Tuesday, April 8, 2008

4/8/08

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Bomb wounds five at Nepal bus station
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Five people were injured as attackers threw a bomb at a busy bus station in the southern Nepalese city of
Birgunj, officials say. ...
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CTA Bus Strikes, Kills Woman
NBC5.com - Chicago,IL,USA
CTA Bus Strikes, Kills Woman
April 3, 2008 A woman is struck and killed by a CTA bus on the South Side. Do you want us to remember your personal information ...
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Bus driver strangles wife
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
By ANDREW SAGAYAM KUALA LUMPUR: A 48-year-old bus driver stabbed himself twice in the chest after strangling his wife in a heated domestic spat. ...
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Delays prompt bus pass amnesty
Driffield Today - Driffield,England,UK
The new national scheme for free bus travel for over-60s was introduced on Tuesday. However it has become apparent that up to 3000 eligible residents have ...
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More Alleged Mob-Tied School Bus Union Officials Booted
Village Voice - New York,NY,USA
Three officials with alleged mob ties got the boot today from the union representing the city's 15000 school bus drivers and escorts. ...
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Both sides are full of it on extending the bus tax
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Kansas City voters should be guilt-free no matter which way they vote on the bus tax next Tuesday — not that you’d know it. ...
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5 Toronto-area students hurt in school bus crash
CBC Toronto - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
A bus carrying elementary school students was involved in a three-vehicle crash in Stouffville, north of Toronto, on Thursday morning, sending five children ...
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Lucky Star jumps into Boston's $1 bus fare fray
Boston Globe - United States
Lucky Star, a five-year incumbent on the ultracompetitive
Boston-to-New York route, yesterday began offering one seat per bus for $1. ...
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Bus rider's death 'too unbelievable'
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
"It was just a little fun trip on the bus and (then) this happened," her stepson, Ingo Dyrkton, said Thursday. Mrs. Dyrkton's death was a shock, ...
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Car's driver to be charged in fatal crash with bus
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
TAMPA — Charges are pending against the 19-year-old driver of a car involved in a fatal collision with a school bus Wednesday, Tampa police said. ...
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Educational Bus Tour To Tell Patients How To Simply And Safely ...
By admin
Roche Diagnostics, a pioneer in the development of monitoring systems for anticoagulation, supported by the patient group AntiCoagulation Europe (ACE), is conducting an educational bus tour across the UK and Ireland to raise awareness ...
Health hot news - http://www.globalepolicy.org/

Maries County R-II school officials discuss bus accident
The Maries County R-II school board met Thursday to discuss a recent accident involving three Belle school buses and why parents were never notified.
KRCG - Local News - http://krcg.com/news/

Safer school buses for children
By blogtechsource
... children run at the bus stop or on the other side, impatiently get out of the bus after school day.

related story: news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_re_us/school_bus_safety;_ylt=Ajo0oukNPOXrHbZ2sR2HLmms0NUE...
Travel - http://travelblogtechsource.wordpress.com

Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10k Road Closures, Traffic and Travel Tips ...
By Paul
Ukrop’s
Monument Avenue 10k participants may consider the following bus options: Broad Street #6 runs every 20 minutes between Willow Lawn Shopping Center and Church Hill and stops at Harrison Street. Cary Street #13 runs every 30 ...
Monroe Ward Neighborhood News - http://monroeward.org/

Spotlight on AAA Ball - 4/4/2008
By Extra P.
The IL is celebrating its 125th anniversary, so if you live close enough to hit a game at one of these top Bus League teams, you should plan a trip and soak up the history. A former PawSox (Red Sox) GM talks about his e
Bus firm pulls out of Hospital school run
Limerick Leader - Limerick,Ireland
Following two serious incidents in the last six months and subsequent investigations by Bus Éireann, the Hospital-based company will cease transporting the ...
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Two Ticketed For Passing Stopped School Bus
North Country Gazette - Chestertown,NY,USA
Erik D. Vandyke, 25, of Luzerne was ticketed for passing a stopped school bus and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree ...
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Muni bus hits man walking in Western Addition
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The driver of the bus involved in the collision will be tested for drugs and alcohol, as is routine after such incidents, Muni spokesman Judson True said. ...
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Glenpool: School told to submit tape in assault case
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
By NORA FROESCHLE World Staff Writer The district says student privacy laws forbid it from turning over the videotape from a school bus. ...
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HELSINGIN SANOMAT INTERNATIONAL EDITION - METRO
Helsingin Sanomat - Helsinki,Uusimaa,Finland
Honkanen notes further that the management of the bus company have intervened promptly in all incidents that have been disclosed. Hannu Toikkanen, the chief ...
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School District Unveils New School Bus Cameras
10TV - Columbus,OH,USA
Some of the cameras also show what occurs right outside of the bus, Cox said. If an incident occurs, Cox hooks up a hard drive to his computer and reviews ...
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School Bus Crash in Wayne County
WNEP-TV - Scranton,PA,USA
"The morning here with the sun is definitely a problem. We've had incidents here before. This is the first one involving a school bus. ...
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Police Report Few Problems During Operation Safe Stop
Jamestown Post Journal - Jamestown,NY,USA
By S. Alexander Gerould agerould@post-journal.com 4/3/2008 - Anyone who was close to a school bus Wednesday might have noticed a police car close by. ...
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Daily Crime Incidents for April 03, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
The said Stephan was seriously injured by a bus in a road traffic accident on
02/04/2008 at 0900 hrs at Pichalar Indabettu village Belthangady Taluk and admitted to the Mangala Nursing Home at Mangalore. In this connection a case has ...
spdk - http://spdk.blogspot.com/

Of a Letter to E.
By Demons Don't Dream(Demons Don't Dream)
The second incident was us playing with sparklers at the bus stop. We didn't expect them to give out so much smoke but reassured ourselves that it was OK since there was no more bus. Next second, the bus came and a bus load of people ...
We still wish for a little something... - http://stillhopingndreaming.blogspot.com/

Blueline runs over 27-year-old in S Delhi
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
New Delhi, April 02 A 27-year-old man was run over by a speeding Blueline bus in New Friends Colony this evening, south district police said. ...
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Diamonds, Gemstones, Lumps of Coal - Another Strike at the ...
By Romero(Romero)
The skies of
United States became blue. Not every other coal combustion mill and all our exhaust fumes SUV could do the sky gray. We may not have got noticed, but scientific discipline certain did. Meanwhile a billion Chinese privation ...
The Party Line - http://thepartyline.blogspot.com/

Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Reflective getaway from the city’s chaos and confusion; by Mayank Austen Soofi Viewpoint – Mrs. Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

Port Hope cuts transit pass
Northumberland News - Cobourg,Ontario,Canada
At the April 1 public works committee meeting, councillors endorsed a price reduction to monthly transit pass fees. Council will vote on the recommendation ...
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Red River considers transit agreement
Sangre de Cristo Chronicle - Angel Fire,NM,USA
RED RIVER
— Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun has teamed up with other mayors in northern New Mexico to discuss the possibility of entering into a transit ...
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Hello? Share your views on metro-wide transit
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By DAVID PENDERED About 4200 households in metro Atlanta are to receive phone calls this month to quiz residents about their support for mass transit. ...
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Fire truck, transit CRD budget priorities
Williams Lake Tribune - B.C., Canada
“We do try to keep our fleet fairly current,” she says, adding that a $25000 transit pilot project was also approved. “We are looking at a new transit ...
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Pedestrian in Bergen County struck by NJ Transit train, killed
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
RIVER EDGE, NJ - An NJ Transit train has struck and killed a pedestrian in River Edge. It happened at about
8 am just east of the station. ...
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Transit plan excludes Gold Line
Valley Sun - La Cañada Flintridge,CA,USA
Leaders of the growing communities east of Los Angeles have considered themselves to be transit step-children in the eyes of the MTA, which now wants to be ...
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Online transit planning coming to North Olympic Peninsula
Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles,WA,USA
If testing the new system goes as planned, anyone with Internet access soon will be able to log onto the Google Transit application and print out a full ...
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More workers carpooling, taking transit: StatsCan
Canadian HR Reporter - Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
Public transit is also becoming more popular among workers with 15.4 per cent more workers taking some form of mass transit in 2006 than in 2001. ...
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It's time to take a serious look at regional transit
St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada
I think it's about time our politicians took a serious look at providing Niagara's citizens with an adequate mass transit system that will connect all of ...
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County board approves .25 percent transit tax
Farmington Independent - Farmington,MN,USA
“I think what is most disappointing about this was that the original intent was to fund both transit and transportation,” said Harris. ...
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Public transit use in Philly remains up
By Wendy
Use of city and regional transit in
Philadelphia has seen steady increases since July, rising 4 percent over what was seen during the same months in 2006, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. This increase came as a surprise to ...
Gulf Coast Growth News - http://gulfcoastinstitute.org/growthnews

first quarter numbers
By greg
The detection of new planets is growing routine enough that in order to generate a news splash, you need multiple planets, and the more the better. This inflationary situation for new transit news is highly reminiscent of where the ...
systemic - http://oklo.org

Cars Being Used Less in Toronto
By Adam Clare
That’sa considerably higher reliance on environmentally friendly means of getting to work than the average commuter in the Toronto region, who commutes by public transit 22.2 per cent of the time, by foot 4.8 per cent of the time and by ...
Things Are Good: good news - http://www.thingsaregood.com

This must be my lucky week!
By Becks
Yesterday, I found out that my bus fare would be dropping from $1.75 to $1.25, and I thought that had to be the best transit news of the week. But this morning I was pleasantly surprised to walk up to my somewhat neglected 1R bus stop ...
Living in the O - http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com

Transit use up, driving down in Vancouver census region Walking ...
By Stephen Rees
And this really is a good example of how to spin not very much into a good news story. Gordon even manages to make it about development and retailing, which given the census only looks at Journey to Work is quite a feat but is a nice ...

Walk a mile in his shoes…Better yet, take a bus ride
River Falls Journal (subscription) - River Falls,WI,USA
“And the problem is that in a car versus bus, the big bus usually wins. “It’sa relief to go to an accident and see its only metal damage. ...
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Drive alive: Don't go out on Saturdays
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
While fatal accidents involving minibus taxis decreased by 32 percent in 2006-07 compared with 2005-06, bus accidents increased by 23,5 percent compared ...
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Wisconsin Personal Injury Law Firm Launches New Website
PR Leap (press release) - Chula Vista,CA,USA
The new website devotes separate pages to many different types of Wisconsin accidents, including the following: Wisconsin Bus Accident Lawyer, ...
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I don't want to hear worker complaints - Latvia lacks a culture of ...
By RedTape(RedTape)
108 people have died in traffic accidents in
Latvia in the first three months of the year, which is 40 percent more than inthe first three months of 2006, according to data from the Highway Police. 77 people were killed in traffic ...
Red Tape holding back Latvia's progress - http://www.redtape.lv/

The Importance Of Using Regulation Compliant Brakes
By trucks7330
Brake failure was a major factor in a recent spate of bus accidents, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Thursday. “Buses involved in these accidents are clearly old and not roadworthy,” he told a SA Bus Operators Association (Saboa) ...
trucks - http://mashfiles.com/community/trucks7330

Pre-Crime in Canada
By Frank Hilliard(Frank Hilliard)
Through organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving they repeatedly drove home the message that alcohol causes accidents. Now I'd like you to put aside your personal views on this subject just for a moment and consider the ...
Mesopotamia West - http://mesopotamiawest.blogspot.com/

Car accidents kills grandmother waiting in bus shelter
By Rémi
From Ottawa Citizen:. An 84-year-old woman lost control of her Toyota Corolla on Wednesday, levelling a Lincoln Fields bus shelter and killing a 66-year-old woman inside. That’s just horrible. ShareThis.
OCInfo - http://ocinfo.ca

Reuters AlertNet - S.Africa bus accidents kills 17 people
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