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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

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