
from money routed
through obscure corporations, or from nonprofits
that dont have to disclose
their donors.
The contributions are a
reminder of federal court
decisions in recent years,
like Citizens United, that
WE HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND: AN
ATTACK ON ONE
FAITH IS AN
ATTACK ON ALL
OUR FAITHS.
President Barack Obama
flected a willingness to wade

into touchy social issues that
often eluded him earlier in
his presidency. For years,
Obama has fought incorrect
claims that hes actually a
Muslim and was born in
Kenya, beliefs that polls
suggest remain prevalent
among many Republicans.
Obama, a Christian, was
born in Hawaii.
Obama, acknowledging
that uncomfortable chapter
in his own story, noted that
Thomas Jefferson had also
been accused of being a
Muslim.
So I was not the first,
Obama said to laughter
from a hundred or so Muslims who gathered for his
speech. No, its true. Look
it up.
tax documents, public

records and millions of
digital campaign finance
records. At least half of
those were unrecognizable
names like family trusts,
real estate holdings or
firms that were far from
household brands.
Sheila Krumholz, the
executive director of the
Center for Responsive
Politics, said voters need to
know the sources of political money so they can
evaluate how candidates
will behave in office.

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4 2016

RAILROAD SAFETY TECHNOLOGY

Big freight liners

Several lines said they wont meet a 2018 deadline

Railroads were required to inform the government

The Associated Press

Three of the biggest

nology intended to prevent

Press by the Federal Railroad Administration. Four

CHARLES REX ARBOGAST The Associated Press

A Metra commuter train pulls departs the La Salle Street

working or that is otherwise off limits.

that operate in the U.S.

than a dozen commuter

2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

Trump accuses Cruz of fraud

Cruz says Trump is losing it

The Associated Press

Once a bromance, now a

top two were keeping a

PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS The Associated Press

U.S. MOSQUE VISIT

AP counted more than two dozen groups that each gave

The Associated Press

Campaign money from

Meanwhile, Democraticleaning American Bridge

The Associated Press

President Barack Obama

Election mystery money returns

loosened prior restrictions

Although Obama has visited mosques overseas, he

2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS

up and kicked out of the

Obama has visited

flowing to outside groups

flected a willingness to wade

tax documents, public

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