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Oyo Woos Graduates for Mass Transit Project
Oyo state government has tasked unemployed graduates in the state to take advantage of its mass transit project and apply as drivers of the taxi cabs the government had just ...
Source: This Day Online

Some sanitizer with that cab ride?
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Hand sanitizer is being installed in some Iowa City taxis in the hopes it will prevent the spread of swine flu. Yellow Cab of Iowa City on Monday announced that ...
Source: Omaha World-Herald

Taxi drivers earn 'minimum wage'
Both Pat Burke (Irish Independent, Letters, October 3) and Aebhric McGibney of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce have called for taxi drivers to be prosecuted for "strangling the city ...
Source: Independent

'Fire councillor or there'll be hell to pay'
Seven days. That is all that hundreds of Buhle Park and Roodekop residents in Germiston are giving Ekurhuleni mayor Ntombi Mekgwe to give their councillor the boot. Failing that ...
Source: Independent Online

McLean denies free-ride cab pact
Mayoral candidate Roger McLean denied Monday that his campaign had any agreement with city cab companies to provide voters free transportation to polling places for today’s city ...
Source: Daily Advance

Weston drops community bus service
The Weston City Commission Monday night, by a 5-0 vote, scrapped the city's agreement with bus operator Davis Tours, Inc. "The low ridership and the high expense just doesn't make ...
Source: Orlando Sentinel

City seeks input on fixing traffic problems
The city is seeking public input about how to alleviate traffic problems. The first of three hearings will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center ...
Source: Galveston County Daily News

Travel Back in Time
Museum lovers are like time travelers, transported into another dimension the minute they get their first whiff of museum air — dry and musty, mixed with the smell of old wood ...
Source: Egypt Today

My Horizons
LOS ANGELES -- Stopping into the Misawa bookstore for a fun book to read as I prepared to travel for another 10 days, I spotted T.C. Boyle's newest book, The Women. T.C. (Tom ...
Source: American Reporter

Tourist numbers to Prague show sharp decline
Prague - Prague is a dream destination for many tourists. The Charles Bridge, the castle and its old town district attract millions of tourists. In the first half of this year ...
Source: Top News India

Beatles' 'Lucy in the Sky' dies
LONDON -- Lucy Vodden, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles' classic song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, has died after a long battle with lupus. She was 46. Officials from ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Lodge Road a forgotten place
Residents of Lodge Road, Claxton Bay say they live in a forgotten area with unpaved, winding roads and improper drainage which leads to flooding during rainfall. They are lobbying ...
Source: Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday

No chance for toll collectors to pocket change
A COMMON myth about toll collectors is that their job provides them with an opportunity to pocket the toll charges on top of the salary they receive. Given the number of vehicles ...
Source: star.com.my

Weston drops Bonaventure Community Bus Service
The Weston City Commission on Monday night, by a 5-0 vote, scrapped the city's agreement with bus operator Davis Tours Inc. "The low ridership and the high expense just doesn't ...
Source: Orlando Sentinel

Assault: magistrate to sue traffic cop
A JANSENVILLE magistrate, who was assaulted by a metro traffic officer during a roadside scuffle, is suing the department for R100000. The civil action stems from the fact that ...
Source: Herald South Africa

Sacramento is also state's crash capital
If you drive the streets of Sacramento, buckle up and look out. Motorists here are more likely to get in serious crashes – and more prone to be involved in drunken-driving ...
Source: Sacramento Bee

Driver blacklisted after row over black shirt
JOB GONE: Harald Kleiven has lost his job after refusing to wear a black shirt which he says reminds him of his childhood under Nazi occupation in Norway. A driver who suffered ...
Source: Stuff

My Secret Life: Chipmunk, rapper, 18
My parents were... cool. They raised me and my brother and sister very well. The flat I grew up in... was on an estate. It was a fun place to live and I learned a lot of things ...
Source: The Independent

Canadian Snowbirds' aerial feats highlight air show
Snowbirds1: Capt. Daniel Rossi, a member of the Canadian Snowbirds Demonstration Team, checks over his aircraft shortly after arriving at Sheppard Air Force Base Friday for the ...
Source: Wichita Falls Times Record News

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We could see that the back of her apartment looked out at a private narrow residential mews known as the Cité de Varenne and a formal garden that now is part of the Italian ...
Source: New York Times

Rubber bullet hits teen in mouth
Police were called to intervene on Friday when some 200 members of the public became embroiled in a taxi dispute at the informal settlement of Vrygrond in Cape Town, a spokesman ...
Source: Daily News

Freedom denied: taxi firm put off road
Taxi industry watchdog the New Zealand Transport Agency has put the brakes on Hamilton's Freedom Cabs over safety concerns which include bald tyres and faulty steering, suspension ...
Source: Stuff

Edith Wharton Always Had Paris
So it was fitting that the leading American female writer of the early 20th century experienced her first and most likely only passionate love affair in the city of Paris , far ...
Source: New York Times

In Taxi Bribe Case, a Taste of Regulation's Perils
The recent indictments of D.C. Council member Jim Graham's chief of staff and 38 others on bribery charges may be a harbinger of things to come if the council continues to move ...
Source: Washington Post

Police warning over Facebook 'campaign' after Cumbria crash
Police investigating a crash which saw a 12-year-old boy hospitalised on Saturday have denied reports that a local taxi firm has obstructed their investigation. The driver failed ...
Source: News and Star

Bruising bus dispute drags on
Locked-out bus workers are offering to drive Auckland children to school for free when the new term starts on Monday, but their employer says they must lift their notice of ...
Source: New Zealand Herald

FAA: Runways have never been safer.
A US Airways plane taxis toward a gate as a Southwest Airlines plane lands at Sky Harbor Airport on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 in Phoenix. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Serious airport runway ...
Source: NWCN

NBC Reporter Richard Engel's Clear-Eyed Look at Afghanistan
It's some of talented NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel's best reporting yet, and it couldn't have come at a more timely moment. Engel's documentary airing Sunday night ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Creepy cabbie taxing your patience? Mexico's women-only taxis offer ...
MEXICO CITY - Each pink taxi comes with a beauty kit, a GPS system and an alarm button. The new fleet of 35 cabs in Mexico's colonial city of Puebla are driven exclusively by women ...
Source: 680 News

Taxi Issues Go to Higher Authority
The Highway Traffic Board will be dealing with complaints about limos being used as taxis in Saskatoon. The city got some complaints about United Cabs dispatching luxury cars like ...
Source: Saskatoonhomepage

Fashion sense
W atching tennis it often seems as if way too many male players have no fashion sense at all. While Andre Agassi wore some pretty wild, pushing-the-envelope outfits in his youth ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Crooks impersonating cops in Calgary?
There isn’t much tangible evidence criminals are hijacking police personas. But there are ample clues some in Calgary are adding it to their bag of tricks. Earlier this year ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Twenty years ago, 40 candles lit the way for democracy to shine
F ewer than 10 weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a pivotal event took place in the historic East German city of Leipzig. I was there as a journalist 20 years ago this year ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Govt Threatens To Ban Commercial Motorcyclists
Akwa Ibom State government has threatened to ban the activities of motorcyclists in the state capital if, within one week, they failed to fish out the criminals among them who go ...
Source: leadershipnigeria

John Kelly: Plan for space isn't clear, but it's there
The presidential panel studying NASA's future covered a lot of ground, with decades of implications for the nation's space program and for our community. They did not recommend a ...
Source: Florida Today

What a deal!
It'll do everything but cheat for you: Computer maker Acer Inc. is releasing a laptop with a 3-D screen that with the help of special glasses appears to give three-dimensional ...
Source: Everett Herald

Natural Gas Changes the Energy Map
View infographics of natural gas resources, production and consumption. Watch TR ’s report from Pennsylvania on the Marcellus shale resources and drilling activity. See ...
Source: Stockhouse

Parade of taxis marks Yellow Cab of Baltimore's centennial
Y ellow Cab of Baltimore celebrated its 100th anniversary Thursday with a downtown parade of taxis, including vintage cabs and even the most modern addition, hybrid vehicles. W.W ...
Source: Baltimore Sun

Taxis jostle over business in Airdrie
The number of taxis in Airdrie, just north of Calgary, has quadrupled in the last two years, prompting a cab owner to call for regulations. Mohamed Benini, owner of Avacab Taxis ...
Source: CBC News

HandyDART bus strike strands seniors, disabled
C andice Larscheid has used the HandyDART bus service every day for 24 years, to visit the doctor, get groceries, see her father in Richmond, get to work and even to get to acting ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Lab. City resident wants to give seniors helping hand
Margaret Sugden is looking out for seniors in Labrador West. The Labrador City senior said over the years, day-to-day tasks have gotten harder for her, and she wonders how many ...
Source: The Aurora

IN OTHER WORDS
To my thin northern blood the Cuban heat is oppressive and the sun feels viciously bright. No one seems immune. Even the local people, who are obviously more accustomed to the ...
Source: The Aurora

'New law will save lives'
Talk's not going to be cheap for much longer. As of today, it's illegal for motorists to use hand-held cellphones and other electronic devices while they're behind the wheel. "This ...
Source: Toronto Sun

National News Cellphone ban begins for Ontario drivers; violators ...
TORONTO - To hear the Ontario government tell it, the driver of the future would no sooner pick up a cellphone while behind the wheel than travel down the highway without a ...
Source: Squamish Chief

Beware the King's birthday, and other scams
One of the most striking disaster travel stories I have heard was from a traveller who had intended to stay several months in Thailand but returned only a week after he left ...
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Park the hostility
Considering its proximity, and the fact that I have several friends from there, I'm surprised I've only been to Cleveland once. It was for a feature on the Body Worlds exhibit, in ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Ford's Oakville plant to be idled for one week due to parts shortage
Toronto - Violent strikes and protests at a parts supplier in India are forcing a one-week shutdown of Ford Canada's plant in Oakville, Ont., the automaker said Friday. Ford ...
Source: 680 News

Northwest jet's flight recorders probed
A Northwest Airlines A320 plane taxis at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. There are suspicions that the pilots of a Northwest A320 that lost radio contact for more than ...
Source: CBC News

The day Leonard Asper lost the Street
O n a deep winter morning last year, Leonard Asper summoned a dozen or so Bay Street analysts and investors to Toronto’s stately King Edward Hotel for a private lunch. The city ...
Source: Globe and Mail

McGuinty must fess up on new harmonized sales tax
I shouldn't have to write this column. It's Premier Dalton McGuinty's job to inform us of the huge implications for our personal budgets resulting from his decision to impose a 13 ...
Source: Niagara Review

Cycling in Chinese city is anything but leisurely
GUANGZHOU, China - A friend sent me a YouTube link to a video called "Insane Cycling - New York City." I clicked on it, hoping to glean a few tips for my own cycling on the ...
Source: 680 News

Compressed natural-gas cabs now fly 1st class at D/FW Airport, cutting ...
Natural gas-powered taxicabs will be first in line for fares at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after its board approved a measure designed to improve North Texas' air ...
Source: Dallas Morning News

Browne: Bid to cut CHOGM budget to $235m
The budget for the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference now stands at $265 million, but Government is trying to get it down to $235 million, which was the original estimate ...
Source: Trinidad Express

Tough national laws to hit cab drivers
TAXI drivers will be refused a licence if they cannot find major landmarks and tourist attractions under sweeping new national standards. Transport Minister Anthony Albanese is ...
Source: News.com.au

Topsfield to honor Vietnam casualty
TOPSFIELD — First Lt. John "Jack" David Lawson's brothers and sister remember the day his body was returned home in 1970. The fighter pilot was shot down in the Vietnam War just ...
Source: Salem News

Deaths from swine flu increase, toll reaches 19 across the nation
Taxis of the Atatürk Airport Taxi Cooperative have been disinfected against the H1N1 virus as a precaution to prevent the spread of the virus. The number of deaths caused by the ...
Source: Today's Zaman

It's shocking how much we gamble
The Victorians may think the Melbourne Cup is theirs, but in NSW the race is taken much more seriously – and interest is growing. Melbournians spent $39.6 million on Cup Day, but ...
Source: ninemsn

Transport authority to target rural taxis, buses
The Transport Authority is warning that it will be moving its drive to rural parishes to remove heavy tint, audio and video equipment from public passenger vehicles. The managing ...
Source: Go Jamaica

Puppy love: Man travels to Greece to rescue dog, brings back two
KINGSTON — In the middle of his 8,000-kilo-metre plane ride from Toronto to Greece to try to find the injured dog he had been forced to leave behind, Ted Davidson wondered if he ...
Source: North Bay Nugget

Foot Model, Christina Ambers Suing Mad
Christina Ambers, who has been called the “Heidi Klum of foot models,” is suing her building, 340 East 74th Street, for $10 million, alleging that the board is trying to force ...
Source: E Canada Now

Voice of the people
Frank Corbett’s misguided spending of taxpayers’ dollars for fine dining may just have provided Premier Dexter with the opportunity his still relatively new government needs to ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Foot Model Marries Doorman, Sues Upscale Apartment Building For ...
According to reports, a foot model named Christina Ambers is suing her upscale apartment building, claiming the co-op board is trying to force her out because she married its ...
Source: EON

Private taxi operators make fast bucks as Karwa cabs are hard to get
A mad scramble to get into a Karwa bus at the main bus terminal in Al Ghanim on the second day of Eid. DOHA: Private taxis did brisk business during Eid Al Adha holidays as Karwa ...
Source: Peninsula

Wicked boosts Victoria's economy
The musical Wicked was one of the most successful ever staged in Melbourne, pulling in $126 million for Victoria, Victoria's Tourism Minister Tim Holding said on Monday. During its ...
Source: Skynews.com

Wicked boosts Vic economy
The musical Wicked was one of the most successful ever staged in Melbourne, pulling in $126 million for Victoria. A total of 610,000 people attended the show during its 13-month ...
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corp.

'Let's all celebrate' – Princes Street is finally freed from ...
THE capital's main shopping street reopened to traffic yesterday for the first time in eight months following the completion of the latest phase of tramworks. Buses and taxis have ...
Source: Scotsman

D.C. agency buys massages for 40 employees
The District's Office of Unified Communications used its government-issued charge card to buy $900 worth of massages for its staff, an expense even Mayor Adrian Fenty deemed ...
Source: Washington Examiner

These are taxing times — SOAPBOXING WITH DAVE DALE
Rain drops kept falling on my camera lens yesterday while on a stakeout outside Mother St. Bride elementary school. The mission was to catch parent drivers using a school bus ...
Source: North Bay Nugget

MasterCard Canada Brings PayPass(TM) Payments to BlackBerry ...
In this trial, participants will use PayPass(TM) Mobile Tag-equipped BlackBerry smartphones to make secure purchases at any of the 8,500 merchant locations in Canada that accept ...
Source: CNW Group

Storm gets grip on Ottawa
The first storm of the season came as advertised Wednesday with about 20 cm of snow and gusting winds that sent cars into ditches and jets back to their hangars. Throughout the day ...
Source: Ottawa Sun

Alcohol suspected in single-vehicle crash
Two young people remain in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash on Glover Road early Sunday morning. The 18-year-old female driver is suspected of being impaired. Around ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Illegal taxi shuttles under fire
The Sarnia Police Service has received a number of recent complaints of illegal taxi or shuttle services being operated within the city. Any vehicle operating as a taxi or shuttle ...
Source: The Observer

Many professional hockey players involved in music
In the February 1957 issue of the Hockey Pictorial a novelty photo featured Maurice “The Rocket” Richard standing in front of an orchestra made up of Canadiens hockey stars ...
Source: Daily Post

Large Number of Traffic Offences Cancelled
DUBAI — A large number of traffic violations recorded by Dubai Police had to be cancelled because the number plates photographed by the speed radars were not clear or were found ...
Source: Khaleej Times

Two quizzed after nightclub killing
Police are questioning two people after a 28-year-old man was killed outside a Co Londonderry nightclub. The man was attacked on the Promenade of the coastal town of Portstewart at ...
Source: Independent

Cop spoke to 26/11 handler on mobile phone
MUMBAI: More than a year after the 26/11 Mumbai attack, it has come to light that a senior police officer tried to strike up a conversation with the Pakistan-based terror handlers ...
Source: IndiaTimes

Tuning it just for you
A car under load on a rolling-road dynamometer, being tested real time. JB seen sitting on the boot. L.N. Revathy If you wanted to buy a car, what are the specifications you would ...
Source: Hindu Business Line

Antidote to excess
The countdown to Christmas has begun. Everyone is in a frenzy -- shopping, decorating, carolling, partying. But the holiday mood is contrived, sober. Gone is the exuberance of ...
Source: Business World

Site Diverts Shopping Money to Charities
A new Web site lets people donate to charity the money they would have spent on, say, that $44.50 Henley sweater from the Gap — or, better yet, the $250,000 his-and-hers ICON ...
Source: Dispatch

Letters: December 19
RE: Christmas shopping. I can think of a trillion reasons why we can make a difference to the 24,500 kids under five who are going to die on Christmas Day, every day leading up to ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Tips to help you nail down the holiday budget
It's not too late to make a plan for your holiday season. It's not too late to make a plan for your holiday season. - Talk to family and friends about a holiday plan. What is ...
Source: Dose.ca

Keep tabs on those bad cabs!
Edmontonians are being warned to stay out of so-called "bandit" cabs this holiday season as city officials continue to hunt down the illegal and potentially dangerous vehicles ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Eco-Friendly Hybrid Taxi Introduced in Seoul
They have agreed that improving air quality and reducing greenhouse gases in the city are urgent issues. Accordingly, they have decided to join hands to support the distribution of ...
Source: CNW Group

Parker did 'Morgans' for Grant
LONDON — Sarah Jessica Parker is looking forward to a family Christmas. That’s because she won’t be the only female in the house this year; her baby girls, Marion and Tabitha ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Size matters
The downsizing of three executives at TransLink should be just a drop in the bucket if B.C.'s comptroller general Cheryl Wenezenki-Yolland is to be believed. As of last count ...
Source: Aldergrove Star

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LONDON - Sarah Jessica Parker is looking forward to a family Christmas. That's because she won't be the only female in the house this year; her baby girls, Marion and Tabitha, will ...
Source: Kamloops Daily News Online

Sarah Jessica Parker looking forward to a family Christmas at home in ...
That's because she won't be the only female in the house this year; her baby girls, Marion and Tabitha, will also be part of the festivities. The twins were born last June to a ...
Source: Canada East

Airport/hotel shuttle revving up
After almost five years of appearances before city hall committees, Taxicab Board and Public Utilities Board (PUB) hearings, a commercial airport/hotel shuttle service has finally ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Northwest pilots called Winnipeg by mistake
A Northwest Airlines A320 taxis at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the destination that authorities say the pilots initially flew past because they were distracted by ...
Source: CBC News

City cabs to be topped off with moden art
The next place to see modern art in New York City could be on the roof of a yellow cab. A Las Vegas, Nev.-based company that sells advertising space atop taxis says it plans to display artworks on roughly 500 cabs during January in place of ...
Source: New York Post

CA woman arrested on suspicion of dumping newborn
Court records said a woman suspected of using a prepaid mobile phone to make up to 48 false calls for help to 911 was a volunteer firefighter. The woman, 44, was a volunteer firefighter in Hudson, according to court records released Monday. An ...
Source: Miami Herald

Fla. taxi driver stiffed on $3k fare to Memphis
Perez allegedly told Flamingo Taxis driver Lelis Almeira the woman he was visiting would pay when they arrived. The woman, Nellie Rose, says she doesn't know why Perez came to see her. She says she made clear beforehand she had no money to pay for it ...
Source: WSVN-TV

Man Stiffs Cabbie on Miami to Memphis Trip
We ain't going to promise something we don't have," said Nellie Rose . "I don't know why the cab driver and him came on (to Memphis). That's between them."
Source: NBC Dallas-Fort Worth

Letters: December 26
Re: D. Dixon's letter Dec 19. Dixon is incorrect in saying there aren't enough taxis on the road. Edmonton has one of the highest taxi per capita rates in Canada! The problem lies ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Hola, grumbling gringos
BUCERIAS, Mexico -- Inevitably, chatter with neighbours and friends turns to guests we all host from time to time. When northern chill winds invade and snow piles high, phone calls ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Straight from my crystal ball to you
Happy New Year and welcome to 2-10. Today I offer to you my humble predictions for the upcoming year. However since I'm not a professional prognosticator, and as a matter of ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Heroes of the city
Every once in a while, someone writes a book that, on the surface, is simple and quiet, yet underneath is stirringly beautiful and full of life and love. Jill Ciment's Heroic ...
Source: Globe and Mail

More taxis needed, says citizen lobby group
As New Year's Eve approaches there are new calls to expand Calgary's taxicab fleet, with some entrepreneurs offering unlicensed taxi services to take people to and from year-end ...
Source: CBC News

Taxis, bars unite to keep drunk drivers off the road
A city cab company wants to make sure New Year's Eve revellers arrive alive this holiday weekend. Niagara Falls Taxi has partnered with Taxi Ad Central, a taxi advertising company ...
Source: Niagara Review

City councillor feels personal loss over drinking and driving
Getting behind the wheel while intoxicated can change lives “in the blink of an eye,” warns a city councillor who knows first hand the pain a drunk driver can cause. Kim ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Party hosts have responsibility, OPP caution
Christmas may be over but that doesn't mean the party season is. With New Year's Eve just around the corner, the Ontario Provincial Police are urging revelers and hosts to ring in ...
Source: North Bay Nugget

NYC taxis will display art
Artist and musician Yoko Ono will have her artwork featured on 160 of New York's yellow cabs in January. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images) ? The next place to see modern art in New York ...
Source: CBC News

San Luis looks at taxi rules
SAN LUIS, Ariz. — The number of taxicabs operating in San Luis has increased to the point that city officials are looking at ways to regulate them more effectively. "For a city ...
Source: Yuma Daily Sun

JAL against bankruptcy, favors Delta offer: report
TOKYO (Reuters) - The president of Japan Airlines Corp (Tokyo:9205.T - News ) said he is against a bankruptcy proceeding under a state restructuring plan and has no plans to ...
Source: Yahoo Finance

Liberal party promise taxi overhaul
TAXI drivers would be subject to a certificate requiring them to speak English, navigate well and ensure passenger comfort and security, under a new Liberal Party policy ...
Source: Adelaide Now

Charges laid in killing of Halifax taxi driver
P olice have laid charges in the year-old killing of a taxi driver, whose death rattled a city already concerned about crime. Twenty-year-old Lamar Thompson, who has been in ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Service is going to deteriorate until paramedics get the proper ...
Labour Minister Murray Coell stated “the collective bargaining system for the provincial ambulance service is clearly broken.” So is the overall administration of the system ...
Source: Abbotsford News

$50 million for foreign-trained workers down the tubes
The announcement by the federal government in December that recognition of foreign-trained workers' credentials will be expedited is a welcome development toward the equitable ...
Source: Toronto Sun

MOST READ LOCAL STORIES
MELBOURNE, Australia - Tiger Woods' US$3-million appearance fee for playing in the Australian Masters in November has paid dividends for the Victorian state economy. Acting state ...
Source: Kamloops Daily News Online

Windsor cabs fail safety inspections
A majority of taxi cabs in Windsor, Ont., need work, according to the results of a bi-annual inspection by the city's licensing department. The city inspected nearly 200 taxis on ...
Source: CBC News

Second trolley to cost more than expected
A backup trolley could cost the town of Ladysmith double what it wanted to pay. Council has directed staff to offer no more than $10,000 to the City of Nelson for a second-hand ...
Source: Abbotsford News

A bit 'more' and 'yes' will chase away the boredom
DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I don't drink, smoke or have a fat problem but I am dull, dull, dull. I'm single at 33 and likely to stay that way. It's embarrassing, but I can't remember ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Alderman wants to plow ahead
They’re good with the snow jobs except, of course, when it’s an actual job to be done on the snow. Then we see more shuffling than a dealer working at a busy table in a casino ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Military plane makes emergency landing in Winnipeg
A Canadian Forces Airbus aircraft taxis towards the Air Force hangar after making a emergency landing at the James A Richardson International airport in WInnipeg around noon Friday ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Brandon cabs offer condoms
Two taxi companies in Brandon, Man. are helping drive home the message behind a public health campaign aimed at reducing rates of sexually-transmitted diseases. Free condoms are ...
Source: CBC News

Catch a cab, not a disease
Bruce Bumstead / Brandon Sun A Brandon taxicab offers free condoms as part of a program aimed at curbing sexually transmitted infections. BRANDON -- Some Brandon cabs have been ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Local facilities accused of fraudulent inspections
A joint investigation has been launched after Vancouver police uncovered a scheme involving inspection certificates allegedly being issued fraudulently to commercial and private ...
Source: Vancouver Sun

Haitian Montrealers anxious for word
T he voices of the Haitian Montrealers were cracked and tired, tinged with a tone of desperation. “Has anyone heard from my family?” one woman sobbed over the radio. “I'm so ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Detroit Auto Show: Hybrids drive Toyota’s future
DETROIT -- Toyota Motor Corp. seems to have adopted the most aggressive strategy among the world’s largest automakers in pushing into the hydrid vehicle market. Expecting hybrids ...
Source: CBC News

Gulf News
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi will start taxi ranks in all residential and commercial areas of the emirate in the near future, a senior official said. The taxi ranks will have several ...
Source: Zawya.com

Indian taxi driver threatened with knife in Oz
Melbourne: In yet another incident targeting Indians in Australia, a student-cum-cabbie was threatened with knife by his two passengers, even as police insisted that these cases ...
Source: Zee News

Taxi unions oppose permit transfer move
The state government’s recent move to allow transfer of permits of auto-rickshaws and taxis in lieu of a fee has not gone down well with taxi and auto-rickshaw unions. Three ...
Source: Indian Express

Sector by sector: Tracking the Olympic boost
The people who promote Vancouver as a tourist destination aren't about to let the scenic mountains and cosmopolitan streets speak for themselves during the Winter Olympics ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Working with cancer: For many Canadians, it’s not always a choice
W hen New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton revealed last week that he had prostate cancer, many in the national press corps expressed surprise that he was not stepping down ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Road restrictions affect taxi business
Despite the thousands of tourists coming into Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, the taxi industry is not expecting a large boost in business, due in large part to numerous road ...
Source: CTV Olympics

Labatt Announces Pedi-Cab Service in Vancouver
Labatt's Make a Plan program was designed to help people address the changing circumstances that can unintentionally lead to drinking and driving. February 2010 will be an ...
Source: CNW Group

OPINION: In defense of Phuket tourism
Patong's tuk-tuks undermine Thailand's marketing catchphrase: 'Amazing Thailand, Amazing Value'. PHUKET: There is widespread support in Phuket for Governor Wichai Phraisa-ngop’s ...
Source: Phuket Gazette

Entry and exit points for Games, city stations to get a facelift
The Northern Railways may not be expecting much additional rush of commuters during the Commonwealth Games this October but being important entry and exit points, the city’s ...
Source: Indian Express

ARTours Plans Spoletto Trip
Charleston's Spoleto Festival 2010, America's premier performing arts festival, features a whirlwind of performances from around the globe. The Arts Council of Moore County's ...
Source: pilot.com

North Cyprus Villa Holiday in Kyrenia
PR Log (Press Release) – Feb 14, 2010 – Northern Cyprus villa holidays are not only affordable but according to http://www.amyvillas.co.uk they are capable of making all of the ...
Source: PRLog (free press release)

Here’s the scoop on travel in Rome, Venice in 2010
Rome and Venice are two of my favorite cities. But to enjoy these classic destinations fully, you need to be prepared for changes in 2010. Knowing about a few recent developments ...
Source: Everett Herald

Obama widens assault on terrorists
An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down a runway at an air base in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON -- In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national ...
Source: Columbus Dispatch

Mexico with the little ones
‘ Y ou have to visit San Cristobal,” the taxi driver is saying. “Es muy bonito?” I respond, trying to make the muy flow like a rich Oaxacan mole. My Spanish is basic, but ...
Source: Globe and Mail

What I learned at preschool
I n the early spring of every year, my husband and I would gleefully plan our summer vacation in some exotic or far-flung location: Europe, Australia, Antarctica. But after he died ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Police want end to glass bottles for Carnival
This was revealed by Ag DCP Gilbert Reyes during a press conference which was held Friday at the Police Administration Building in Port-of-Spain. Reyes said although their effort ...
Source: Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday

RWS rather than airport
BOTH locations allow them to levy a $3 surcharge on top of the metered fare. But since the casino at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) opened a week ago, cabbies here find it makes more ...
Source: Straits Times

Non-emergency medical transportation gears up for rising elderly ...
The growth rate of the elderly population in the U.S. has greatly surpassed the growth rate of the population as a whole, making non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) more ...
Source: PR-USA.net

In-flight style entertainment could soon be available for coach and ...
In-flight style entertainment and wireless internet connection could revolutionise the travel experience for bus, coach and car passengers across the Middle East. The Media On ...
Source: AME Info

Noise rumors rage in NL
Confusion reigned in the Sister City on Saturday after repeated rounds of what sounded like heavy gunfire echoed over the Rio Grande on Friday night and reports of a citywide ...
Source: Laredo Morning Times

Bin Laden Tapes Show Jihadis Eat Breakfast, Too
Somewhere, presumably in the mountains of Afghanistan, a group of Islamic militants gather around a balky piece of equipment. "Air! Air! Air! Give it some air!" a voice yells over ...
Source: KQED

Natural-gas vehicle program gets $26.8M boost
A four-year, $26.8 million program involving public and private sector money will bring 183 new natural gas-powered vehicles into the state and allow for the creation of 10 fueling ...
Source: New Haven Register

Old City deals with drinkers turned fighters
It's a little past 1:30 a.m. Saturday, the time when the streets in Old City start to teem with alcohol-soaked bargoers headed home. Women in minuscule skirts and teetering high ...
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Afghan wounded tell of more left behind in Marjah
... from the Nad Ali district around Marjah, is one of 40 civilians treated at Emergency Hospital in Lashkar Gah ... and Afghan forces who are trying to get residents to renounce the Taliban and embrace the Afghan government. Bernard Metraux, the ...
Source: Journal Gazette and Times Courier

U.S. airport's boom spells bad news for Montreal: official
The Plattsburgh International Airport in upstate New York has seen a 68 per cent increase in passenger traffic over the last year, with 80 per cent of those passengers coming from ...
Source: CBC News

Cottaging in the Bahamas
O ur first mate Matt dismissed the idyllic Bahamian scene in a way only a 15-year-old could. "Let's go to another island, this one's got seaweed on the beach - it's totally ghetto ...
Source: Globe and Mail

More taxis on WA roads
The WA Transport Minister, Simon O'Brien, has announced extra taxis will be on the state's roads by the end of the year. Plates for 24 taxis were approved by the previous Labor ...
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Firms rush to aid Devizes group
Alzheimer's Support day centre in Devizes has been delighted by offers of help from local taxi drivers and the florist across the road. The charity, with centres in Devizes and ...
Source: This is Wiltshire

Petro price hike: Transport workers to strike
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (PTI) Protesting the petroleum price hike, transport workers unions in Kerala today declared a one-day strike on March 2 while bus owners threatened to ...
Source: Indolink

"They are our people"
While the shit-head Army spin-doctors are bellowing about our next great "operation" after "Operation Moshtarak" has completely destroyed the little of Marjah that existed before ...
Source: Uruk Net

Associated Press Writer
BOSTON (AP) -- A turf war between licensed taxis and livery drivers has taken on ethnic overtones in central Massachusetts. Two Latino-owned companies popular in immigrant neighborhoods in Worcester face the threat of shutdown if they don't pay ...
Source: KGAN.com

B.C. vows tough new drunk driving law
VICTORIA, B.C. - B.C.'s solicitor general says the province will move to get more drunks off the road with legislation that includes immediate sanctions against impaired drivers ...
Source: CNEWS

Starting over and fast-tracking plans
Middle-aged yet just starting out is how Nancy describes her relationship with her partner, Norm. The two just recently moved in together. He has been paying support for his former ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Peirce: Hybrid taxi fleets, why not now?
Why in the world should Congress be considering a Green Taxis Act? It's because New York - plus Seattle, Boston, San Francisco and several other cities - want to switch their taxi ...
Source: Denver Post

Wheels of Change
We gdan Saeed has sworn off cabs. The 22-year-old college student took a black-and-white taxi from her home in Mohandiseen to her friend’s apartment, exactly two blocks away. The ...
Source: Egypt Today

Erimin and Ecstasy pills seized at Kuah jetty
LANGKAWI: Police seized 199 Erimin and 50 Ecstasy pills from a man in an anti-crime operation at Kuah jetty here on Saturday. The man in his 40s who had just arrived on a ferry was ...
Source: star.com.my

Over 842,000 people use Dubai public transport a day
More than 842,000 people used Dubai’s public transport systems a day on average last year, official figures reveal. The number is set to rise in 2010 with the full opening of the ...
Source: ArabianBusiness.com

842,000 use public transport every day in Dubai
More than 288 million journeys were made on Dubai's public transport services - the Metro, buses, marine transport and taxis - during the past year, the Roads and Transport ...
Source: Zawya.com

Bill calls for NASA to continue push to Moon
President Barack Obama's plan to push NASA to scrap the http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9150498/Obama_budget_scraps_NASA_... and contract with commercial companies to build ...
Source: IT World

NYC taxis overcharged $8.3 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Cabbies don't like mandate for side shields in their ...
Taxi driver Darshan Singh says side shields in cab won't improve safety and could hurt business. (TREVOR HAGAN / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) NEW safety measures that require all taxis to ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Driving Down Carbon Emissions
PR Log (Press Release) – Mar 14, 2010 – Minimising environmental impact in all areas of life is still at the forefront of everyone's minds. So too with a Northumberland based ...
Source: PRLog (free press release)

Owners of licence plates used by Dubai Taxi to get ...
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Ali Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has ordered to payment of Dh26.36 million to Emiratis ...
Source: Gulf News

Oakland gets green taxis
OAKLAND — That bright green Friendly Cab taxi that just sped by you isn't just green on the outside. Beneath its gleaming hood runs a gas-electric engine, and it's one of 17 new ...
Source: Inside Bay Area

Cabbies Cheat? Riders Express No Surprise
Laura Neill of London in a cab from Grand Central Terminal on Saturday. The price of what should be a short and fairly standard trip is like the price of a volatile stock. It is ...
Source: New York Times

Rick Steves
When people ask me about the scariest situation I’ve ever been in, I think back to a taxi ride I took to the Moscow airport in the early ’90s. A no-neck guy who looked like a ...
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Vehicle black boxes bring solutions, problems
Black boxes have until recently been mostly associated with airplanes, but devices designed for automobiles are increasingly popular. According to the Agency for Technology and ...
Source: Korea Herald

Summer Survival Strategies
Most urban denizens might see summer and the month of April as the season for a nice, getaway beach holiday. However, for many rural people, this signifies a time when they will ...
Source: Bangkok Post

4G WiMAX technology powers Taiwan’s 'Net café on ...
TAIPEI – VMAX Telecom has taken Internet cafes to a higher plain with quantum-leaping 4G WiMax technology by putting them on wheels. The company has put Taiwan on the map with ...
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

48 hours in Caracas
CARACAS - Caribbean heat mingles with Andean cool in Caracas, which is nestled against a verdant mountain range, cresting at over 2,700 metres. Languidly tropical by day, the ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Astronauts begin the first of three spacewalks
WASHINGTON - U.S. astronauts began the first of three planned spacewalks Monday from the shuttle Atlantis a day after the spacecraft docked with the International Space Station ...
Source: Calgary Herald

World’s top experiences for thrill-seekers
SINGAPORE - Take a deep breath, get strapped in and feel the buzz. Travel guide Lonely Planet, brings you the thrill-seekers’ list, from its 1000 Ultimate Experiences book. 1 ...
Source: Calgary Herald

San Francisco vs. San Diego: Which is the better ...
San Francisco or San Diego? Or, as some people would phrase it: Think or swim? It is a per-capita fact that one city has more surf shops and the other has more college graduates ...
Source: The Province

How I've missed Saigon
S he looked just as I'd remembered. Miss Saigon and her reed-like friends dressed in flowing silk gowns were among the crowd that gathered to greet the Oceania Nautica –cruises ...
Source: Globe and Mail

WW II vet, overworked waitress win $7.8M
As for Peter Kaczmarczyk, well, the prisoner-of-war veteran, retired cabbie and long-time gambler may just buy a racehorse. The Polish immigrants and close family friends, who live ...
Source: CNEWS

Thai government scraps election compromise, talks with protesters
T he Thai government on Wednesday cancelled plans for a November election and scrapped talks with protesters occupying Bangkok’s commercial district for nearly six weeks, but ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Some cures for transit angst
Transit and transportation have generated a lot of heat and ink with no end in sight as they have moved to centre stage in the mayoralty campaign. Improving public transit and ...
Source: Toronto Star

Electric taxis hit roads in south China city
Forty all-electric taxis, believed to be the first to go into service in China, were officially launched Monday in southern Guangdong Province's Shenzhen City. Shenzhen was the ...
Source: People's Daily Online

Japan Ministry counting on taxis as cut in patrol ...
JAPAN - From turning off tunnel lights to asking taxi drivers to report any objects that have fallen on the road, the transport ministry's regional offices are scrambling to save ...
Source: AsiaOne

RCMP investigating two fatal stabbings in Merritt and Fort St. John
RCMP are investigating two unrelated fatal stabbings in two small B.C. towns this weekend. On Thursday morning at about 6 a.m. Fort St. John RCMP said they responded to a ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

B.C. wife arrested in husband’s stabbing death
MERRITT, B.C. — A 39-year-old British Columbia woman has been arrested after her husband was stabbed to death on Friday. The 56-year-old man was found dead in his Merritt home ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Argument leads to fatal stabbing in Merritt
MERRITT (NEWS1130) - A 56-year-old Merritt man is dead after being stabbed in his home last night. His wife, a 39-year-old woman, has been arrested. Police say the two had been ...
Source: News1130.com

Wife facing murder charge after Merritt man stabbed to ...
A 56-year-old Merritt man is dead and his 39-year-old wife is in police custody after a stabbing at their home Friday night. Merritt RCMP responded to a 911 call just before 10:30 ...
Source: The Province

Police investigate weekend murder in Merritt
A 56-year old Merritt man has died after being stabbed in his home Friday night. RCMP responded to a call at about 10:20 p.m. on May 21 to find a man suffering from multiple stab ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Fredericton bar area beating a mystery
Major crime investigators have reinterviewed a Fredericton man who was found badly beaten early last Sunday, May 16. The 30-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Richard Florida: Toronto could use a good civic crisis
I've lived in Toronto for three years. Every passing day, I'm discovering new dimensions to this great city. I count our decision to move here among the best of my life. But the ...
Source: Toronto Star

Public gets first chance to eye London mascots
Moulded from steel left over from the last girder on the Olympic stadium, London's 2012 mascots are neither cuddly nor cute, but organizers say the gleaming one-eyed metallic forms ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Bermuda on a budget? WestJet may make it possible
SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA—The man approached me as I sat waiting just south of the local craft market at the Royal Naval Dockyards for a ferry. I’ve been to many islands and I was ...
Source: Toronto Star

Three taxis smashed
Imphal, May 22 2010: Windshields of at least three taxi service vehicles coming from Jiribam were smashed by suspected militants on Friday night at Noney on the stretch of the NH ...
Source: E-pao.net

Four believed dead after float plane crashes north of ...
VICTORIA — Four people are believed dead after a float plane crashed off Vancouver Island, north of Tofino, near the first nations community of Ahousaht at 12:15 p.m. Saturday ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Float plane crashes into ocean north of Tofino
Four people are presumed dead after a float plane crashed into the water north of Tofino near the First Nations community of Ahousat just after noon Saturday. The Atleo Air Cessna ...
Source: Times Colonist

Visiting the real Mexico in Chiapas
"What are you after?" asks the pretty travel agent helpfully. "I want to discover the REAL Mexico," I blather optimistically. "None of the usual tourist stuff. Show me the jungle ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Touring Mexico by tandem bicycle
The smiling airline clerk at the Puerto Vallarta Airport check-in counter looks at the eight-foot long tandem bicycle and raises her eyebrows. My wife, Charlotte, and I have just ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Mazatlan offers two vacations in one: sun and culture on a budget
MAZATLAN, Mexico - For 10-year-old Morgan King of Saskatchewan, a Mazatlan morning starts with a new hairdo from Valeria Lopez, who sets up her mobile salon on the beach near the ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Daimler joins Chinese automaker on electric car
BYD Co., the Chinese automaker backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, and Daimler have set up a venture to develop electric cars in the world's largest auto market. Daimler, the ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

Israeli roadside battery chargers headed to Ontario
TEL AVIV – Premier Dalton McGuinty took a spin in Israel’s car of tomorrow before road-testing a message of hope as he heads to the West Bank to meet Palestinian officials ...
Source: Toronto Star

British Airways strike begins
The union representing British Airways cabin crew has begun a five-day strike but the airline says it will still be able to carry 70 per cent of passengers who have booked flights ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Taxis unlawfully flag shorter trips at peak times
Three-quarters of Auckland taxi drivers are unlawfully refusing to take short fares during peak hours, a Herald on Sunday poll has found. Reporters approached 20 drivers at popular ...
Source: New Zealand Herald

Big Ten targets Texas
Ohio State president Gordon Gee told Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany in an April 20 e-mail that Gee had spoken with University of Texas president Bill Powers. In the e-mail obtained by The Associated ... Pac-10 co-players of the year Eugene Wong and ...
Source: Raleigh News & Observer

California Taxi Fleet Operator Taps Into Ford Transit ...
... provides passenger comfort and ample luggage storage space, even after modification to contain CNG/LPG fuel tanks When Tim Conlon , president of California Yellow Cab, first laid eyes on the new Ford Transit Connect, he wondered if it had a ...
Source: Yahoo Finance

Going, going, gondola!
Mayor Bloomberg yesterday indicated he still believes in an idea floated in 2006 by ex-Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff to link Governors Island to Manhattan and Brooklyn via high-flying gondolas. "I have always thought that would be a phenomenal thing for ...
Source: New York Post

High stakes at Big 12 meetings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You apparently can add Texas Hold 'Em as the newest sport in the Big 12 Conference. That card game seems to be the most logical explanation behind one of the wilder days in the 16-year history of the Big 12's spring meetings ...
Source: Tulsa World

Taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in northwest England
The body of the suspected gunman, 52-year-old Derrick Bird, was found in woods near Boot, a ... shocked the people of Cumbria and around the country to the core," Police Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Hyde said. Police said it was too early to say ...
Source: Macomb Daily

Seattle water taxi employee accused of theft
County Executive Dow Constantine ordered a review Wednesday of how county agencies handle cash transactions. The water taxi connects downtown Seattle with West Seattle on a 10-minute ride across Elliott Bay.
Source: Everett Herald

Gunman kills 12, wounds 25 in northwest England
Local lawmaker Jamie Reed said people in the area, which is popular with hikers and vacationers, were in shock. "This kind of thing doesn't happen in our part of the world," he told the BBC. "We have got one of the lowest, if not the lowest, crime rates in the country." Deadly shootings are rare in ...
Source: Washington Times

Derrick Bird killings stir memories of Dunblane and ...
THE Lake District killings are reminiscent of previous massacres in Hungerford, Berkshire, and Dunblane, Scotland, which sent shockwaves through the local communities and the country as a whole. On August 19, 1987, loner and gun fanatic Michael Ryan ...
Source: Liverpool Daily Post

Tourists fleeing Fortress Toronto
Tourists can’t wait to get out of Fortress Toronto and away from the kilometres of G20 security fencing that have turned a bustling downtown into an “armed camp”. Tourists ...
Source: Toronto Sun

The Institute of Licensing Launches a Nationwide Survey ...
The Institute of Licensing is conducting a far-reaching survey to find out what drivers, operators, customers and regulators think of taxi laws as they stand. ST AUSTELL, UK, June ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

Special Series: In a city fashioned for cars, seniors ...
Bob Ferguson figures he'll drive for at least another two years until age 90. His father drove until the age of 92. Either way, "I want it to be my decision," said Ferguson ...
Source: Times Colonist

Aging Drivers: Canada needs senior-friendly public transit — sooner ...
Bob Ferguson figures he'll drive for at least another two years. He'll be 90 then. His father drove until the age of 92. Either way, "I want it to be my decision," said Ferguson ...
Source: Calgary Herald

G20 survival guide
Michael Budahi plans on ditching the car, and taking the GO Train if he comes into work next Thursday and Friday. So far, his plans are to keep his store at King St. and Wellington ...
Source: Toronto Star

Police hunt east-end shooting victim
• Police had one escape plotter, then ... • Another Waterdown High School drinking ... • Service station overhauls to cost us ... • Winning ugly just fine with Lakers ...
Source: Hamilton Spectator

Surrey cab driver cites entrapment after picking up Vancouver fare
A Surrey cabbie slapped with a fine of almost $2,000 for picking up passengers in Vancouver is claiming entrapment. Gurmeet Sangha, a driver with Guildford Cabs, had just dropped ...
Source: The Province

Parking tickets: an urban slap on the windshield
I have had a $35 latte. I have had my eyebrows threaded for $50 when the service itself cost an acceptable $20. Once, I bought a $40 gift for a friend and exited the store to find ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Chinese taxi drivers test new green machines
SHENZHEN, China — In a bid to get a fully electric car on the road with appeal beyond the "green market," China’s BYD, Build Your Dreams, has taken one big step ahead of most ...
Source: Calgary Herald

The ‘up’ side of the G20 ledger
There has been scrutiny of everything from the $1.9 million marketing pavilion and its simulated Muskoka waters to a $5.5 million security fence. That’s not what Terry Mundell is ...
Source: Toronto Star

PureMatter to Host Mashable.com 'Meetup' on First Ever Social Media Day, June 30
Information contained on this page is provided by companies via press release distributed through PR Newswire, an independent third-party content provider. PR Newswire, WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or ...
Source: KTRE

NASA fuels space shuttle Atlantis for final voyage
Monday, May 17, 2010 | 12:15 a.m. An experienced crew of astronauts boarded space shuttle Atlantis on Friday for its final journey, a delivery trip to the International Space Station that will provide fresh batteries and ...
Source: Las Vegas Sun

Medical Mutual to run state's high-risk pool [The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio]
June 26--State officials have chosen Medical Mutual of Ohio to operate the state's temporary high-risk insurance pool. The federal health-care overhaul requires a high-risk pool in every state so that people with pre ...
Source: Insurance News Net

NY exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030
Imagine no cars — or fewer, anyway. In New York City, a two-mile stretch of the FDR Drive parkway is torn down to open lower Manhattan for parks and plazas. In Jakarta, Indonesia, bike taxis are re-engineered to be ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

HIGHLIGHTS: Argentina ousts Mexico
Carlos Tevez scored two goals -- one of which was disputed -- and Gonzalo Higuain added another as Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 on Sunday in Johannesburg to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals Saturday against Germany ...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

48 hours in Johannesburg, a city of gold
JOHANNESBURG - Pairing a gold rush legacy with a metropolitan vibe, Joburg or Jozi, as South Africa’s economic hub is known to many of its residents, is rugged and chaotic yet ...
Source: Windsor Star

San Francisco vs. San Diego: Which is the better getaway?
San Francisco or San Diego? Or, as some people would phrase it: Think or swim? It is a per-capita fact that one city has more surf shops and the other has more college graduates ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

Shanghai's happy faces
If the 2008 Beijing Olympics was China's postcard to the world, the Shanghai World Expo is the nation's debutante ball. The expo is many things -- kitschy nation branding, eye ...
Source: Times Colonist

World Cup Diary: $3B Rail line strengthens social ...
The train whips silently through a heretofore unseen, bucolic Johannesburg: Bales of hay, trees of smoke rising from grass fires, a creek, stands of swaying blue gums. It rushes ...
Source: Financial Post

Business as usual for Checkstop
The hangover and crumpled cowboy shirt are badges of honour. If only last night’s taxi receipt or a wrinkled C-Train ticket had the same social cachet, Stampede drinking and ...
Source: Calgary Sun

World Cup Diary: $3B Rail line strengthens social fabric of ...
The train whips silently through a heretofore unseen, bucolic Johannesburg: Bales of hay, trees of smoke rising from grass fires, a creek, stands of swaying blue gums. It rushes ...
Source: Financial Post

Private cabs won't go too far
It's not just yellow-black taxis in the city that are suffering from Short Distance Refusal syndrome. Fleet taxis have fallen prey too. After receiving a number of complaints ...
Source: Mid Day.com

Patrols help curb unlicenced car-sharing
The first quarter of this year has seen a drop of 17.5 per cent in unlicensed car-lift violations in Sharjah as compared to the same period in 2009. The drop of 206 cases in ...
Source: Khaleej Times

Now Bihar has roads to drive development
Patna, July 11 (IANS) Octogenarian farmer Madhav Singh is a happy man these days. Though his village Alawalpur is only 12 km away from Bihar's capital, it used to take him over two ...
Source: Mynews India

Ahoy, it's Chicago
CHICAGO: C atherine O'Leary's much-maligned cow may be innocent. For many years, the cow was blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire on Oct. 8, 1871, by kicking over a lantern ...
Source: Akron Beacon Journal

Seadog Extreme Boat Captain
A master of the 360 and king of the nosedive, John Dolan is the guy at the wheel of Lake Michigan’s fastest joy ride. Who he is He may have graduated from film school at Columbia ...
Source: Time Out New York

CEO racked up $26,000 on council Visa bill
THE COUNCIL chief who defended Manukau mayor Len Brown's credit card use has had to hand over details of his own spending. Manukau City Council chief executive Leigh Auton's ...
Source: Stuff

Saturday at the beach
If you slightly adjust the lyrics to Chicago's "Saturday in the Park" to "Saturday at the beach", you have a fairly perfect description of the atmosphere in Tel Aviv. I wasn't sure ...
Source: YNET News

Filming for 'Transformers 3' continues on Mich. Ave.
July 17, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Chicago has gone a little bit Hollywood. From construction to destruction on Chicago's Magnificent Mile, Michigan Avenue was again transformed into a movie set Saturday. Film crews are ...
Source: KABC

'Transformers 3' breaks out the fireballs on Michigan Avenue
A simulated explosion creates a fireball at the north end of the Michigan Avenue Bridge during filming of Transformers 3 Saturday, July 17, 2010, in Chicago. (Mark Hume/Chicago Tribune) The explosions that rocked ...
Source: Chicago Tribune (blog)

Analysis: India's nuclear ambition runs up against China's
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A 2008 civilian nuclear energy pact between the United States and India was meant to lift a 34-year-old embargo on nuclear trade despite New Delhi's longstanding weapons programme, a move seen as ...
Source: Reuters

Indian Oil to Buy Oilfields in Africa as Part of $1 Billion Overseas Push
Indian Oil Corp. , the country’s second-biggest refiner, plans to acquire oilfields in Africa as part of a $1 billion overseas investment plan, its chairman said. “Africa is top of our list to buy assets because it ...
Source: Bloomberg

EU: Greece broadly on track with budget cuts
BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union's executive says Greece is "broadly on track" with budget cuts and economic reforms linked to euro110 billion ($138 billion) in bailout loans from EU nations and the International ...
Source: Associated Press

BP chief meets with UAE’s prince
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — BP’s embattled chief executive, Tony Hayward, flew to Abu Dhabi and met with the emirate’s crown prince, Sheik Mohammed, amid speculation the oil giant is looking to raise cash as ...
Source: Boston Globe

Greece Starts to Restructure in Real Time
…consider the cost of sending lawyers and consultants – you could call them spies – to hang around Brussels and Frankfurt to assess the risk of a Greek default. Yet simply by looking “on internet”, you could ...
Source: Seekingalpha.com

INTERVIEW: Greece To Meet, Or Exceed, 2010 Targets
ATHENS (Dow Jones)--Greece expects to meet or even exceed its deficit targets this year, the country's finance minister said Tuesday, but acknowledged that the country still faces a struggle convincing investors and a ...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Belgian Independence Day bash was a hands-on affair
H ANDS ON: Fleming and Walloon Belgians may yet split their 180-year-old nation apart despite its motto: Unity Makes Strength. Still, a no-weapons Independence Day banquet ran ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Surprises around Istanbul's corners
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- I'm lying nude on a slab of marble -- for what seems like hours -- watching my own sweat form puddles of water around me. Even my hair is dripping in this hot ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Ottawa’s gay scene is small but beautiful
The last time I went to Ottawa I discovered too late that the transit system connected perfectly with the train station. I didn’t have the correct change. I had to take a taxi. I ...
Source: Toronto Star

Cheapflights.ca Sheds a Light on Tipping
TORONTO--(Marketwire - July 22, 2010) - Cheapflights.ca , the online leader in finding and publishing travel deals, saves travellers time, confusion and money with its latest How ...
Source: Market Wire

Boeing's 787 makes international debut at Farnborough as US planemaker ...
Boeing Co.'s highly anticipated — and long delayed — 787 jetliner made its international debut on Sunday, landing in England as the star attraction at the ...
Source: Canada East

Nation rehabilitation: Colombia emerges from shadows
S weat pours from the audience as the band plays hypnotic Latin rhythms, flutes, drums, shakers. It feels like a thousand degrees. Doesn't matter – the crowd of all ages, blended ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Council's £400k taxi bill to take teenagers through ...
Gang violence in cities has reached such high levels that councils are ferrying teenagers around in taxis – because they are too scared to walk through dangerous areas. One inner ...
Source: Daily Mail

Demand soars, Meru Cabs to rope in 500 more drivers
Getting a radio cab in the city is an uphill task, especially during peak hours, as fleet taxi operators are running short of cab drivers. With the increasing popularity of the ...
Source: Indian Express

Skiing Uganda, Part 1
When I stepped off the plane into this country, I realized it violated every thought I ever had about people. Uganda is full of poverty, malnutrition, corruption, an AIDS epidemic ...
Source: Newschoolers

One sleepy workforce
HAVANA - At a state project to refurbish a decaying building in Old Havana, one worker paints a wall white while two others watch. A fourth sleeps in a wheelbarrow ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

DIY investor needs to define risk tolerance
S andy was unhappy with her investment adviser because he called her at most twice a year and collected more than $200 last year in fees and commissions. So she opened an account ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Cheapflights.com's Tips on Tipping Worldwide
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2010) - Cheapflights.com , the online leader in finding and publishing travel deals, saves travelers time, confusion and money with its latest ...
Source: Market Wire

If you go
n Cruise tickets range from $12 to $28 for the 60-minute boat tours. n For cruise information, contact Shoreline Sightseeing at 474 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL ...
Source: Bradenton Herald

STATE WON'T INSPECT CARS FOR MECHANICAL PROBLEMS
TRENTON--Saturday is the last day that New Jersey will inspect motor vehicles for mechanical problems. Inspection stations will just check emissions on vehicles five years or older ...
Source: NBC40.NET

Kass: Stand with Daley against Michigan
The good people of Michigan probably don't realize what they've just done. They're now at war with Chicago and our sovereign lord. It's the Carp-Oil War. They started it ...
Source: Chicago Tribune

Denver airport plans makeover
DENVER -- Architect Santiago Calatrava's vision for a redeveloped south terminal at Denver International Airport includes a lot of light, airy spaces, and a hotel and ...
Source: Star-Tribune

Jobless in Cuba? Communism faces the unthinkable
At a state project to refurbish a decaying building in Old Havana, one worker paints a wall white while two others watch. A fourth sleeps in a wheelbarrow positioned in ...
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

London taxis ranked world's best
London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll. The survey by travel website ...
Source: Canoe

Albania: A Balkan country sheds its secret past
BERATI, Albania - Valter Mio, 22, was just a toddler when his family opened a four-table restaurant inside his grandfather’s house in the mountain town of Berati in southern ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Douglas Davenport
A mong the collages of photographs of my great-uncle Doug Davenport at his wake this year were some of him in his earlier years. Sauntering down a Vancouver sidewalk or posing over ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Stalked by a parking warden
Tank driver Plamen Florov was part of Bulgaria's first line of defence in the event of a Nato attack during the Cold War. Now driving taxis in Auckland, he is facing another ...
Source: New Zealand Herald

Senate passes its version of NASA budget
A Senate budget plan for NASA adds another shuttle flight and has funding for a heavy-lift launch vehicle and for commercial space taxis, U.S. lawmakers say. The bill must be ...
Source: Ethiopian Review

Cabbies line up to get meters recalibrated
MUMBAI: In a bid to redress the grievances of passengers who often have fights with cabbies while calculating the new fare, several taxi owners have decided to ...
Source: Times of India

Amtrak Station Breaks Ground in Normal, IL
This morning I attended the groundbreaking of the new $49 million Normal, Illinois Multimodal Transportation Center. The facility has been on the drawing board for ...
Source: DAILY KOS

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Second Quarter 2010 Earnings ...
Clean Energy Fuels Corp., together with its subsidiaries, provides natural gas as an alternative fuel for vehicle fleets in the United States and Canada. It designs, builds ...
Source: YAHOO!

Decision on diesel tax cut likely next week: Isaac
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala government is likely to take a call on reducing the sales tax on diesel next week. The proposal calls for a political decision and that ...
Source: Hindu

Hotels.com Survey Finds London's Taxis Ranked Best in the World
The Hotels.com annual taxi report* has revealed that London taxis have been voted the best in the world** for the third year running. The majority of travellers (59%) who were polled from across the world for the annual ...
Source: PR-USA.net

NASA JSC Solicitation: Russian Segment Trainer 10
NASA/JSC has a requirement for the Russian Segment Trainer (RST) 10 in order to meet NASA's need for the timely maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS) and its training functions. NASA/JSC intends to ...
Source: SpaceRef

QBE's First-Half Net Income Falls 39% on Lower Portfolio Returns
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. said its net profit after tax for the first half of the year fell 39% on lower interest yields on its cash and fixed-interest portfolio and the substantial fall in equity markets in recent months ...
Source: Insurance News Net

Cruise ships deliver tourism and pollution to Northwest waters
After a week aboard the Carnival Spirit, its passengers can't help but hit the pier a little tired. They're grinning, too, even as they struggle with baggage and finding their hotels and taxis to the airport. Their ...
Source: Everett Herald

Brother: Slain Md. woman wasn't involved in drugs
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The brother of a woman whose body was found in what police described as a trash-filled apartment last week in Prince George's County says his sister never sold or used drugs. Mwasiti Sikyala was ...
Source: MyNorthwest.com

Pepco Energy Services Signs $35 Million Energy Efficiency Contract with Prince George ...
ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepco Energy Services, a subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: POM) and a leader in energy savings performance contracting, has signed a fourth comprehensive energy ...
Source: Forbes

Italian shooter becomes first athlete to qualify for 2012 Olympics
The 2012 Olympics are still two years away, but one athlete has already punched his ticket to London. Last week, Italian shooter Niccolo Campriani became the first person to qualify for the upcoming Olympics after ...
Source: YAHOO!

Sen. Dick Durbin, U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson get first look at Asian carp crisis at ...
Two of the state's biggest allies in the fight against Asian carp got a firsthand glimpse of the threat Monday while touring the popular Starved Rock State Park, 100 miles southwest of the Loop. From their ...
Source: Chicago Tribune

Sharing your Joy Factor is good for business
Some people call the Joy Factor the key to success because it enables good organizations to make and sustain a profit. Others say it is a quantitative measurement required to ...
Source: Financial Post

I’m far from Canada but still connected
It’s Saturday morning and a long-anticipated summer breeze drifts through the room. Sounds of CBC Radio hum in the background. A new author who just made the bestseller list is ...
Source: Globe and Mail

A glossary of Iraq-isms
Iraqis never called them that – they were always “Mass Destruction Weapons.” Before the war, journalists followed the UN inspectors around on their search for elusive WMD. It ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Discord in harmonization
The harmonized sales tax could be the most ironically named tax in Canadian history. "HST has for many businesses eased the process, but we quickly came to realize it is ...
Source: Financial Post

Me and Orson lets latter flourish
Never has a “me” seemed more superfluous in a title than it does in Me and Orson Welles , a Richard Linklater movie that creates stardom by accident. The “me” refers to Zac ...
Source: Toronto Star

Eat, Pray, Love, and flock to Bali
A must-see is the Monkey Forest Sanctuary. It's not a zoo: Monkeys and people mingle without barriers. Buy the "official monkey forest bananas" or the monkeys will ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Convention planners suggest bike-sharing in Uptown
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The city's bid committee for the 2012 Democratic National Convention is suggesting some new ways to move visitors around town. Charlotte is one of four finalists ...
Source: msnbc.com

Motorist fee hike pursued by state
HARRISBURG - Drive a vehicle, and you would be in line to pay higher state fees under Gov. Ed Rendell's newest transportation funding proposal. If enacted, the fee hikes ...
Source: Citizen's Voice

Spain: Explore before you cruise
The only Toledo I knew about was the one in Ohio. I had no idea Spain had one, too, until it turned up on my cruisetour itinerary. That's how I ended up in a European ...
Source: Nashville Tennessean

Hikes sought for motorist fees
HARRISBURG - Drive a vehicle, and you would be in line to pay higher state fees under Gov. Ed Rendell's newest transportation funding proposal. If enacted, the fee hikes ...
Source: Scranton Times-Tribune

New NASA Spaceships Forge Through Uncertain Atmosphere
NASA is pushing ahead with work on its new Orion space capsule and Ares rockets despite their ambiguous status as lawmakers discuss the agency's 2011 budget request. Orion and Ares are part of Constellation, a NASA ...
Source: msnbc.com

NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
This detailed astronaut photograph is centered on the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), located in the southeastern Houston metropolitan area. The facility was established in 1961 as the Manned ...
Source: Redorbit.com

Canada OKs to treat raw sewage flowing into Strait of Juan de Fuca
SEATTLE - The British Columbia government has approved a plan to treat for the first time millions of gallons of raw sewage that pours into marine waters between Vancouver Island and Washington state. British Columbia's ...
Source: KING-5

U.S.-India nuke deal passes Indian house
NEW DELHI, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A U.S.-India nuclear pact cleared a legislative hurdle when Indian lawmakers approved a bill on damages foreign suppliers must pay if a nuclear mishap occurs. The bill's passage in ...
Source: United Press International

Anti-Islam Ads Removed from Chicago Taxis
A series of controversial ads targeting Islam will be removed from a fleet of Yellow Cab taxis. The ads were sponsored by a group called "Stop Islamization of America," which claims the U.S. is under attack by Islamic ...
Source: msnbc.com

At Ground Zero anti-Islam rally, man harassed for looking vaguely Muslim.
At an anti-Islam rally yesterday at Ground Zero , a person of color wearing a skull cap and wandering through the crowd was targeted with insults and nearly attacked by protesters for the offense of looking ...
Source: Think Progress

'Hate Free' or 'Hate Filled': Muslim-bashing in America
Seattle defined itself proudly as a "Hate Free Zone" after 9/11, with Church Council volunteers doing protective duty at the Idriss Mosque and our religious and civic leaders calling for respect of Islam. "It ...
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer

Celebs, Shoppers Meet At Fashion's Night Out
Alexander Wang led a dance party in a department ... Madison Avenue was packed with taxis as shoppers crowded the sidewalks. Hundreds of people lined up outside Bergdorf Goodman, where huge crowds flocked to see ...
Source: WDSU

Lou Reed Snub Ruins 'Perfect Day' For Susan Boyle?
Grumpy rocker Lou Reed has reportedly broken Susan Boyle's heart by refusing to let her sing his Perfect Day anthem on a reality TV show. The Scottish singing sensation, who shot to fame after appearing on ...
Source: Post Chronicle

Strike on the "Tube" causes London commuter havoc
... Transport union said every underground line was suspended or running a skeleton service after "rock solid" support for the walkouts in protest at staffing cuts. Underground operator Transport for London (TFL ...
Source: msnbc.com

Full Service Expected to Resume on London Underground Lines
... London Underground, said a Transport for London spokesman by phone ... Mayor Boris Johnson added about 100 extra buses and a boat with room for 500, the transit operator said. It was the fourth time strikers ...
Source: BusinessWeek

Aurora cab fares rising
Council is also expected to ask staff to study if more taxi licences should be issued and whether or not enforcement of illegal taxis operating in the municipality should be ramped ...
Source: Era Banner

Cuba to cut 500,000 state employees
... over to employees, allowing them to set their own prices but making them pay rent and buy their own supplies. Authorities have also approved more licenses for private taxis while ...
Source: Toronto Star

Communauto dominates in Quebec
Communauto is also running a pilot project with Quebec City taxis, enabling members to get discounted vouchers for cabs through their Communauto accounts.
Source: Globe and Mail

Mafia II: Interesting failures
This guy, Vito Scaletta, he’s a mob soldier, he’s got serious work to do and he’d better get on it; all that other stuff, delivering pizzas or driving taxis or running ...
Source: Toronto Star

Strike on the "Tube" causes London commuter havoc
Scores of people queued for buses and taxis and streets in London's financial district were snarled with traffic as heavy morning rain compounded commuters' problems.
Source: Calgary Herald

Taxis face bumpy future with new Medford airport fees
Taxi owners say they're in for a rough ride after Jackson County boosted fees by more than 1,000 percent this month at the Medford airport. "This is going to raise ...
Source: Medford Mail Tribune

Forget potholes, ride pod taxis in Gurgaon: Hooda
GURGAON, India: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has a high-tech solution that will address commuters' problems in one shot: Pod taxis. And he is serious ...
Source: Kerala Next

Fight For Passengers Speeds up Between Taxis ...
REHOBOTH BEACH , Del. - Even as the atmosphere starts to calm in the off season, tension between trolley operators and taxicab drivers at Delaware's beaches appears ...
Source: WBOC

Water taxis for Point, Chag
THE People’s Partnership Government proposes to construct water taxi terminals in Chaguaramas and Point Fortin in the new fiscal year. In the 2011 Public Sector Investment ...
Source: Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday

Forget potholes, ride pods in Gurgaon: Hooda
GURGAON: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has a hightech solution that will address commuters ’ problems in one shot: Pod taxis. And he is serious ...
Source: Economic Times

Expect a congested downtown Vancouver on Sunday
The one-day, high-volume event will generate more vehicle traffic downtown and increased demand for taxis and public transit, she said. Port Metro Vancouver is urging cruise ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Commuter crush expected downtown this weekend
Demand on taxis is expected to increase and public transportation used more heavily to and from downtown. Up to 16,000 cruise ship passengers are expected to embark and ...
Source: Burnaby Now

U.S. motorists more likely to be in a fatal road crash on Election D
Other potential solutions might include subsidized taxis and free public transit as occurs in some places on New Years Eve. A different approach might be tamper-proof remote ...
Source: Market Wire

Document charts Cuba’s economic reform
In a country where doctors and scientists make only slightly more than the national average monthly salary of $20 (U.S.), it is not uncommon to see surgeons driving illegal taxis ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Mumbai's taxi drivers browned off over livery change
Drivers of Mumbai's black and yellow taxis, a distinctive feature of city life for nearly a century, are up in arms after the state government unveiled plans to change their ...
Source: The Independent

More taxi crackdowns are in store
A-Z had seven taxis and Metro had 12. Broad Ripple Village Taxi: License was renewed Aug. 28. Number of licensed taxis: 34. Capitol Taxi: License was renewed Aug. 13.
Source: Indianapolis Star

Chinese business creating jobs and boosting trade ...
The China City Mall, run by the Chinese has created booming business for taxis owners and employment for hundreds job seekers in Johannesburg and other parts of South Africa.
Source: Xinhua News Agency

Police search for Salina bank robbery suspect
Salina police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Bank of America around 10:30 Saturday morning at Salina's Central Mall. The man is described as a Hispanic male weighing between 150 and 160 pounds, approximately 5'8" tall, with a moustache and dark ...
Source: msnbc.com

Rain continues today, should clear by Halloween night
Sprinkles or light showers may continue today, but should clear up before it's time for trick-or-treating tomorrow evening. Most of the heavier showers have moved out of the area, said National Weather Service meteorologist Drew Peterson. A 40 percent ...
Source: Sacramento Bee

US police: Man calls cab to make robbery getaway
Police say a man robbed a bank and then called a taxi to make his getaway, tipping the driver $5 just before squad cars surrounded the cab. Taxi driver James Anderson tells the Missoulian newspaper the man was acting strangely when he picked him up at a ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

REFILE-Shaun White wheels into new video game territory
NEW YORK Oct 26 (Reuters Life) - Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist snowboarder Shaun White is turning away from the slopes and concentrating on skateboarding -- in a new video game. It is new video turf for White, the freckled, carrot-topped champion ...
Source: Reuters

No More Heroes HD Now PS3 Exclusive in North America
No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise, the HD update to Suda51's seminal if somewhat overlooked title on the Wii, is now a PlayStation 3 exclusive title in North America. The expected Xbox 360 version is officially defunct – at least in the US and Canada ...
Source: TheSixthAxis

'Sports Illustrated' model Jessica White arrested in NYC
Model Jessica White, who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and was once linked to actor Sean Penn, was arrested in New York last weekend. Police charged White with assault after she allegedly struck another woman and pulled her hair outside of a nightclub ...
Source: AZCentral.com

Uptown, That'll Be $20; Upchuck, That'll Be $120
After six year old Jacob Cuthbert drank a Vanilla shake, he felt a little queasy. "I just went up and threw up," said Jacob. Unfortabtely for Jacob's mom and a cab driver, the first grader's choice of where he lost his lunch-- was the back seat of a taxi ...
Source: msnbc.com

Jessica White Arrested For Misdemeanor Assault: Report
Model Jessica White was arrested on Saturday morning after allegedly assaulting another woman, Page Six reports . She was charged with misdemeanor assault and later released. Page Six writes: According to witnesses, White walked to 10th Avenue at about 4 ...
Source: Huffingtonpost.com

Police: London cabbie may have assaulted 100 women
Police believe that a London taxi driver convicted of a string of attacks on female passengers is linked to more than 100 cases of sexual assault. Scotland Yard said Tuesday that a total of 102 women have said they were victimized by 53-year-old John ...
Source: AP - msnbc.com

Facing 72 per cent rate of unwed mothers, African ...
The final patient, an 18-year-old who dropped out of college to have her first child, departs by taxi, alone. "I can't tell you that I feel deep sadness, because I don't," says ...
Source: Canada East

William would be lucky to marry Kate
"Given the scandals, broken marriages and the like that have plagued the Royal Family, they've got nothing to be snobby about," points out taxi driver Mike Watkins.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

NYC mayor to promote electric taxis in cities
... New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, vowing to promote the use of electric taxis as ... cars and 25 member city governments represented in the coalition have oversight of taxi ...
Source: CTV

Hurricane Tomas loses steam after battering Haiti
We want them to dig a canal to move the water,” said Frantz Hilair, a 28-year-old motorcycle-taxi driver. “We have a mayor and the deputy, but they don’t do anything.”
Source: Toronto Star

Tropical Storm Tomas headed for Atlantic after ...
We want them to dig a canal to move the water,” said Frantz Hilair, a 28-year-old motorcycle-taxi driver. “We have a mayor and the deputy, but they don't do anything.”
Source: Globe and Mail

Stand Up Against Impaired Driving – Tie a Red ...
MADD Canada urges everyone to plan ahead if they are going to be drinking: arrange for a designated driver, call a taxi or stay overnight, and call 911 to report suspected impaired ...
Source: Market Wire

Hurricane Tomas floods quake-shattered Haitian towns
Dozens of families in one earthquake-refuge camp took their belongings through thigh-high water to a taxi post on high ground, waiting out the rest of the storm under blankets and ...
Source: Toronto Star

Mint not too sweet on Hwy. of Heroes coin
“I want it to be something special,” said cabbie Akber Batada of his Ambassador Taxi. It is special — complete with toys and drawings for the kids, karoake, neon lights and TV ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Choose your ride or the choice may be made for you
EDMONTON/ALBERTA/MEDIA ADVISORY--(Marketwire - Nov. 3, 2010) - A police car. An ambulance. A hearse. A taxi. What's your ride of choice? The taxi is the clear cut choice for ...
Source: Market Wire

Guineans set to vote in presidential run-off
"If Conde loses, the election will have been fraudulent," said Amadou Camara, a Malinke taxi driver and Conde supporter. The Peul, meanwhile, have long believed other ethnic groups ...
Source: msnbc.com

Congressman questions VA hospital about vet's death
BILOXI, Miss. -- U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor said the Veteran Affairs Hospital in Biloxi failed the "Is this the way you would want your dad treated?" test by releasing a reluctant veteran from the emergency room, only to have him die in the back seat of a cab ...
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

Veteran dies in cab after coast VA release
BILOXI, Miss — A taxi driver says he’s upset that a fellow veteran died in his cab shortly after he picked up the man up from the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Biloxi. The driver, David Winters, tells The Sun Herald that he picked up 61-year-old ...
Source: Picayune Item

Barack Obama makes long-awaited return to Indonesia
Obama moved to Indonesia when he was 7 after his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, married her second husband, Lolo Soetoro, whom she met when they were studying at the University of Hawaii. The neighborhood they first called home was Menteng Dalam, a Dutch-era ...
Source: Boston Herald

Kidnapped Cabbie Calls Police From Trunk
Good cell phone reception helped a taxi driver outsmart a passenger charged with robbing him at gunpoint, stuffing him in the cab trunk and taking him for a joyride. The cabbie used a second cell phone to dial 911 from the trunk and help bust the kidnapper ...
Source: msnbc.com

Germany's first eco-friendly taxis in Hamburg
BERLIN— The northern German city of Hamburg has become the first in the nation to field a fleet of environmentally-friendly taxis that run on a hybrid electric or natural gas motors that produce fewer environmentally damaging gases. Under the program ...
Source: Boston Globe

'Client 9:' Eliot Spitzer, On His Enemies' List
Before a prostitution scandal ended his political career, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was a crusading prosecutor known as the "Sheriff of Wall Street." As New York's attorney general, he targeted corruption and shady business practices at some of the ...
Source: NPR News

Bloomberg to America: Lay Off The Chinese
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg , on a visit to Hong Kong and the neighboring city of Shenzhen, had some harsh criticism for his own fellow Americans: Stop blaming the Chinese for their problems. As the debate rages over China’s trade and ...
Source: Wall Street Journal

Bloomberg promotes electric taxis in China
HONG KONG -- City authorities are often better placed than national governments to combat climate change, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday, vowing to promote the use of electric taxis as he takes over the leadership of a global coalition ...
Source: KABC

Cory Monteith brings Glee to the Geminis
He dropped out of high school in Grade 9 and took on a series of jobs, from Walmart greeter to taxi driver, and never had big dreams of becoming an actor.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Jim Cramer's Best Blogs
NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) -- Jim Cramer fills his blog on RealMoney every day with his up-to-the-minute reactions to what's happening in the market and his legendary ahead-of-the-crowd ideas. This week he blogged on: how to play China's rate tightening; why ...
Source: Street.Com

Dorothy F. McCrosson Has Been Appointed To The Board Of Directors Of Ocean Shore Holding Co. And ...
Ocean Shore Holding Co. (NASDAQ: OSHC) today announced that Dorothy F. McCrosson has been appointed to the board of directors of Ocean Shore Holding Co. (the “Company”) and Ocean City Home Bank (the “Bank”), effective as of January 1, 2011. Ms ...
Source: Street.Com

Study predicts Canadians will decrease spending over holiday
With Canadians having conflicting feelings about the economy, spending over the holiday season is predicted to be the lowest in five years. The TNS Consumer Confidence Index found that Canadians plan to spend an average of $812 on gifts, decorations and ...
Source: St. Petersburg Times

Closings on D.C. bridges
Lane closures on two bridges will affect D.C. traffic this weekend. The District Department of Transportation plans to close two right lanes on the inbound 14th Street Bridge Saturday from 6 to 10 a.m. to place steel plates. DDOT plans to conduct repairs ...
Source: Washington Post

Sony revealing new PS3 exclusive Dec. 12
Revealing your big new game during the Spike Video Game Awards? Pfft -- that's so last year. Sony is taking the wraps off of something for PS3 big enough to warrant its own event the day after the VGAs in Hollywood. It all goes down at 2PM PT on Sunday ...
Source: Joystiq

Chevrolet Volt wins green car prize
DETROIT - While General Motors Co. was seeing greenbacks in its initial public offering on Wall Street Thursday, its Chevrolet brand was burnishing its green credentials. The 2011 Chevrolet Volt was named the Green Car of the Year Thursday at the Los ...
Source: msnbc.com

UPDATE 3-Telus 3rd quarter boosted by wireless, TV growth
TORONTO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Strong wireless growth and record television subscriber additions helped Telus Corp ( T.TO ) post adjusted quarterly earnings on Friday that handily beat analyst expectations. The company, which provides phone, Internet and ...
Source: Reuters

WPP Unit Acquires TAXI Canada For Undisclosed Sum
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- WPP PLC (WPP.LN), the advertising giant, said Friday its Young & Rubicam Brands unit has acquired all the assets of TAXI Canada, Inc. in Canada, together with all the share capital of TAXI's wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United ...
Source: FOXBusiness

'Dreamcast Collection' for Xbox 360 and PS3 listed on GameStop
Coinciding with the PSN release of the Dreamcast's Crazy Taxi , a mysterious listing for a PS3/Xbox 360 "Dreamcast Collection" has been spotted on GameStop . The listing does not offer any details about the unannounced title, except a (likely placeholder ...
Source: Joystiq

Motion control shoot-out: Xbox 360 Kinect vs. PlayStation Move vs. Nintendo Wii Remote Plus
Clearly Nintendo did something right: years after incorporating motion controls into the Wii , the competition is finally following suit. With the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect , Sony PlayStation Move , and even the Nintendo Wii Remote Plus controller all ...
Source: CNET News

Rural Haitians long to vote — but face hurdles
They bounced in the back of two crowded tap-taps — group taxis — to reach the closest Identity Card Bureau last September. But the lines were overwhelming.
Source: Toronto Star

Freezing rain coats Montreal
Ottawa cab driver faces sexual assault charge Ottawa police charged a taxi cab driver with sexual assault after it was alleged a mentally disabled woman was touched inappropriately.
Source: CBC Olympics

Ottawa cab driver faces sexual assault charge
Ottawa police charged a taxi cab driver with sexual assault after it was alleged a mentally disabled woman was touched inappropriately. Police launched an investigation on Nov ...
Source: CBC Olympics

'Naseve' wins car stereo clash
He said when he played Bryan Ferry's R&B hit Taxi and went and sat in one of the competitor's car, the crowd went wild. Wedderburn, who had a '97 Blue Toyota Surf, had ...
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Five Main Points To Choose Limo
... and Airport Taxis Companies and all those companies claims that they are best. But a real problem is selection. Here are some of the tips to book a Airport limo or Airport Taxi
Source: PRLog (free press release)

Deputy Premier attacked outside nightclub
I was simply walking along a road, along a street in the city trying to find a taxi when the next thing I knew, I'd been hit." Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories ...
Source: ABC Online

Rose-colored passes
Travelers can also take a taxi. For Val Gardena, the closest airport is Innsbruck, Austria, 70 miles north over the Brenner Pass. Dolomite Super Ski Pass
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Moscow mayor demands consolidated mass transit ...
The plan should also “bring together different types of transport – trams, trolleybuses, minibuses, and taxi not only in terms of how they interact with each other but also ...
Source: ITAR-TASS

Goddess Kaali with golden tongue
Goddess kaali is destroyer and liberator.Tourists can reach Kaali ghat kaali temple by bus or taxis.Hundreds and thousands of devotees visit the one of the holiest places in India ...
Source: GroundReport

Dialed-back June Mountain
Mammoth properties have free shuttles, but if you are staying at June Lake, you'll need to arrange for a taxi or shuttle. About the mountain
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Your Opinion Taking it to the limit
How about getting better bus and taxi service in the cities year round? What about doing something about the really old people that can barely walk -- never mind drive.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Bars in spotlight as city hopes to reduce booze ...
Wayne Leong, owner of Melrose Cafe and Bar, said he is intrigued by the soft and rotating closing options but very excited to hear there may be plans for the city to set up taxi ...
Source: Calgary Sun

Sharing a cell with a killer
The victim had acted as McGray’s accomplice while robbing a Saint John, N.B., taxi driver in 1987; hours after the robbery, McGray stabbed Gibbons to death in a parking lot.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Serial rapist case postponed
He would later ask one of them to accompany him to fetch his sister or a friend, taking a metered-taxi into Hillbrow or central Johannesburg. He then allegedly lured his victim into ...
Source: Citizen.co.za

World Briefs
... since 1988 to celebrate the continent's film industry as a counterweight to the Oscars.Port-Au-Prince, Haiti17 killed when truck hits taxiPolice say 17 people died when a taxi ...
Source: msnbc.com

Vietnam: The Last Battle
Tao was waiting in a taxi outside. Five years ago, Tao suffered a stroke and lost the use of her voice and much of her body, but these have now returned and although ...
Source: Dissident Voice

Trio arrested shortly after they collected RM35,000 ...
Sources said the victim, aged 22, was abducted in front of her house in Selayang Baru at about 5.45am on Dec 1 while she was waiting for a taxi to go to college.
Source: star.com.my

Franco's '127 Hours' of inspiration
"I got lost in Paris once and I had to find a taxi," he teases. "There's no taxis at a certain hour so it was really hard." Franco's lack of near-death experience aside ...
Source: Delaware Online

Dewanis weren’t married’
It had been booked by Shrien’s secretary in London, who, according to him, had also arranged for a taxi driver in a silver VW Sharan people-carrier to pick them up from the ...
Source: Independent Online

Prosecution suppressed evidence to nail Kasab’
The other terrorist came to the local line from another direction (of a taxi stand) in a semi circle. However, Solkar said, other witnesses have said that they saw the duo ...
Source: Zee News

Man charged in cabbie assault, hijacking
Winnipeg police said the incident began about 3:30 a.m. when a 20-year-old man flagged down a taxi in the area of Springfield Road and Rothesay Avenue.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

Kentucky suspends Hartline
According to the report from the Lexington police department, Hartline and a group of others engaged in a "verbal disorder" during a taxi ride after they left a local bar.
Source: Canoe

Man charged in cab theft
Winnipeg police said the incident began about 3:30 a.m. in the area of Springfield Road and Rothesay Street when a 20-year-old man flagged down a taxi.
Source: Winnipeg Sun

One in five B.C. restaurants will likely close its ...
Suburban restaurants and those in communities without taxi service are among those suffering the most, he said. The after-work crowd is also drying up because they don't want to ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Champagne for the holidays: the place and the drink
Domaine Pommery (5, place du General Gouraud) is a short taxi ride from downtown Reims. If the castle-like chateau strikes you as a touch kitschy, you’re not far off.
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Terrorist supporter might make Toronto his home
He then took a taxi to Toronto, Erlinder said, and is believed to be staying with a cousin. Warsame agreed to be deported as part of a plea bargain deal that saw him plead guilty ...
Source: Toronto Star

Husband denies second carjack death
He is wanted by South African police for conspiracy to murder his new wife Anni, 28, who was killed after their taxi was seized by gunmen. Copyright (c) Press Association Ltd. 2010 ...
Source: The Guardian

Repeat DWI offenders: One too many for the road
... advantage of Project HOME, which offers a safe ride home for a minimal fee Fridays, Saturdays and holidays between the hours of 5:30 p.m. and 3 a.m. Call (575) 524-TAXI ...
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News

Attack on Charles' car leads to security uproar
Cars and taxis making their way through the area often go at a snail's pace, providing an easy target even for attackers on foot. The Palladium Theater is on a one-way ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Half-Way Tree: Crime rolls with transport system
TAXI OPERATOR Conroy Heaven is adamant that the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre is largely responsible for a rise in crime in the heavily commercialised area.Speaking ...
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Earthquake strikes Myanmar, rescuers struggle to reach survivors
Strong aftershocks continued into Saturday. A motorcycle taxi driver in Tachileik told AFP that things were "calm" in the town. "We were frightened in the beginning, but now we are trying to get back to normal," he said. The charity World Vision said ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Dubai on sustainable growth track: Buamim
It also encompasses upgrading the marine transit networks (Abras, Water Bus, Water Taxi, and Ferry Dubai), and public bus networks as well as the construction Al Tayer said RTA RTA had finalised the policy of partnership with the private sector in ...
Source: Zawya.com

Ray Martin: Gaddafi's Last Stand
Libyan taxi drivers know no rules or fear. Except for the Internal Security Bureau. They’re clearly afraid of them. We quickly discovered that, as a foreign journalist, if you dare leave the media hotel and venture into the suburbs without a police ...
Source: 60 Minutes

Still looking for work?
Think in terms of the taxi driver who ends up owning the company; the fast-food "burger flipper" who works his way up the corporate ladder; or the nursing assistant who ends up working as a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant. And last --but far ...
Source: Delaware Wave

Study Develops New Approaches For Sorting Out Complexities Of Cancer Cells: 'Roadmap' Could Help Combat Resistance To Targeted Drug Therapies
"We have the tourist information, but we need to discover the insider knowledge of the taxi driver to know how the cell gets around traffic jams rather than getting stuck in the traffic jam," he said. "In particular, we use mass spectrometry-based ...
Source: Medical News Today

Leading up to 'Wuthering Heights' Movie screenings, discussions, a haunted tour and more linked to Minnesota Opera production
He also collaborated with Orson Welles ("Citizen Kane") and Martin Scorsese ("Taxi Driver"). Hermann, who died in 1975, based his opera on Emily Bronte's classic novel about the tempestuous love of Heathcliff and Catherine. Although Hermann completed ...
Source: Pioneer Press

SEATS ridership grows dramatically
The buses' fares, between $1.50 and $2 one-way, make it less expensive than a taxi ride, Brase said. The program operated on a $1.8 million budget last year, and the organization constantly searches for grants to help offset expenses for things like new ...
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen

Board ratifies CVEP business plan but wants $500K in new revenue
One revenue stream informally mentioned was a user-tax, such as one that metro areas have tacked onto the sale of gasoline, alcohol, cigarettes or tourist and visitor fees like taxi service. Nothing has been officially discussed, however. “We need some ...
Source: Desert Sun

Second body found in UK murder case
Det Supt Fulcher said Halliwell — a taxi driver and father of three teenage daughters — had indicated he had killed another young woman at some point between 2003 and 2005. "He couldn't be specific about the dates or the year but he was able to give me ...
Source: ninemsn

The Realities of Real Estate: What buyers say they want from an agent
For some buyers, they see agents as nothing more than a taxi service and a key to the door. Beyond that, many buyers appear to have what may be a false sense of security in their personal ability to negotiate a real estate deal and complete the process ...
Source: HometownAnnapolis.com

Investment fraudster gets parole
Lacroix emerged from a taxi while clutching his belongings in a black garbage bag, a far cry from the opulent lifestyle he enjoyed as he spent his clients' money instead of investing it as promised. The 44-year-old refused to answer journalists' questions ...
Source: Owen Sound Sun Times

Two wheels good to go in Mexico
So it just made sense to take our transportation with us to Mexico. All the better to skip expensive taxis and often-confusing bus schedules. In short, riding a bike in Mexico is a blast! We arrive at the Puerto Vallarta Airport in the middle of the ...
Source: Calgary Herald

New York woman pleads guilty in baby kidnapping case
After distracting the father with paperwork, Gopaul took the baby into another room and then fled in a taxi, taking the child to ex-boyfriend Kenneth Vaz, the prosecutor said. It was Vaz and his family, court heard, who returned the baby to the authorities.
Source: CP24& Canada

Police nab convict who escaped custody by fax
After receiving a fax that appeared to be from a regional court, and two follow-up calls from his wife who claimed to be a court official, officers released Serna to a waiting taxi. Last October, the convict escaped from Valdemoro jail using the same tactic.
Source: Ottawa Sun

Duceppe takes aim at controversial incumbent Andre Arthur
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court of Canada spared Mr. Arthur from having to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for an on-air rant about Haitian and Arab taxi drivers. A group of Montreal taxi drivers argued unsuccessfully that they had ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Ivory Coast leader issues call to arms as fighters try to depose him
They could be seen arriving by the hundreds, piled into ferries that are usually used as water taxis. They were carrying two-by-fours and clubs and sang Gbagbo’s campaign song as they swarmed the bridge named after the country’s first president ...
Source: Toronto Star

Regina businesses reap financial benefits of world curling championship
Hotels, restaurants, bars, taxi companies and a wide variety of retail businesses are all expected to benefit from the event, slated to getting underway Saturday at the Brandt Centre. "This is just the perfect event to have,'' said Larry Hiles, the CEO of ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

American, Canadian journalists fall into security abyss in Gadhafi's Libya
The reality was rather different. Chris and I, however, took them at their word and on March 5 we found a taxi to take us the 200 km (130 miles) east to the city of Misrata, where rebels said they had taken over. As we approached the outskirts, our trouble began.
Source: Calgary Herald

Man hit by Bolton taxi dies in hospital
A man has died after being hit by a taxi in Bolton. Police were called to reports of the collision on the A666 St Peters Way in the early hours of Saturday. The 23-year-old pedestrian was taken to hospital with a serious head injury but died later that day.
Source: BBC

A hole in the roof!!!!
Well, for a short time, maybe that was true. There were air carriers more than taxi cabs in New York. A few years later though, the number shrunk to a monopolistic number already, and the market powers these carriers have are not ensuring cheap travel any longer.
Source: Gather.com

Ont. taxi driver beaten unconscious
LONDON, Ont. -- A city taxi driver was beaten unconscious by two men who wouldn’t pay their fare. Police said the cabbie picked up two men at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday and drove them to north end of the city. One man tried to pay the fare with a debit ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Police warn of 'pregnant wife' con
On Friday, the Vancouver Police Department re-issued a notice for the public to be wary of a scam artist at work who uses a story about his pregnant wife to con local businesses into giving him money. The suspected perpetrator is in his 40s and well ...
Source: CBC Olympics

Japan to stop pumping radioactive water into sea
Economists expect Japan to slip into recession this year. In an obvious sign of the downturn, taxis park in long lines in central Tokyo each night, their drivers staying warm by idling the motor as they wait forlornly for a fare. Thursday’s aftershock ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Japan's economy in 'severe' condition after disaster
restaurant staff and taxi drivers that showed a record fall in confidence to levels last seen during the depths of the global financial crisis. In an obvious sign of the downturn; taxis park in long lines in central Tokyo each night, their drivers staying ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Cancelled NASA rocket resurfaces in private bid for tax dollars
So ATK, as the company is known, has gone to a Plan B: It’s repackaging the Ares I to compete as a commercial "space taxi" that could ferry astronauts to the space station. But the company doesn’t plan to give NASA a discount. Instead, after taking ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Canada, harsh realities
I have been living in Canada for over 10 years so I can tell you what I have seen and experienced. Immigrants with Ph.D.s in engineering are driving taxis. Doctors and nurses who have qualified and worked outside of US/Canada cannot find jobs in those ...
Source: Arab News

Director Sidney Lumet dies at 86
"With ’Network,’ we were beaten out by ’Rocky,’ for Christ’s sake." That year, the field also included "Taxi Driver" and "All the President’s Men." In 1983, "The Verdict" lost to "Gandhi" — a year in which "E.T." also finished as an also-ran.
Source: Boston Herald

NASCAR NOTEBOOK
He is looking at me like, 'Now what are you going to do moron? You have to turn around because I can't back up.' So I turn around and taxi back." The other plane took off and Edwards went to get fuel when he was recognized by someone who went, "You are ...
Source: Tulsa World

Brit-Indian honeymooner's brother tried to get Shrien's CCTV footage with convicted taxi driver
She was shot after the apparent hijacking of their taxi in a township in Cape Town. Preyen Dewani is said to have asked the security manager of the Cape Grace Hotel in Cape Town, to hand over the footage of his brother talking to Zola Tongo, the couple's ...
Source: Newstrack India

Cianci offers no apologies but plenty of entertainment
It boasts of the biggest retail mall in New England, a revitalized downtown, winding rivers with gondolas and water taxis, restored historic buildings, a vibrant arts community and a remarkable assortment of great restaurants. While not all of this was rea ...
Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Visit the "Isle Of Spice": Grenada Travel Guide
taxis are always available, and most resorts only take about 10-minutes or so to reach from the airport. Typically, visitors can expect to spend somewhere between $10 to $15 to reach their hotel from the airport. But, it must be noted that taxi rides that ...
Source: Associated Content

Visit the Island Without a Beach: Saba Travel Guide
Once on the ground, taxi service is available. Alternatively, rental cars are available for about $45 a day for a car with a full tank of gas and unlimited mileage. Also, there is only one gas station on the island, in Fort Bay. Where to Stay There are ...
Source: Associated Content

Florida murders: teenager accused of killing two Britons linked with feared street gang
After what proved their last dinner together on April 15, Mr and Mrs Cooper drove back from central Sarasota in their rented car, leaving the two young men to go to the bars on Main Street and – according to the plan - take a taxi back to the holiday flat later.
Source: Daily Telegraph

Wind and heavy rain greet Britons who headed for Spanish sun at Easter
Málaga itself is wrongly maligned, easy shorthand: passengers never actually visit or enjoy the real city, it's a hub for taxis and buses and limos to the hills and spas. It strikes me that there are three, perhaps more, separate tribes. The moneyed and ...
Source: The Guardian

Michael Kelly: Taxi adventure
Omaha native Dan Wuebben, who lives in New York, hailed a cab at LaGuardia Airport and took a $5,000 cab ride — to Los Angeles. Not because of a fear of flying. Not because of a family emergency. Not, like some people who literally run across the country ...
Source: Omaha World-Herald

"The Godfather" Tops List of Films People Lie About Seeing
The rest of the top five most lied about movies are "Casablanca," "Taxi Driver," "2001: A Space Odyssey," and "Reservoir Dogs." Researchers found that four out of five people lied to impress other people. " Whether it is a small white lie about having seen ...
Source: WorstPreviews.com

Mayoral probe sparks ire
Authorities are investigating Lantigua’s handling of liquor licenses, tow contracts and taxi permits as well as trips to the Dominican Republic, a law-enforcement source told the Herald. The source said the probe, which is in its early stages, ...
Source: Boston Herald

Don't vote for an NDP 'amateur hour': Ignatieff
"People have had a nice time with the NDP, it's a nice little taxi to get on for a while; but you better take a look at how high that meter is going because the price keeps going up and up and up and up and I urge you to go home," Ignatieff told ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Music and Arts Calendar
"Run For Your Wife," farce about a taxi driver with two wives, through May 1, Conklin's Barn II Dinner Theatre, Goodfield. Doors open 6 p.m., show 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; doors open at noon, show 1:30 p.m. for Sunday brunch. Tickets ...
Source: Peoria Journal Star

Reporting: Panama
People who never tip the modestly priced taxis sometimes add a quarter or fifty centésimos, which are the same size, color, weight and composition as U.S. coins, to defer high gas prices. The "Old Panama" president, Martin Torrijos, shelled out $25,000 to ...
Source: American Reporter

Top 63+1 Reasons I love Israel
15. The notions store where I bought a strip of Velcro was running a sale on ropes for hassidic gartels. 16. The taxi driver in Modi’in quizzed me to see if I knew seven names for Jerusalem. His name is Ariel, one of the seven. All I wanted was a ride to ...
Source: Aish

Autopsy performed on Hollywood actor Jeff Conaway
Jeff Conaway, best known for his roles in the 70s' hit television series "Taxi" and blockbuster film "Grease," died at an Encino hospital in southern California Friday morning. The former child star began acting on Broadway when he was only two years old.
Source: Xinhua News Agency

Shuttle astronauts prepare to leave space station
In the interim, Russia will provide space taxi services, at a cost of more than $50 million a seat. Russia, Europe and Japan also fly cargo ships.
Source: msnbc.com

Dubai Taxi coordinates issuance of ID cards for cabdrivers with Emirates Identity Authority
Dubai - United Arab Emirates: The Road & Transport Authority's Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) discussed with Emirates Identity Authority Emirates Identity Authority 's Rashidiya Registration Center the procedures of registering ...
Source: Zawya.com

Small signs suggest waning support for Gadhafi
"Protest? People are too busy trying to get fuel," said a taxi driver of pro-Gadhafi demonstrations. In some cases that anger is bubbling over. In the coastal town of Zawiya, an hour's drive from Tripoli, crowds waiting for days for fuel attacked a minibus ...
Source: The Guardian

This Sporting Life: Anthony Stuart
When I started playing for the Blues I was still working in a bank. I'd lug my cricket kit on the train and bus to work and catch a taxi to the SCG for training. I paid my own gym membership, caught buses to the physio and really had to look after myself.
Source: Northern Argus

Young guns for hire: gangs recruiting children for contract killings
“But I’m sure there was peer pressure and the desire to acquire status with the people around him.” On March 22, Gayle took a taxi from a safe house in Tottenham to the scene. He pulled a shotgun from his rucksack, knocked on Mrs Subasi’s door and waite
Source: Daily Telegraph

Australian film Taj has Indian flavour
"You look at any Aussie movie or watch television and all you see is taxi drivers, the occasional doctor who says `you come in now' with the little accent, or waiters and kitchen hands," he said. Bollywood films are often made in Australia because it's ...
Source: ninemsn

CWG probe: AM films not cooperating with CBI
Ashish Patel-owned AM Car and Van Hire company was engaged during QBR in 2009 to provide services like taxis for the guests and OC members, while the AM films was hired to provide display monitors during the event. The agency was banking on Patel to ...
Source: Zee News

Travellers sought as Gaza terminal empties quickly
Anticipating larger passenger numbers on the first day of the easier procedures, Gaza’s Hamas administration substituted the usual taxis that take people to the terminal with buses. Taxi drivers complained that they were losing customers. Palestinians ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Diva sued over alleged beating
the airport and a taxi dispatcher as co-defendants. “LaBelle lowered the window of her limousine and gave a command to her bodyguards. They sprang into action.” One of King's lawyers, John Raley, said the alleged attacked resulted in a concussion and ...
Source: Independent Online

Honor Flight veterans savor memories
Two water cannons formed an arch for the plane to taxi through, a gesture which symbolizes a final flight. As the veterans made their way off the plane, they were greeted by a large group of cheering local residents in the terminal, some of whom were ...
Source: Tuscaloosa News

Where the streets have no English
Taxis cost about the same as in Manila ... Twenty stops — a little over an hour — later I was back in Ansan. There was a taxi queue at the station. The cabbie spoke no English, but I had the hotel’s name and address on a card in Korean.
Source: Philippine Star Online

Heroic treks - Long walks made for Tacky, National Heroes
Robinson noted that at the time there was construction work on the Northern Coastal Highway and taxi drivers were covering their faces to keep from inhaling dust. He wore a calabash hat for protec-tion from the sun, but was barefooted. While the walk did ...
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

2009 FBI sting ensnares police
Wells tells him the rest of his money would "go to the DA." Joker exchanges phone numbers with the officers, and they leave him in the room. Joker waits two hours to be sure all is clear before calling a taxi to take him to a Tulsa bus station.
Source: Tulsa World

From Cuba, progress that U.S. refuses to see
Back in April, Cuba's Communist Party Congress announced a series of economic reforms that permit self-employment in 178 areas of work, including restaurants, carpentry, barbers, hair dressers, electricians and taxi drivers. In 83 of these jobs people will ...
Source: Statesman Journal

Philadelphia ACTUP chapter going strong
"That person no longer exists," she said the other day, flagging a taxi after all-day meetings in Washington to develop strategy for the U.N. meeting. "That person had to die so I could live." Members of ACTUP Philadelphia say - and seem to really mean ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Rhian Williams: Cheryl Cole, you’re not on your own
Inevitably the time came to head home but for some strange reason the taxi driver dropped us off outside a swanky bar and I hate making a fuss so in I went. Being the suave sophisticated society queen that I am, I headed for the bar and asked what was the ...
Source: WalesOnline

Leonardo takes Blake on Europe dates
where they were spotted on a water taxi on a canal. Leonardo also treated the actress to a helicopter ride to Saint-Paul de Vence, France for a $500 lunch at La Colombe d’Or Restaurant, a stay at the $5,000-a-night suite at Hotel de Paris and a trip on a ...
Source: Asian Age

Plaza Classic has Disney deal: Hard-to-score films will come to festival
The titles join a still small, but growing, list of previously announced films for this year's festival, including "The Ten Commandments," "The Godfather Part II," "Frankenstein," "Dracula," "Taxi Driver" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." An exhibit of items ...
Source: El Paso Times

RBA contracted service for paratransit has cheerleaders, detractors
The Regional Bus Authority provides paratransit transportation through a contract with vendor Triple A Express, a Highland-based taxi company. The vans are equipped with a manual lift allowing the rider to remain seated in a wheelchair while entering and ...
Source: NWI.com

Stolen loot is an unhappy birthday surprise
In our household, I take care of most of the domestic chores, including grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking and school taxi. I also work part time, and that is by far the easier part of my schedule. For my work at home I am only paid in gratitude.
Source: Toronto Sun

Houseguest horrors: The seven deadly sins of weekend visitors
P.S. Never expect to be chauffeured around. Rent a car, get a taxi or borrow a bicycle. Sin 6: Expecting to be treated We'd never advocate charging a guest for your hospitality, but many people take advantage of their hosts' generosity. One woman's cousin ...
Source: News-Democrat

Give me more time, pleads prison threat home owner
Last month, Mr Ilyas, who works as a taxi driver in Milton Keynes, was found guilty of breaching a High Court injunction and given a three-month sentence, to be suspended if demolition took place by May 18. Now Mr Ilyas, who altered his property to provide ...
Source: Bucks Herald

My New York, your Lagos
"Urban planning" in Lagos is a dirty word. Development seems to have stumbled inland from the coast, roads meander in such convoluted ways that even taxi drivers get lost, and compared to New York's orderly grid (streets run from east to west, avenues from ...
Source: NEXT

Man arrested for 'stealing' taxi and injuring woman at Light Square
Police said a South Brighton man, 20, jumped into a taxi in Rosina Street and drove off with two passengers in the back seat about 1.30am. He stopped near Light Square when he and the passengers left the taxi, but a woman was allegedly struck by the ...
Source: Adelaidenow

Cabbie escapes knife-wielding man
A Winnipeg taxi driver was forced to wave down police for help after a fare allegedly threatened him with a knife. Winnipeg police spokeswoman Const. Natalie Aitken said on Saturday that after the 35-year-old cabbie picked up a man at Pembina Highway and ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Fifty-something author tells it like it is about aging
Women older than 40 are the ones who are called in a crisis to pick up kids from school or ailing parents or to taxi a friend to the auto shop. At 35, Jackson had written the scripts for three films in the iTunes top 35. By 47, she could not find work.
Source: Pueblo Chieftain

A HIGH-RENT DISTRICT WITH A LOW FIXED RENT
It was just never convenient to visit her at home what with taxis and weather conditions. and she never minded taking the public transportation almost at her door. I didn't know the old neighborhood had changed to any degree. Then Carmine died. When we ...
Source: American Reporter

Culture Shock and Behavioural Trends in Ghana
But we don't have street delivery of posts, so these have not become important. It is not easy to give the address of a private home to a taxi driver who can drive you directly there. I have often wondered how a GPS will work in our cities. One will ...
Source: Modern Ghana

Phila. Airport work clear for takeoff with $466.5M
The project, which will cost $6.4 billion to complete, will create a new runway parallel to the Delaware River, expand the two existing runways, and install an automated “people mover” along with new taxi ways, cargo facilities and a ground ...
Source: NJ.com

To make city travel more affordable, NGO moots 'dial an auto' network
Inspired by the organised 'call taxi' networks in the city and its suburbs, it has mooted the formation of a company for autos to ensure affordable fare. A cooperative can be formed or private entrepreneurs can invited to form auto networks ...
Source: Times of India

Walking Istanbul’s land walls from Mermerkule to Ayvansaray
For many visitors to Istanbul the first glimpse they get of the historic city is from a fast-moving vehicle as their taxi races through the gap in the great Theodosian Land Walls that was made in the 1950s when the Sahil Yolu (Coast Road, later renamed ...
Source: Today's Zaman

Drivers sound off on cell phone ban
The taxi drivers use two-way radios, which are exempt from the law, but they’re not supposed to use cell phones while driving the taxis. However, he pointed out that cell phone use, while dangerous, is only one of many distractions drivers encounter on the road.
Source: Independent Record

Is gold ‘safe haven’ for investors? Not really
After all, the collapse of the recent housing bubble happened shortly after you heard from your taxi driver about his recent “home flipping” success story. Eli Beracha is a member of the Finance Department at East Carolina University.
Source: Daily Reflector

Residents divided over metro railway project's viability
There are many people who will benefit from it. The laborers and low-income group cannot. I also think that the metro may harm income of taxi drivers," she added.
Source: Zawya.com

Venice Salute Festival: in praise of Our Lady of Health
Booths nailed together from canvas and wood sell 2ft-long candles at €5 (£4.50) apiece – not bad value in this city where simply existing sometimes feels like keeping a taxi waiting with the meter running. From the waterside it is possible to see ...
Source: Daily Telegraph

Bon Voyage: Travel is costly with all those taxes and fees considered
Add to these any baggage or change/cancellation fees you incur, taxis and shuttles, or cost of necessities during layovers, and getting to your destination can be a pricey affair. My best advice is my usual mantra. Plan carefully and in advance.
Source: Record Searchlight

Sympathy for an Assassin: The Worrisome Protests in Pakistan
It isn't hard to find the home of Pakistan's most famous killer. At every corner in this maze of tightly packed streets, mere miles from the army's headquarters, taxi drivers and street vendors readily gesture toward the birthplace of Mumtaz ...
Source: Time

Racist-attacks pair are jailed for a year
Prosecutor Chris Baker told Durham Crown Court that a taxi seen in the area at the time was similar to a vehicle spotted later in Potto Street in Shotton Colliery, where an upstairs window of the Milco store was smashed with a brick. Similar graffiti to ...
Source: Sunderland Echo

Visit Maui in style without blowing your budget
I used off-airport car rental. For the price of a $10 taxi ride, I snagged a weekly rate of $239 on an economy car through Enterprise's site two miles from Kahului Airport, versus $472 at the airport. But everything we wanted to do was within a short walk ...
Source: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Cabbie jailed for driving at man
A SOUTH Yorkshire man left unconscious with a brain injury, broken ankle and punctured lung after he was run over by a taxi driver said today: “I’m lucky to be alive.” Martin Malia, aged 19, of Maltby, Rotherham, spoke out after cabbie Mohammed ...
Source: The Star

Thai floods could last six more weeks
3 News Europe correspondent Melissa Davies has the latest news from Europe - the reaction to Gadhafi's death, riots in Greece, and the taxi driver about to be mummified. Gadhafi's legacy: One of the most eccentric dictators During nearly 42 years in power ...
Source: Scoop

Shark kills third victim in Western Australia
3 News Europe correspondent Melissa Davies has the latest news from Europe - the reaction to Gadhafi's death, riots in Greece, and the taxi driver about to be mummified. Gadhafi's legacy: One of the most eccentric dictators During nearly 42 years in power ...
Source: Scoop

Experiencing a smaller ship for a longer trip
Areas that could be improved- The embarkation process in Venice was unsatisfactory. Many Crystal cruise passengers arrive at the cruise terminal via water taxi which has a scheduled arrival every 30-minutes and I expected someone to meet us along with ...
Source: Cruise Critic

A Jurassic escape off southern New Zealand
Its profits help support local environmental projects such as Ulva Island, an eight-minute water-taxi ride from the main island. Ulva has been predator-free since 1997, allowing a wide range of native birds such as brown kiwi and fernbirds to flourish.
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Portuguese island of Madeira and its namesake wine
The sleds travel a few kilometers, and riders can then take a taxi back up the hill or down to Funchal. For the not-so-adventurous, it’s still worth the trip up to Monte.
Source: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Coffee, tea or an advertisement with that air flight?
To and from the boarding gate, travelers face ads in taxis, at ticket kiosks, on airport walls, billboards and digital screens, in jetways and on baggage carousels. "I get aggravated by advertising during the flight," says Memphis-based frequent ...
Source: Star-Press

MERIDIAN MAYOR'S RACE: Tammy De WEERD has 4 opponents
The city’s multiplying business and building regulations and its recent precious metals ordinance and proposed taxi cab ordinance infringe on small businesses and impede growth, he said. “We need to tear down obstacles to creating private ...
Source: Idaho Statesman

Karnataka mining ban drives them to highway robbery
Recent police records show that those caught waylaying other vehicles on highways are former truckers. In one case, two persons waylaid a taxi and murdered the driver for `50. The police arrested the duo and learned that they used to be drivers in iron-ore ...
Source: Daily News and Analysis

Good business for bad times: mortgage field services
Klein, who grew up in Brooklyn and drove a taxi for five years, moved to the area in the 1970s to run a produce company he bought from his uncle. He eventually sold that business and started Safeguard Properties in 1990 with a single employee.
Source: Delaware Online

Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort is an opulent yet eco-minded retreat
After two nights in downtown Leavenworth, we went by taxi to Sleeping Lady. Our driver told us that we’d find the resort a real step up from where we’d been staying — the Howard Johnson Express Inn — and she was right. Sleeping Lady ...
Source: Courier-Journal

Dozens more bodies found in flattened Gaddafi hometown
“Often when they return home, the families find a body or a makeshift grave in their property,” he said. The 32-year-old Hemali, a former taxi driver, has been carrying out the macabre task of collecting the bodies for the past five days. “We drive ...
Source: Times of Malta

I-1183 just can’t guarantee against more teen fatalities
The next day there were lectures and quiet talks, phone calls to the other parents and a plan to leave $20 under a rock outside our front door, so she could take a taxi home next time. I spent lot of time just looking at her and thinking ...
Source: Olympian

Snow Cancels NY, Philly Flights, Makes Road Travel Treacherous
As his cell phone battery died, he told msnbc.com during a taxi ride from the airport, he was able to call his sister, who booked him a hotel room in Jersey City, which was "not exactly on the bucket list" of places he wanted to visit. "But," he said ...
Source: WITN

Political Notebook: Ramsey's voter ID taxi service gets its first fare
A Nashville woman was the first to take Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey up on his joking offer to give a ride to anyone who needed transportation to get a new picture identification card to vote. Eileen Marhefka, 65, said an aide to Ramsey dutifully picked ...
Source: Nashville Tennessean

Avoiding the crush at the Great Wall
Badaling suffers from its close proximity to Beijing. From the capital it is easy to sign up for a bus tour or hire a taxi that will take you there. Since Badaling is conveniently located right off a multi-lane interstate highway, it is easily ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

Don’t be a scary Halloween statistic
And as always, as we have mentioned many times before, don’t drink and drive on Halloween. If you do imbibe, get a taxi, or get a sober friend to drive you home. If you see someone driving on the road drunk, call the police. If a friend ...
Source: News Banner

Warren Watch: L.A. welcomes Chinese firm, electric bus
At about the same time, BYD began selling its all-electric car to consumers in China, at last pushing its E6 model beyond the taxi fleet and into full market competition with other automakers in China. It was Munger who recommended that ...
Source: Omaha World-Herald

12 Americans Killed as Blast Hits Bus in Afghanistan
The force of the blast tossed the bus several yards, according to Afghan police at the scene. One witness, a taxi driver, said that the bus was lying on its side, completely blackened, and that it appeared to have crushed some of the dead Afghan civilians.
Source: Star-Banner

Airports ready for the ride of their lives
At least 500 private planes will touch down at the Indianapolis airport and then taxi to parking and services from Million Air or Signature Flight Support, two national private air services with general aviation bases at the airport. Many of the ...
Source: Indianapolis Star

Charlotte Church in 'drunken karaoke proposal'
A pal told the paper, "Jonathan was thrilled and Charlotte was very happy. She was singing I'm Getting Married in the Morning as we helped her to the taxi afterwards." Hardly the stuff of dreams but it was marginally more romantic than the their last ...
Source: Eleven

John Kelly: When Obama talks space, we should listen
Boeing will make the facility home base for its new private crew taxi and the creation of some 400-500 jobs long term. "The next era of space exploration won't wait, and so we can't wait for Congress to do its job and give our space program the ...
Source: Florida Today

McClellan: Veteran, 97, fights for the right to choose his hospital
Who's that stupid?" A taxi probably wouldn't work. He needs a walker to get around. On the day I visited, I noticed a motorized wheelchair. I asked about it, and he waved his arm in disgust. One of the staff found it in the basement, he said. It belonged ...
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

COMMUNITY COMMENT: Weekend 'Occupy' march put movement out of bounds
The tourist that came to our country to visit and see what America is really like, the vendor who sells pretzels on the street for minimal income, the taxi driver who tries to make a living driving through impossible traffic in New York City ...
Source: Evansville Courier-Press

Guest column: City's regulations put its image at risk with boaters
B&B guests downtown might embark by water taxi at the City Marina to shop the Vilano Publix. Certainly boaters at anchor or on moorings will enjoy the convenience of a market close to the water. City Commissioners and staff are intent upon ...
Source: St. Augustine Record

Auto fuel price up by Rs1, but not the fare
However, with cost of all other processes increasing, the fare card system must be implemented in Karnataka as it is done in Maharashtra,” said C Sampath, general secretary, Adarsha Auto and Taxi Drivers’ Union. He said it is difficult to seek a fare ...
Source: Daily News and Analysis

Portsmouth heap misery on old boss
As the game wore on, chants of 'taxi for Cotterill' and 'you should have stuck with Steve McClaren' grew louder in the Fratton End. But Cotterill was content with the reception he received just a month after leaving Pompey for the City Ground, and he said ...
Source: Rutland and Stamford Mercury

Learn about Thailand – The Exotic Destination of South-East Asia
For local traveling, there are actually different choices like taxis, and local public vehicles like Songthaew and Tuk-tuk. Boats are usually common mode of traveling here. Hotels in Thailand Accommodation in Thailand is ample. There are many Hotels in ...
Source: Zimbio

Sex zone plan leaves Taiwanese cold
But a taxi driver, who said he paid regularly for sex services, called the special zone policy "hypocritical." "The rich and powerful can enjoy themselves at exclusive clubs without worrying about being caught but regular people like me will have more ...
Source: AsiaOne

Team 4: Illegal High-End Jitneys Operating In Pittsburgh
Unlicensed taxis -- often referred to as jitneys -- have been around Pittsburgh for decades. But a new kind of unlicensed, high-end jitney is emerging: brand new rental cars with temporary signs that say "shuttle" or "your designated driver."
Source: msnbc.com

Thriving business for ‘bike taxis’ amid crackdowns
Many young Saudi men and even some expatriates find it a lucrative business that enables them to earn a huge amount of money within a couple of days. A large number of pilgrims prefer motorcycles to other vehicles as the best means of ...
Source: Arab News

LPG taxis’ ‘ailing’ tales ‘anecdotal, unscientific’
Even the Rolls Royce of England’s Queen Elizabeth is fitted with an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) conversion kit. Or so the LPG conversion industry leaders claim as they protest against what they say are the “unscientifically proven” claims of cab ...
Source: Global Nation

Expensive taxis a $600,000 hospital lifesaver
HOSPITALS are racking up a $600,000 taxi bill each year to transport urgent blood supplies and pathology samples for patients. Figures from the NSW Health Department obtained by The Sunday Telegraph reveal that hospitals rely heavily on taxis for blood ...
Source: Daily Telegraph

Electric taxis to triple in Beijing next year
Beijing will increase the number of its fleet of electric taxis from 50 to 150 by May 2012, said an official from Yanqing, a county in northwestern Beijing where an electric car pilot operation is underway. The program in Yanqing is the biggest of its kind ...
Source: China Daily

Union proposes shared AC taxis in South Mumbai
Anticipating competition from the Best’s Fort Ferry services, the taxi union led by Anthony Quadros is now planning to introduce air-conditioned (AC) taxis on a shared basis at several destinations in South Mumbai. General secretary of the Mumbai Taximen ...
Source: Daily News and Analysis

Taxis are taken off road during checks
EIGHT taxis in Derby have had their licences removed following spot checks by police and council officers. Twenty-three cars were checked during the operation in the city centre on Wednesday. These included Hackney carriages and private hire cars. Eight ...
Source: This is Derbyshire

gatwick airport transport
As there are on-time pickups, and at your convenience. Private taxis take you to all destinations: airports, seaports, stations, hotels, tourist destinations and other locations in London or the total United Kingdom. Best if you are traveling with ...
Source: Zimbio

Back space taxis or pay more for Russian rides: NASA
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (Reuters) - An extra year of buying rides for astronauts to the International Space Station will cost the United States $450 million -- money that would be better spent speeding development of private space taxis, NASA's ...
Source: Reuters

Agency hopes to expand Philly-Camden ferry service
Ferry service between Philadelphia and Camden may be taken over next year by the Delaware River Waterfront Corp., which hopes to expand service and add three 25-passenger water taxis. The RiverLink ferry has been run since 1999 by the Delaware ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

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