Thursday, April 3, 2008

4/3/08

Students Hail Teacher's Heroism in Crash
The Associated Press -
(AP) — The driver of a bus carrying 44 children on a field trip passed out at the wheel, and a teacher's quick actions kept the vehicle from careening into ...
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Hijacked Friendship bus freed
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
By Ibrahim Shinwari LANDI KOTAL, March 29: A group of Sultankhel tribesmen on Saturday hijacked a Jalalabad-bound bus with 47 passengers on board for a ...
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Polish bus crashes off Austrian highway, 1 killed, 43 injured
Xinhua - China
¡¡VIENNA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A Polish tour bus crashed off an Austrian motorway and rolled down an embankment Saturday, killing one man and injuring 43 ...
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Students say teacher grabbed wheel of out-of-control bus
WLOS - Asheville,NC,USA
(AP) -- Some Alabama school students are praising a teacher's quick action Friday when the driver of the bus taking them on a field trip to Chattanooga's ...
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Polish bus crashes off Austrian highway, 1 dead
Reuters - USA
VIENNA, March 29 (Reuters) - One man was killed and at least 30 people were injured on Saturday when a Polish tour bus careered off an Austrian motorway and ...
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Nine years for thug who tried to kill bus passenger
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A BINGE-DRINKING thug who tried to murder a bus passenger in a ferocious attack with a pool cue has been jailed for nine years. ...
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Bus lane scheme hits the buffers
BBC News - UK
A plan to build bus lanes alongside the Bristol to Bath cycle path has been scrapped. A protest meeting about the controversial scheme had been due to take ...
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Woman assaulted at bus stop
NEWS.com.au - Australia
Police say a man, believed to be in his 70s, sexually assaulted a woman at a Firle bus stop today. The man, who has an olive complexion, balding grey hair, ...
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Ronnie Polaneczky: When Ducks act like hogs: Tour-bus quackery
IT'S BEEN THREE years since a city law went into effect that was supposed to create civility and fairness among motorized-tour operators that troll for customers in tourist areas.
Daily News - Ronnie Polaneczky - http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky

Local bus drivers struggle to survive diesel prices
The rising cost of diesel fuel is taking its toll on school systems across the state trying to keep school buses up and running.
WATE - News: Local: Anderson County - http://www.wate.com/global/category.asp?c=49622

Sky Bus to ease congestion, awaits governmentÂ’s nod
One of the greatest Indian innovations the Â’Sky BusÂ’ is all set to minimise the ever-increasing congestion. But the common man are still waiting to see the innovation, as the Government has not given Sky Bus, a go-ahead, ...
merinews: Technology News Articles - http://www.merinews.com/catBrief.jsp?catID=4&category=Technology

LIVEBLOG: All aboard the new $1 bus
By admin
That’s when I was finally able to enjoy that — *deep snort* — New Bus Smell of Boltbus en route to Marion Barry country on its big launch day yesterday. And would you believe my roundtrip ticket cost less than a Sausage McMuffin?† ...
Entertainment News Blog - Celebrity... - http://actualentertainmentdot.com

A nine-year-old is found - but where are the hundreds of other ...
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Incidents of children being abandoned by Sikh families are unheard of in this part of the world. The suspicion, voiced early on in the case by Virendra ...
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Police seek 3 men in subway shooting
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Toronto is a safe city, but there are incidents that occur from time to time." Last year, a 21-year-old man was stabbed to death at Victoria Park subway ...
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Route 13 pedestrian safety in spotlight
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
Despite the lack of incidents there, SHA intends to improve that intersection's crosswalk by installing a brick-accented walkway this summer, Gischler said. ...
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More chaos likely at McKays
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand
By KAY BLUNDELL - The Dominion Post | Monday, 31 March 2008 Transit's troubled $21 million McKays Crossing project has again hit rocky ground after rain ...
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Georgia Man Back on the Bus After Ban for Being Too Heavy
FOXNews - USA
A 65-year-old man who weighs over 600 pounds has successfully appealed a decision by local transit authorities in Georgia, who told him he was too heavy to ...
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Council to revisit type of transit
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
The risks of buying proprietary-transit technologies — rubber or maglev — are not offset by any major cost savings, said Toru Hamayasu, chief of the city's ...
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Transit plan would boost rural service
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter Halifax regional council plans Tuesday to consider a consultant’s study that recommends improvements to public transit ...
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City staff rack up traffic tickets
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Of all the speeding tickets issued in 2007, about 40 per cent were received by transit drivers, who also received almost half the red light tickets. ...
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Coordinated effort would improve transit's chances
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
Metro Detroit needs a strong regional mass transit authority. State lawmakers should expedite getting it done for the sake of economic growth. ...
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Public transit gears up to go countywide
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
BY SARITA CHOUREY KALAMAZOO -- A Kalamazoo Countywide transit system may be one way to beat $4-a-gallon gas. It won't bring down the price, but it will make ...
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Police, transit officers arrest 21 in city graffiti blitz
NSW Police Online - Australia
NSW Police and RailCorp Transit Officers have arrested 21 people overnight in an operation targeting graffiti crime. Ten men and 11 youths were arrested ...
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Hailstorm stalls transit in Vancouver
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
... that the City of Vancouver has been called for salting bus routes, and that transit supervisors are attempting to get salt from depots in the meantime.
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Congestion pricing would have wide-ranging effects
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Within New York City, about 78000 drivers are expected to switch to public transit, according to city officials. Chris Jones, vice president for research ...
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Local Transit News March 29, 2008
By Avenging Archangel(Avenging Archangel)
The latest on two stories concerning Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) I've already blogged on: PEMBROKE EAST Later in the day Friday the Direct Transfer Center (DTC) was moved back to Pembroke East from the temporary DTC on Jeanne Street. ...
Avenging Archangel - http://avengingarchangel.blogspot.com/

We Can Afford No More Delays: Expand Light Rail Now
By Daniel Kirkdorffer(Daniel Kirkdorffer)
Even when the transit systems are in the headlines because of negative news such as a strike, it only reminds us of what we are losing when they are not available, and what those cities that don't have transit systems have been missing. ...
On The Road To 2008 - http://www.kirkdorffer.com/ontheroadto2008/index.shtml

Panama City Protest- Addreses Public Transportation Crisis
By cailey
Recently, the press has been filled with claims against Panamanian President Martín Torrijos, stating that his promises for an improved public transit system have gone unfulfilled. Judging by the current state of affairs, ...
Panama Travel News - http://www.costaricapages.com/panama/blog

Rationing mobility is irrational
By Mark Williams
If on the other hand you were Placer County Transit, you would do something entirely different. You would cap the number of customers by rationing tickets and creating a waiting list. It shouldn’t take too long before savvy commuters ...
MarkTalk.com News & Commentary - http://www.marktalk.com/blog

No easy ride for school bus drivers
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
In response to a Gulf News story on a five-year-old who died in a school bus accident earlier this month, Fatima Al Merri, CEO of the Schools Agency, ...
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Man dies at Mumbai airport
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
The victim was loading luggage when the accident happened. The bus rammed into a trolley and the worker was crushed under a container. ...
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Our highly unusual eventful day
By Lisa Knepp(Lisa Knepp)
But the funny thing is that you hardly see accidents. I think we saw our first ambulance today since we’ve been here. How is it that in our towns, we have so many rules and yet so many accidents… and here, no rules and no accidents? ...
The start of a new beginning - http://lisadarleneknepp.blogspot.com/

A Conundrum
By EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo(EvilHippo of the Clan MacHippo)
There's something kind of funny about playing Cooking Mama on the bus during rush hour on a DS that looks like HAL-9000. But I also have a little green mushroom phone strap that I could put on it if I had the NES skin. ...
- http://evilhippo.livejournal.com/

Various mischief incidents involved 'egging'
Caledon Enterprise - Bolton,ON,Canada
On Monday, March 17, a school bus lost a rear tire as it was travelling northbound on Regional Road 50, north of Ellwood Drive in Bolton. ...
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National Heroes Tour gets on the bus
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
Aside from a rather "hair-raising" experience defending Coast Guard ships under attack off the coast of Iraq, there were no major incidents. ...
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Parma fan crushed to death by Juventus Coach
Three Monkeys Online - Dublin,Ireland
Italian football was plunged into crisis yet again yesterday, following violent incidents between rival Juventus and Parma fans at a service station outside ...
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Success of cameras could mean more
Leader Post - Don Mills,ON,Canada
... waiting for a bus outside," she said. The on-bus cameras will record video in a loop, with the tape only being reviewed if there is an incident on the bus.
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FOOTBALL: OBSERVATORY MEETS IN THE VIMINALE
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy
... Coni and Lega Calcio, will also focus on the Roma-Manchester United football match scheduled for tomorrow night because of the potential for incidents. ...
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'Spit kits' are handed out to catch the yobs
News Guardian - North Tyneside,England,UK
Since the scheme was rolled out to Go North East and Stagecoach in January 2007 there have been eight incidents where drivers have been spat at and several ...
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Guardians of the law
Ceylon Daily News - Ceylon,Sri Lanka
Saturday’s incident was not very far away from the scene where an enraged crowd had taken the law into their hands and torched a private bus after it ran ...
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Starting Your Screenplay (tip #6)
By Scott W. Smith
If the inciting incidents doesn’t happen then the movies doesn’t happen. Skip Press writes, “Will this event put my main character on a path to his ultimate goal from which there is no turning back?” Sometimes this event happens in the ...
Screenwriting from Iowa - http://screenwritingfromiowa.wordpress.com

shaved_ape @ 2008-03-30T17:19:00
By shaved_ape(shaved_ape)
Two incidents I witnessed recently I think fall into this category but if there is a lesson to be learned from them I must confess to being a little stumped... The Holborn incident: I approached the bus stop in Holborn as some kind of ...
THE CONDITION MY CONDITION IS IN - http://shaved-ape.livejournal.com/

DailyProgress.com | Fluvanna updating rules after bus incident
DailyProgress.com | Your local guide to Charlottesville, VA and Central Virginia classifieds, news and lifestyles.

Increased Metro ridership compromises on-time bus service
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Two or three more people boarding or leaving a bus at a stop or elbowing past standees might add only seconds to the delay, but over the length of a route, ...
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20 Injured as School Bus Crashes near Birmingham, Ala.
eFluxMedia - USA
By Diane Smith A charter bus with about 44 elementary school children aboard crashed on Interstate 59 on Friday. The children were on a field trip, ...
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Bliss of the bus-crawl
Guardian - UK
This applies, be warned, to the humble service bus, not to the highspeed coach or to the train. The joys of the pass are not confined to the picturesque. ...
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School bus drivers show off skills at Road-eo
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
By Jennifer Squires - Sentinel staff writer School bus drivers rarely have to parallel park, but on Saturday morning almost three dozen drivers took turns ...
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Police storm bus in Gush Dan, arrest four Palestinian terrorist ...
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By YAAKOV LAPPIN Tel Aviv police arrested four Palestinians suspected of being involved in terrorism in a dramatic raid on a bus on Sunday morning, ...
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Yatra in talks to buy stake in Parsvnath bus terminal project
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The firm will develop a plot of land at Mahim Bus Station, Mumbai for commercial and residential use and renovate and expand the existing bus station.
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London mayor attacks Tory rival's bus policy costs
AFP -
"Cameron must personally know that Boris Johnsons bus policy for London is under-costed by 100 million pounds a year because every single independent expert ...
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Reports: Parma fan run over and killed by Juventus bus; game postponed
International Herald Tribune - France
AP ROME: A Parma fan was run over and killed by a bus at a highway rest stop, forcing the postponement of Sunday's match with Juventus, news reports said. ...
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Obama bowls for voters, badly, as his Pennsylvania bus tour rolls ...
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck - Bismarck,ND,USA
The presidential candidate is on a six-day bus tour through Pennsylvania, which holds its primary April 22nd. He stopped off in Altoona yesterday to hit the ...
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Bus Driver Fell Asleep at Wheel on the Way to a Field Trip
ToTheCenter.com - Malverne,NY,USA
Twenty people were hospitalized after a bus driver fell asleep at the wheel while driving 44 children and a teacher to a field trip destination on Friday ...
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I WAS MOLESTED BY JESUS FREAKS
By WHO AM I?(WHO AM I?)
I was accosted by Jesus freaks at the Port Authority Bus terminal in New York City. Listen, I was raised in a religious family. Born Catholic, but my parents consider themselves non-denominational Christians. ...
- http://georgeweberthenewsguy.blogspot.com/

News Flash: Stressing is a Waste of Energy …
By espotssearchforseoul
She drove me and will take me again on Tues but in the future it will only be about a $2 cab ride or a fairly quick bus ride … If I can figure out what bus to take, that is. After acupuncture we went out for dinner b/c she needed to go ...
e.spot's search for seoul - http://espotssearchforseoul.wordpress.com

UK : GET OFF MY BUS, I NEED TO PRAY
By antikafirphobia
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article976258.ece.
SIOE-Romania - http://antikafirphobia.wordpress.com

Obama, Clinton: Paying a price for the primaries
Sen. John McCain’s "Straight Talk Express'' will roll out for a nostalgia tour this week, a bus-storming tour of many of the touchstones in the senator’s long life.
Against Hillary Clinton Where... - http://www.againsthillary.com

Fare Thee Well, Elliot Spitzer Night
By OMDQ
Unless some funding magically appears, the SCL is probably no more (it’s bad enough when single teams have to shut down for financial reasons; when entire leagues go that route, it’s not good news), but that has turned into the ...
Bus League Baseball - http://busleagues.wordpress.com


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