Heads Up: 12.1.06

ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" costs UT town thousands of taxpayer dollars. SL Tribune

Lobbying over NYC's proposed trans-fat ban gets fierce. WSJ (free article)

NJ auto insurer gives train commuters a break. Streetsblog

MA Gov. Romney used illegal immigrant laborers. Boston Globe

Critics say Austin's "apartment schools" amount to segregation. American-Statesman

Kansas City could be the nation's first (and the planet's second) city to use wireless light-rail. KC Star

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