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Balbar a model criminal: RCMP
Robert Balbar, who pleaded not guilty to slaying his common-law wife, was deemed a “good employee” by the Mountie who devised the crucial sting operation that led to Balbar’s ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Editorial: Affirmative action
Affirmative action, someone once said, is the attempt to deal with malignant racism by instituting benign racism. It will bode well for fire chief Jim Hancock in the Vancouver ...
Source: Asian Pacific Post

New blood riles NDP old guard
Tensions could bubble over this week between the NDP's old guard and hundreds of new members gleaned from the city's ethnic communities by leadership hopeful Steve Ashton. Before ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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ERVING -- A couple from Greenfield and a man from Athol have been arraigned on charges involved with several break-ins last week. Erving nixes gas station zoning change ERVING ...
Source: Recorder

DC Official Who Wore FBI Wire Speaks For First Time
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- The Chairman of the DC Taxicab Commission, Leon Swain, says it took him less than a month to collect almost 40 bribes from individuals looking for illegal ...
Source: WUSA

Best Tip For Your Cabbie? Save Up & Buy A Taxi Medallion
While some New Yorkers have been cutting back on taxi fares during the recession, a new study shows the value of taxi medallion is stronger than ever. The value of an average ...
Source: Gothamist.com

Grants help Richmond-based CIT expand, add jobs
Contract Industrial Tooling will create a new production line and add 20 jobs. The Richmond company will invest $210,000 to renovate a building for the new line, which will produce ...
Source: Indianapolis Star

Asheville I-26 connector project could end Hillcrest isolation
ASHEVILLE — While construction workers erect a new gate at the entrance to Hillcrest Apartments to deter criminals, some local residents have been working to make it easier for ...
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times

U.S. DISTRICT COURT
There were so many defendants -- and defense lawyers -- that a clerk had to use a microphone to get everyone's attention. "So everyone has an attorney, correct?" she asked ...
Source: Washington Post

2 charged with using taxi for cocaine deliveries in Dunellen
DUNELLEN — A taxi driver and his boss are under arrest for allegedly distributing crack cocaine out of one of their cabs throughout the borough, police said. Rolando Vasquez, 26 ...
Source: MyCentralJersey.com

BALBAR MURDER TRIAL: Accused a model criminal, according to RCMP
Robert Balbar, who pleaded not guilty to slaying his common-law wife, was deemed a “good employee” by the Mountie who devised the crucial sting operation that led to Balbar’s ...
Source: Abbotsford News

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

Year-long Hightstown taxi moratorium lifted without limits
HIGHTSTOWN — The year-long struggle over limiting the number of taxicabs in the borough may be over, after council lifted the moratorium on licensing car companies but did not ...
Source: Bridgeton News

Iowa City taxis fight H1N1
IOWA CITY (KWWL) - The flu fight in Iowa City is going to the streets. Yellow Cab is putting hand sanitizers in all of their cabs. The company says taxi customers will be offered a ...
Source: KWWL

London mayor set to ban old black cabs
Boris Johnson, London mayor, is planning to ban taxis that are more than 10 years old from the capital’s streets in an attempt to curb air pollution . The proposal, likely to ...
Source: Financial Times

Metrolink installs video cameras in locomotives as safety measure
Metrolink officials today announced that video cameras have been installed and activated inside and outside all of the rail system's locomotives, a safety measure enacted as a ...
Source: Los Angeles Times Blogs

Cabbie arrested for 2008 sexual assault
A cab driver has been arrested after an alleged sexual assault that occurred almost one year ago. On Nov. 2, 2008, just after midnight, a man and a woman hailed a taxi from the ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Fine reveals smoking laws hazy for truckers
The fining of an Ontario truck driver for smoking in his rig has sparked questions about discrepancies between provincial and federal smoking laws, and what steps law officials ...
Source: CBC News

About the barf tax
Chicago cabdrivers are angling for a fare increase and something more: They want to charge passengers a $50 fee if they throw up in the cab. A barf tax. Cleaning up the cab after ...
Source: Chicago Tribune

London Cab vehicle seizure closes business
A Gregg County judge's order to seize London Cab Co.'s six vehicles leaves Longview with only one taxi option. Company owner Chris London said the vehicles were seized earlier this ...
Source: Longview News-Journal

City taxi-fare increases mirror fuel
TAXI passengers in Shanghai will pay about 10 percent more from tomorrow as the city raises fares for the first time in three years to offset higher fuel prices and environmental ...
Source: English Eastday

Good 4 You: Fighting Domestic Abuse
Somy Ali started a company called "So Me Designs" where she sells t-shirts with a message of hope. The clothing line funds her passion rescuing women in abusive relationships ...
Source: CBS 4 South Florida

Bobb: Corruption crackdown results in $20M savings for DPS
Detroit -- The ongoing internal financial audits to root out waste and corruption in Detroit Public Schools have saved the district nearly $20 million in costs savings, Emergency ...
Source: detnews.com

Giant cranes rise above Carlisle skyline as work starts on central ...
There are 480 days to go until Carlisle’s new Richard Rose Central Academy school opens its doors... and some of the biggest cranes in the UK are helping to build it. The cranes ...
Source: News and Star

MNS sings in Urdu, Hindi and English too
MUMBAI: Raj Thackeray's MNS seems to have suddenly discovered the virtues of multi-culturalism as it campaigns for votes for an election that may well determine its future ...
Source: Times of India

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

Good 4 You: Fighting Domestic Abuse
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and one South Florida woman is helping other women break the cycle of abuse. Somy Ali left Florida at the age of 16 and made it big in ...
Source: CBS 4 South Florida

Eliza Dushku punched me. I can die happy.

UN expert on minorities Gay McDougall issues preliminary report on ...
Statement by the United Nations independent expert on minority issues, Ms Gay McDougall, on the conclusion of her official visit to Canada: During the course of my official visit ...
Source: Georgia Straight

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

Good Samaritan helps in pouring rain
We just wanted to let everyone know that good Samaritans are still alive and well and there is one living in your city. On Oct. 9 in pouring rain, we got off of a train coming from ...
Source: Pantagraph

Interpreters to help taxi drivers
Shanghai taxis are being upgraded with a new dispatch system that allows English-speaking interpreters to talk to passengers at the touch of a button, local transport authorities ...
Source: English Eastday

Speakers clash over tractor protests
MACRA NA FEIRME CONFERENCE: CRITICISM OF the recent tractorcade protest and the direction taken by farm organisations led to a sharp clash of opinion between the guest speakers ...
Source: Irish Times

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

Bluewalks.com wins the WIT Start-Up Pitch
Bluewalks.com walked away the winner at the WIT Start-Up Pitch at the Web In Travel Conference this week, while another finalist BidTraveller received a US$25,000 investment ...
Source: e-Travel Blackboard

Sin City Here I Come: A (Not -Too) Late Birthday Present
Before I even turned the much-anticipated age of 21, I told myself (and so did my mother) that I would go to Vegas and be the best 21-year-old I could be. Translation: drink ...
Source: New University Newspaper

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Source: PRLog (free press release)

This Christmas, let the Kinettes do the driving
Halloween is barely over, but some people are already looking ahead to the holiday season — the gifts, the family get-togethers, and of course, the office Christmas party. If ...
Source: Leduc Representative

A cab on Halloween? Forget it!
Trying to find a cab to take home on Halloween will be scary, warns the head of the Old Strathcona Business Association, one of many groups bracing for a busy night on Saturday ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

OPINION: Cloud security really about trust
If 70s and 80s rock star Billy Joel were to write a guest column on security issues of cloud computing , he would probably say it’s just a matter of trust. In other words, the ...
Source: it World Canada

Monster Ram
Ypsilanti, Mich. -Having emerged from bankruptcy in June and with Fiat now in charge of the books, Chrysler is eager to start selling vehicles again. With the economic recovery in ...
Source: Owen Sound Sun Times

Cameras in cabs - A long time coming
Most cabbies and taxi officials credit cameras in cabs as well as safety training for the decrease. Since 2006, all cabs in Clark County have been equipped with video cameras that ...
Source: Canada Free Press

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

Taking the Bus About to Get a Little More Attractive
Ride the hell out of some cabs on Friday and Saturday, because starting Sunday you'll have to pay a 50-cent surcharge on top of the $2.50 base fare. At least the money is going ...
Source: Nymag.com

Getting a cab in downtown Wilmington could be getting easier
It’s 2 a.m., the bars are closing, and you’re trying to find a cab. Beginning midnight Friday, finding a safe ride home might be easier if a plan officials are testing works ...
Source: Star News Online

Cabs add fuel surcharge again
A taxi cab is shown in this file image provided by sister station WABC in New York. October 28, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Hailing a cab in Chicago after midnight tonight will cost an ...
Source: WLS

Taking freedom away
Re: The HandyDart strike. I think the union workers involved in this strike are being completely selfish. Who is anyone to say what is “essential services” for those who are ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Who is the fairest cabbie of them all?
Awarding top actors and singers might be a long-standing tradition, but the City of Edmonton wants to add taxi drivers to that list. The city's vehicle for hire commission is ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Enjoy Sharia Law on Broadway
The Obama Administration is finally ready to begin the Big Push. No, not the one to stop the Taliban… but to pass a gargantuan health care nationalization plan that the majority ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Ready for fright
Trying to find a cab to take home on Halloween will be scary, warns the head of the Old Strathcona Business Association, one of many groups bracing for a busy night tomorrow. "I ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

American Life Items
Most cabbies and taxi officials credit cameras in cabs as well as safety training for the decrease. Since 2006, all cabs in Clark County have been equipped with video cameras that ...
Source: Canada Free Press

Dodge comes back with its Ram heavy duty pickups
Dodge is back in a truly big way with the 2010 Ram Heavy Duty pickup trucks. Arriving in Canadian showrooms early next year, these are the first new vehicles to emerge from the ...
Source: Abbotsford 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

The phone is ringing for radio taxis
NEW DELHI: One brand name Gaurav Sharma, a 27-year-old senior customer relationship manager at an IT company in Bangalore, uses a lot these days is Meru. Meru is not his favourite ...
Source: Economic Times

Unfree Enterprise
Lately, the lot of the New York cabbie has improved a bit. But there are still some major systemic obstacles that keep drivers and their passengers from getting the conditions and ...
Source: New York Times Blogs

Bank robber 'inspired' by newspapers jailed
It gives new meaning to hot off the presses. A 17-year-old who was sentenced this week for three bank robberies — two in one day — claimed he got the idea by reading newspapers ...
Source: CNEWS

Jonathan Lethem's in a New York state of mind
A uthor Jonathan Lethem struggles to find a quiet spot at the corner of Broadway and 59th in midtown Manhattan as sirens wail and horns blare like the soundtrack to one of his own ...
Source: Globe and Mail

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

Retailers cautiously optimistic on holiday shopping season
Ottawa retailers and market watchers say the 2009 holiday shopping season will probably be as good as or better than last year's. But then again, they add, things could hardly get ...
Source: Ottawa Business Journal

Meru Cabs looks to double fleet size
Radio taxi service Meru is looking to double its fleet size in the next one year from the current 3,800 taxis. The fleet enhancement is in line with the company's plans to go to ...
Source: Hindu Business Line

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

Commercial motorcyclists stage violent protest in Calabar
Some commercial motorcycle (Okada) operators in Calabar, Cross River State, at the weekend took the law into their hands as they attacked and destroyed some of the taxi cabs ...
Source: NEXT

St. Paul cabbie recovering after shooting
ST. PAUL -- Pat Burkman has driven cabs for more than 30 years, without any trouble, from anyone. "He likes driving cabs, he likes meeting the different people, he likes showing ...
Source: KARE

Random Austin: Newlyweds on the Bridge
Ran into this couple on the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge after 10 p.m. on Saturday. Adrianne and Chris O’Donnell met on a blind date at the Austin airport. He was ...
Source: Austin 360

Squatters take over sidewalk
MANILA, Philippines— Illegal settlers have occupied the sidewalk on Banaue Avenue corner G. Roxas Street in Manresa, Quezon City. The MMDA must remove the illegal structures here ...
Source: Global Nation

Velocabs might get green light in Bloomington
Chris Waggoner, the owner of Fresh Air Taxi, who first proposed starting the velocab service for Bloomington and the Indiana University campus last year, said he was happy with the proposed ordinance. "I guess the biggest positive thing is now it's ...
Source: Indianapolis Star

Hedican program keeping pace — PHOTO GALLERY
Balancing school and hockey can be a bit much at times for Tanner Davis. As such, the midget 'AAA' North Bay Trappers goalie rarely finds the time to lend a helping hand as often ...
Source: North Bay Nugget

Bad drivers are a peril to pedestrians
Last June, addressing Caledonia high school students at their graduation ceremonies, the principal said, “In kindergarten you learned everything you need to know to go through ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Island cabbies protest taxi takeover
A small but vocal group of former Silver Shadow Taxi drivers took to the streets of Ganges on Friday to protest wage cutbacks and what they claim was a “deceitful and underhanded ...
Source: Abbotsford News

Throwback Raptors win one ugly
I t was classic jersey night, and the Toronto Raptors went all out. Not only did they wear the blue and white of the Toronto Huskies, the Raptors put on an old-school display of ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Volvo to close N.C. plant
ASHEVILLE -- Volvo is closing its heavy construction equipment plant in North Carolina in March, leaving 228 workers without jobs. The company told The Asheville Citizen-Times on ...
Source: Raleigh News & Observer

ROAD WARRIOR: More fans mean more traffic trouble
Access to Serene Avenue from St. Rose Parkway will be closed Monday at 6 p.m. through Tuesday as crews pave St. Rose Parkway near the Las Vegas Beltway. Through Friday crews will ...
Source: Las Vegas Review Journal

Focus On: 244-TAXI
VALDOSTA — A mechanic and car salesman have joined forces to introduce a much-needed service in Valdosta — a 24/7 taxi service with meters. Known as 244-TAXI , the business duo ...
Source: Valdosta Daily Times

Volvo to close NC heavy equipment plant in March
Posted: Today at 12:34 p.m. Updated: Today at 2:03 p.m. ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Volvo is closing its heavy construction equipment plant in North Carolina next March, leaving 228 ...
Source: WRAL

Port of Seattle switches airport cab company
SEATTLE — The Port of Seattle is giving the contract for exclusive rights to pick up customers at the airport to a different cab company. For 20 years, drivers with the Seattle-Tacoma International Taxi Association, or STITA, held the exclusive ...
Source: Everett Herald

Velocabs might get green light in Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Bicycle-powered cabs similar to rickshaws could soon be legal on Bloomington streets, with some seeing them as a possible downtown attraction. A city councilman has introduced an ordinance regulating the velocabs, setting rules ...
Source: Indianapolis Star

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

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

Taxi licence prices tell tale
IT'S that season again: the season of good will, good cheer, good food, and a scarcity of taxi cabs. I've written about this before. Getting a taxi at this time of year in Winnipeg ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Sipping 2009's best B.C. reds
The St. Hubertus’s Oak Bay Vineyard Pinot Meunier is a fine chilled apéritif. Can’t make any decent red wines in B.C., they used to say, the ubiquitous they who know nothing ...
Source: Georgia Straight

Nicholas Hirst
IT'S that season again: the season of good will, good cheer, good food, and a scarcity of taxi cabs. I've written about this before. Getting a taxi at this time of year in Winnipeg ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Rally of generosity follows Whitby church fire
O n Sunday, as they have on practically every Sunday for the past 143 years, the faithful filed into All Saints' Anglican Church to raise their voices to the rafters. By Monday ...
Source: Globe and Mail

El Paso taxicabs to serve the disabled
Ivan Garza, left, of Sun City Cab Co. talks with John Eger of El Paso on Thursday by a specially outfitted cab at Volar Center for Independent Living, 1220 Golden Key Circle. The ...
Source: El Paso Times

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

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

MADD Canada urges party hosts to ring in the New Year responsibly
Tips for New Year’s party hosts to reduce the risk of impaired driving. MADD Canada is urging party hosts to plan ahead and take steps to ensure their guests do not drive ...
Source: Abbotsford News

New standard for Airdrie cabs
A new taxi bylaw, aimed at putting standards in place for the previously unregulated industry, is set for implementation early next year. City council unanimously passed the bylaw ...
Source: Airdrie Echo

Police release photos of alleged attackers
West Vancouver are seeking this man in connection with an incident Sunday morning in which a cab driver was allegedly assaulted and robbed. (West Vancouver Police) West Vancouver ...
Source: CBC News

Holiday travellers jam planes, trains and automobiles
Travellers are being advised to give themselves extra time to deal with chaos at airports and train stations, although much of Canada seems to have been spared the worst of winter ...
Source: CBC News

Last Volvo graders roll out of Goderich
With little fanfare and December lake-effect flurries whipping across the parking lot, two Volvo 960 motor graders were loaded onto TTK Transport Inc. flatbeds and rolled out of ...
Source: Goderich Signal-Star

Benefit founder won't drop gloves for this fight
The hotly anticipated theme for this year's Bill Brooks Prostate Cancer Benefit is 'Show Some Love for the Glove.' Happening Friday, Jan. 22 at Hotel Arts and presented by the ...
Source: Calgary Sun

To word mavens, cabbie is king of the triple stacker
M artin Ashwood-Smith, a man of erudition, is not one to use a $5 word when a simple one will suffice. Or do. Not that he lacks for vocabulary, for he is a loquacious personage of ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Rescuers rally to save Rufus from lake
Echo Lake is usually dotted with fishermen savoring its serenity and solitude. But on Dec. 11, the lake 22 kilometres southeast of Lumby was anything but quiet. After dropping off ...
Source: Abbotsford News

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
The Calgary-based group Voters for Taxis said the increase in so-called gypsy cabs on city streets is evidence that there simply aren't enough licensed cabs on city streets.
Source: CBC News

Preparing to be busy... and safe as well
Ryan Miller, owner of Driving Impaired Can Kill Ltd., said he hopes to be busy on New Year s Eve. Remo Zaccagna Bars and restaurants across the city are gearing up for New Year's ...
Source: Daily Herald Tribune

Getting to and fro safely ensures a happy New Year
We're coming into the last 48-hour stretch of 2009 and that means it's almost time to celebrate. Along with party hats, noise makers and the occasional sip of a celebratory spirit ...
Source: Goderich Signal-Star

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

Web site aims to help riders share a cab from Sea-Tac
To find a cab share at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, go to www.ridepenguin.com . You arrive at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and want to catch a cab to your home in ...
Source: Seattle Times

Airport Cabs Accepting Credit Cards
Fewer cabs than usual may be picking up passengers at New Orleans' international airport. Starting with the new year, cabs must be able to accept credit card payments to pick up ...
Source: NewOrleans.Com

City Council preview
Tuesday, Jan. 5 Proclamations and Honors: 5 p.m. Mayor Susan Narvaiz and the City Council will honor Police Corporal Frank Calabrese and Fire Captain Bill Schroeder with ...
Source: San Marcos Daily Record

Despite new rule, airport says there are enough cabs
Officials at New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport says there are plenty of cabs available, despite fears to the contrary. "We have adequate cabs to meet the demand ...
Source: WWL First News

In China, ultramarathons and other grueling outdoor sports no longer ...
YUXI, China - Running ultra marathons that turn feet into blistered, bloody stumps. Nordic skiing in winter's brutal cold. Riding mountain bikes on rump-numbing trails across the ...
Source: Canada East

Nicholas Hirst
The decade just ended was good for Winnipeg and Manitoba. The city hosted the Pan Am Games just before the decade began. The chairman of the Games, Sandy Riley, remembered Winnipeg ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

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

Parker: Mayor indulges a taste for taxis
Call it Mr. Hickenlooper's wild ride. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is trading in his official city-owned SUV for a 1981 Checker A/8 Marathon taxi cab. "It's going to be the mayor ...
Source: Denver Post

Workers in cold weather must take special precautions
NEENAH, Wis. (AP) — Construction crews never get completely used to working outside in the bitter cold. "About all you can do is dress for it," said Kevin Bikowski ...
Source: Quad Cities Onlines

At The Top visitors stuck halfway in Burj Khalifa
Fourteen people were trapped for an hour in a lift 430m up Burj Khalifa yesterday. The group of people, which included a child, were enroute to visiting the At The Top observatory ...
Source: Zawya.com

'Avatar' film creates a world that feeds into our desire to escape
One of the most interesting aspects of “Avatar,’’ both as movie and phenomenon, is that you don’t really get it until you go. To appreciate what James Cameron hath wrought ...
Source: Boston Globe

Making scents in London
LONDON - This city is not known for its pleasant smells. English taxi cabs often leave trails of diesel exhaust; the red phone booths in Soho smell of urine; and sewage odors ...
Source: Boston Globe

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

Three dead in head-on crash of two transport trucks in northern ...
DEAN LAKE, Ont. - Two Ontario men and a man from Montreal are dead following a head-on crash between two transport trucks on Highway 17 in northern Ontario. The crash happened at ...
Source: Macleans

Cabbie returns $21,000 lost by tourist
NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi taxi driver in New York City said he returned a lost purse containing more than $21,000 in cash and expensive jewelry because his mother always advised him ...
Source: CNEWS

Businesses embracing program
Immigrant Settlement Services is reaching out to the community hoping to promote respect and equitably of diversity through the Safe Harbour program. "It's needed everywhere," said ...
Source: Daily Herald Tribune

Qat of nine tales
S anaa, Yemen – Before the Christmas Day underwear bomber came along and elevated the profile of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, most Westerners probably only thought of Yemen ...
Source: Globe and Mail

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

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

Ready to roll
Flex your bead-catching muscles and tune your “Throw me something, Mister!” vocal cords. Mardi Gras parades soon begin rolling. Jan. 30 is the date set for the first parades on ...
Source: Biloxi Sun Herald

That blizzard cost how much!?!
Happens as routinely as the seasons, as predictably as icicles on an old house: Temps drop, gray skies open, the ground covers in white. And Northland counties, municipalities and ...
Source: Duluth News Tribune

On shaky ground! Don't panic, says safety expert
"I would definitely stop!" said Paul Yapp, owner of Cool Cabs. "But, I don't know what I would do after." "Don't panic!" That's what the Road Safety Unit's director Kenute Hare ...
Source: Jamaica Gleaner

TLC commissioner Matthew Daus steps down after 14 years
Matthew has done a fantastic job at the Taxi and Limousine Commission," said Bloomberg, who credits Daus with bringing credit cards and GPS to cabs, and creating ... He also will lecture at CUNY 's Transportation Research Center. "I am gratified that ...
Source: New York Daily News

Hockey's Great One the one to take 2010 Games flame on final journey
Torch bearers Rick Hansen, Wayne Gretzky, Catriona Lemay Doan, Steve Nash and Nancy Greene, left to right, hold their torches during the opening ceremonies. VANCOUVER, B.C. - In ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Greece deal ready: EU
S everal key euro zone officials have reached a deal to help Greece in its debt crisis, European Union President Herman Van Rompuy said on Thursday. The agreement was forged in ...
Source: Globe and Mail

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

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

Grand tasting of cabs Saturday
Napa’s Bayleaf Restaurant will be the setting for a grand tasting of the Top 100 Cabs of the Napa Valley from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. The restaurant is located at 2025 ...
Source: St. Helena Star

Strip clubs want kickback relief from cabs
LAS VEGAS -- Officials here are considering cracking down on kickbacks given to cabdrivers for delivering customers to strip clubs -- reportedly up to $120 per person. Attorney Al ...
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Clean Air Cab Responds Swiftly to Toyota Prius Recall
Phoenix, AZ, February 14, 2010 --( PR.com )-- On February 9, 2010 Clean Air Cab received word that an official recall was being issued on the 2010 Toyota Prius. Since the fleet of ...
Source: PR.com

Expenses stories are cash for old rope
BBC executives have helped keep a lot of black cabs in business over the years. Photograph: Helmut Meyer zur Capellen/Corbis Any half-competent BBC journalist knows about balls of ...
Source: The Guardian

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

Woman tells of cab ride from hell
CALGARY — With the doors locked and the cab racing along city streets, a Calgary woman says she feared for her life. Lindsay Martin said she was so terrified during the recent ...
Source: Edmonton Sun

Distracted Drivers on Eighteen Wheels
On January first, Illinois joined the substantial minority of states who currently ban text messaging while driving. The new state law also bans checking email, updating social ...
Source: 24-7PressRelease.com

SFist Interviews: M.C. Mars
M.C. Mars is a 59 year-old rapper with HIV who has been driving cabs for over thirty years. He’s also a published writer and a former sex machine. No big deal, really. The cool ...
Source: SFist

39 villages get service vehicles
VIGAN CITY — The local government here under City Mayor Eva Marie S. Medina said that the 39 villages of the city received a multi-purpose tri-cab and motorcycle each during a ...
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

Car smuggling operation at MICP busted
Joint elements of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) busted an illegal car smuggling operation inside the Manila International ...
Source: Manila Bulleting Online

O'Brien shares sold to refund investors
STOCKS and shares owned by the alleged society fraudster Breifne O'Brien have raised €200,000 for duped investors as his labyrinthine finances are dismantled by the courts. The ...
Source: Independent

Toyota rules in emerging nations
TOKYO -- Toyota is stricken by massive recalls in the U.S. and stalled sales at home, but it is not without a lifeline -- big, fast-growing markets like China and Southeast Asia ...
Source: Detroit Free Press

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

Crazy cabs and walking infants
Posted: Today at 7:41 a.m. I have ridden in a cab once -- a break-neck journey from the Portland, Maine, airport to a hotel. It could have been worse, though. Check out some of the ...
Source: WRAL

Let the Games Be Stylish
THE question that some Olympics fans who happened to be in town for Fashion Week found themselves asking was, Where did all the bad taste go? One might think that, after days of ...
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Side shields coming for cabbies?
New shields, new lights, new education: Manitoba cabbies will get something to keep them safe this year. But the details are still to be decided. Exactly what? And exactly when? In ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Taxi board OK's bigger cab shields
Winnipeg taxi drivers will soon have to install barriers protecting them from front-seat passengers under a plan to combat rising violence against cabbies. A safety committee at ...
Source: CBC News

Bigger shields, distress lights coming for Winnipeg taxis in wake of ...
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg taxi drivers will soon be required to install larger shields and brighter distress signals, in an attempt to combat a rising number of attacks that have left ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

Mining City Taxi
Mary Garcia-Assmus, owner of Mining City Taxi, is pictured outside her business with one of the three taxi cabs in her fleet. Garcia-Assmus' business — Butte's only taxi service ...
Source: Montana Standard

It’s the Little Things
S HUTTLING MY PARENTS across town for the past two months has been a real eye-opener. Having lived in central Florida for over 35 years, my mother and father, recent retirees, are ...
Source: Egypt Today

Police search for critically ill Silver Spring woman
Montgomery County police are searching for Lillie Sanders of Silver Spring. She was last seen Saturday. WASHINGTON - Montgomery County Police needs help from the public in finding ...
Source: WTOP Radio

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.

Cargo thieves target trucks on state roads
It's a crime, often pulled off by organized crews after weeks of research, that experts say is increasing in Pennsylvania: Stealing tractor-trailers to sell the cargoes inside ...
Source: PennLive.com

Expansion of Shippensburg's Volvo plant passes midway point
SHIPPENSBURG -- Volvo Construction Equipment has passed the halfway point in the expansion of its Shippensburg plant. The project is about 60 percent complete with the walls and ...
Source: Public Opinion

Taxi service to return to Yokota Air Base
Officials at Yokota Air Base in Japan are working to return improved taxi service to the base. YOKOTA AIR BASE, JAPAN — Taxi service is on track to resume at Yokota in the next ...
Source: Stars and Stripes

Taxis to patrol, reinforcing thinning ranks of Springs police
In a new program called, not surprisingly, Cabs on Patrol, 150 Yellow Cab Co. drivers will be teaming up with police, reporting crimes and suspicious activity they see while driving around the city. Yellow Cab dispatchers will have direct access to ...
Source: Denver Post

Hybrid cabs show promise: Study
A Toronto taxi firm’s test comparison of 11 hybrid cars with five non-hybrid vehicles has provided pollution-and economy-conscious cabbies with cause to be cautiously optomistic ...
Source: Toronto Sun

Taxpayers help Farm Credit execs live large
OTTAWA — Senior executives at Farm Credit Canada racked up more than $561,000 in travel and hospitality expenses during a 20-month period, according to documents obtained by QMI ...
Source: CNEWS

Making Vancouver accessible to all
Vancouver's hosting of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games is benefitting one very deserving group of travellers: Those with disabilities. "The Games are a catalyst for change of the ...
Source: Toronto Sun

North Pole woman tried using cabs to steal TVs, police say
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Fairbanks police say a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again ...
Source: KTUU

Police: N Pole woman tried using cabs to steal TVs
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Fairbanks police say a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it ...
Source: KTUU

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

Weird but true
This makes driving while texting seem positively safe. Florida police arrested a woman who wrecked her car trying to shave her bikini area as she drove. "She said she was meeting ...
Source: New York Post

GPS eyed in drive to nail meter-cheater cabbies
Crooked cabbies trying to pull off the same massive meter scam as ex-driver Wasid Khalid Cheema -- who holds the record rip-off crown -- could soon find themselves tripped up by ...
Source: New York Post

NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M-plus
NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers ... that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday. At least 1.8 million trips were wrongly charged at the suburban ...
Source: WTOP

Police: Woman again tries using cabs to steal TVs
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Police said a North Pole woman accused in December of stealing televisions and hiring a cabbie as her getaway driver is now accused of trying it again. The Fairbanks Dail News-Miner reported that a 27-year-old woman was ...
Source: The Guardian

NYC Taxi Service Over Charging Passengers In $8.3 ...
A passenger contacted New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission claiming that they had been overcharged for a recent taxi ride. New York City yellow cabs have been required to ...
Source: E Canada Now

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

Nicholas Hirst
Let's see if this is right. Let's assume that the federal government's plan to liberalize foreign investment in the telecommunications industry comes to pass. Then, conceivably ...
Source: Winnipeg Free Press

How to stock a starter cellar
Y ou’ll probably become one sooner or later. You may be one without knowing it. Wine collectors often come by the position accidentally. You start taking in more bottles than you ...
Source: Globe and Mail

Do Passengers Think Cabbies Cheat Them? Well, Are Cabs ...
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

Do cabbies cheat? Are cabs yellow?
NEW YORK - For Robert Carrizzo, the daily commute from his midtown Manhattan office to the Staten Island Ferry is typically filled with precise rituals. But there is always one ...
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

N.Y City taxi drivers racked up $8.3M in overcharges
NEW YORK - 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 supposed to ...
Source: Herald Tribune

A taste of paradise awaits in the Caribbean islands
“It’s the sand,” says one patron on a bar stool overlooking the cay. “No, it’s the colour of the water,” says a friend leaning on the bar. “You’re both wrong ...
Source: StarPhoenix

A fight for the right to live their lives
KAMPALA, Uganda — A woman in her late 20s stands outside a hotel in Kampala waiting for her colleagues to arrive for a meeting. Bulky trousers, a loose-fitting dress shirt and a ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Will photos of taxi owners show bias over who gets licences?
A human rights tribunal investigating an allegation of systemic discrimination in the Toronto taxi fleet has ordered the city to produce thousands of photos of licensees, which may ...
Source: Toronto Star

Seeing New York in a different light
We came out of the subway at Canal street, and before we reached the sidewalk the hawker was upon us. "Handbag! Handbag! Handbag!" My sister Debbie and her friend Jaylene nodded ...
Source: Calgary Herald

Council to meet with air authority over cabs
It’s a compromise most are content with — for now. After two hours behind closed doors, city council decided to create an ad-hoc committee to meet with the Calgary Airport ...
Source: Metronews.ca

Shenzhen, China Deploys Electric Taxi-Cabs
Shenzhen, China (AHN) - Forty electric taxis that can run for 186 miles in one charge went into service in southern China’s Shenzhen City on Monday. The E6 cars can accommodate ...
Source: All Headline News

Station taxi limit 'ridiculous' - MP
Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button. Angry Hackney carriage drivers have branded a decision to allow only 10 cabs into Northampton ...
Source: Northampton Chronicle

Can I Get A Cab? It Appears Not
Today, we hear from Tell Me More guest host Allison Keyes . Here I am, in so-called post-racial Washington, D.C., happily walking out of a theater where I've just watched the opera ...
Source: NPR News

Hard workers aid welfare abusers
R e the Rev. Jim Watkins letter, "We've all been given a hand up," April 25: Watkins may think of himself as a turtle on a fencepost, but I think most Americans would disagree with ...
Source: The Sun News

Chicago cabdriver survives shooting
On Monday morning, Hassan sat up in his bed and seemed alert. Doctors had shaved his head and placed patches around the area where the bullet had penetrated behind his left ear and ...
Source: Chicago Tribune

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

China rides: Middle class driving demand for cars
On a warm afternoon in late April, Yu Aao sits in the plush customer lounge at the SAIC Anji Buick dealership in Beijing, watching Chinese soap operas and sipping on a cool drink ...
Source: Regina Leader-Post

CHINA RIDES
Feng Li, Getty Images Chinese automaker GWM's Greatwall SUV on display at the Beijing Auto Show. On a warm afternoon in late April, Yu Aao sits in the plush customer lounge at the ...
Source: Financial Post

Man charged with 1981 rape and murder of Edmonton ...
EDMONTON — Nearly 30 years after barber Steve Luc discovered the half-naked body of a woman in the back seat of her cab, Edmonton police charged a man with her murder. Luc had ...
Source: Edmonton Journal

A fight for the right to live their lives
-A woman in her late 20s stands outside a hotel in Kampala waiting for her colleagues to arrive for a meeting. Bulky trousers, a loose-fitting dress shirt and a sweater-vest dwarf ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Highway, railway thefts grow in Mexico
TEPOTZOTLAN, Mexico - Highway robbers and railway bandits are riding high in Mexico, pulling off brazen daylight heists and inflicting serious damage on the national economy. "It's ...
Source: AZCentral.com

Sunshine Taxi joins Chamber
Courtesy photo Sunshine Taxi has joined the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce, and recently celebrated at the Chamber Visitor Center. Sunshine Taxi and Delivery Services, based in ...
Source: Fosters Daily Democrat

Fairbanks school district budgets $110,000 to help ...
FAIRBANKS — Each morning during the school year, a few Fairbanks students go to school not in publicly funded buses but in publicly funded taxis. Sometimes, it’s their only ...
Source: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Nokia N8 to launch on August 25 in UK, according to ...
As official confirmations go, this is the weakest kind. A Nokia store employee has informed Pocket-lint that the N8 hero device we've all been waiting for will be launching in the Queen's backyard on Wednesday, August 25. That's only a day off from ...
Source: engadget

Nokia Ovi Maps SR4 Released: New Roads, POI’s, and Faster Navigation
Users of the Nokia Ovi Maps application will be glad to know that the first significant update has been made available with version 3.0.4. Ovi Maps became a free bit of software only four months ago, but it seems that this update is making sure it ...
Source: Product Reviews

Thieves hit Lowell lot, drive away trucks with $500G in ...
... Industrial Avenue yesterday when someone stole two trucks and a pair of shipping containers. The theft may be one of the largest Lowell has seen in years. Police learned of the heist when they were contacted by M G Logistics Inc., 305 Industrial ...
Source: Lowell Sun

Homosexuality in Uganda: A fight for the right to live their lives
-A woman in her late 20s stands outside a hotel in Kampala waiting for her colleagues to arrive for a meeting. Bulky trousers, a loose-fitting dress shirt and a sweater-vest dwarf ...
Source: The Vancouver Sun

Halifax cabbie guilty of groping young woman
Ravinder Pal Singh Arora tries to use the hood of his coat to hide his face from news cameras after leaving Halifax provincial court Tuesday. The Halifax taxi driver was convicted ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

Cabbie convicted of groping woman in his vehicle
Ravinder Pal Singh Arora tries to hide from news cameras beneath the hood of his coat at Halifax provincial court on Tuesday. He was found guilty of sexual assault. (TIM KROCHAK ...
Source: The Chronicle Herald

People-powered transit debuts in Philadelphia
Emily Cashman walked out of the Franklin Institute on Saturday afternoon and from the top of the steps "I-spied" the podlike green buggy across the street, turned to her father ...
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

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

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