6-25-08

Boston-bound bus hit by truck in NYC; pedestrian is killed
Boston Globe - United States
The scene at Bowery and Canal Street in New York, where a dump truck hit a Fung Wah bus boarding passengers for Boston. (ANNIE TRITT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES) ...
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School bus driver dies in Morgan County crash
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP EMINENCE, Ind. - The Morgan County Sheriff's Department is investigating a school bus crash that killed a veteran driver. Authorities say 73-year-old ...
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Montgomery Schools Adjust Bus Policy
Washington Post - United States
"Are all the board members going to go out to these bus routes and walk them?" she asked. "Parents should always be heard." Officials have not said what ...
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Bus drivers, management haggle with few days left in contract
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
The three-year contract for more than 150 public bus drivers expires next week, and so far several months of negotiations between Santa Cruz Metropolitan ...
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Fares cut on Los Angeles-San Francisco bus service
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer California Shuttle Bus, which runs express buses between the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, ...
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Commuters say no to $4 gas, yes to bus rides
TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA
So he took a hard look at his expenses and decided to start riding the bus to his job in downtown Tacoma. Since then, the average price of regular gas has ...
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Prison fire crew bus crashes in Southern California, 16 injured
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP TEMECULA - A bus carrying an inmate firefighting crew has overturned in a remote part of southwest Riverside County, injuring 16 people, ...
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Next stop: Higher bus, train fares in Twin Cities?
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
By JIM FOTI and RODRIGO ZAMITH, Star Tribune staff writers I ride the bus to downtown Mpls every day... My commute from Apple Valley to my work downtown ...
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Bus driver arrested after causing KC wreck
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
Kansas City police arrested a bus driver this morning after she allegedly caused an accident and refused to sign a ticket. There were no children on the bus ...
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Accused bus station kidnapper released
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
A Las Vegas man who was charged with aggravated kidnapping for grabbing a woman and her 4-month-old son at a Salt Lake City Greyhound station in March has ...
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Walking School Bus News - Go For Gold!
By rod
One more bus trip for Term Two! Make sure we end the Term on a high note and collect as many minutes as we can for the Premier’s School Sport Challenge quest for GOLD at Orange Grove! See you all on the Walking School Bus next week and ...
Orange Grove - http://www.orangegrove.org.au

Driven to ride the bus 15 CAT novices explore the public-transit ...
Nobody who's anybody rides the bus. That has generally been the snobbish conventional wisdom in the Little Rock area, where private motor vehicles rule the road and most of us commute in the splendid isolation of our cherished gas ...
Government Innovators Network:... - http://www.innovations.harvard.edu

New regional fare policy for ValleyRide bus service to begin Monday
The new fare policy will provide a single pricing schedule for ValleyRide fixed-line bus service in Nampa/Caldwell and Boise/Garden City, and for service between Ada and Canyon counties.
KBCI - News - Local - http://www.2news.tv/news/local

Bus Driver Arrested After Crash
A traffic accident led to the arrest of Kansas City school bus driver.
Local News - http://www.nbcactionnews.com

Video clears bus driver accused of molesting passenger
A surveillance video that was supposed to be used as evidence against a suspect has cleared him.
ABC Action News - Local News - http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/default.aspx

lueline mows down scooterist
Times of India - India
In yet another case of overspeeding, a 20-year-old man, riding a scooter, was hit by a Blueline bus of route number 85 (DL-1P-B6949) near Sapru House on ...
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Your Gateway to the City
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Sheila Dikshit’s Blueline Blues Here's why Delhi Chief Minister would rather walk than board a city bus; by Mayank Austen Soofi City Chronicle - The Mall-Made Mess The leafy Nelson Mandela Marg is being sacrificed to Shining India; ...
The Delhi Walla - http://thedelhiwalla.blogspot.com/

charged in robberies, gun incident
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Charges are pending against the pair in connection with a shooting into a DATA bus March 6. The bus, with 18 people inside, was leaving Northgate Mall and ...
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Scotland misadventure
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
The writer (bottom right) and some of the people she met on the bus all dressed in traditional Scottish costumes. Urm, where is my darn wallet again? ...
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Dover School Buses Have Close Calls With Trains
WMUR - Manchester,NH,USA
DOVER, NH -- Twice in two weeks, school buses in Dover have had close calls with trains, and a bus driver in one of the incidents has been fired. ...
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8:46 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, NC 42
Traffic is traveling at 30 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 93.3; NC 42.
NCDOT Traffic Incidents - http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Daily Crime Incidents for June 21, 2008.
By spdk(spdk)
On 20/06/2008 at 1345 hrs one Thasmia D/o Yusuf R/o Bangera Katte Macchina village Belthangady Taluk while waiting for a bus near Secret Heart College at Madanthyaru Paranki village Belthangady Taluk accused one Janardhana Shettigar ...
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Dover School Buses Have Close Calls With Trains
By punauni
In an earlier incident at the end of May, the bus driver stopped too close to the tracks, and the crossing arm landed on the bus’s hood, police said. The driver waited for the train to pass and then drove across. ...
You Just Can't Make This Shit Up! - http://punauni.freeblogit.com

Can savages ever be civilised?
By Ashley(Ashley)
But there are 2 distinct, disturbing incidents that have changed me forever. The first one was when I was on a trip back from Goa somewhere in 2005. Heading to Bombay, the bus stopped for a dinner break some small place about 20 KMs ...
Ashley D'souza - http://ashleydsouza.blogspot.com/

“Easy On The Brake”
By crystallitis
The drivers’ union had fought for the Paid Fare Zone to remove any requirement of a bus driver to refuse a passenger without fare after several incidents during which drivers were assaulted. It is no longer a driver’s responsibility to ...
Crystallitis - http://crystallitis.com/wp

Bus company: Driver wasn't tired
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A charter bus company disputes a State Patrol report on the Albertville crash that killed a girl and injured dozens. By JIM ADAMS, Star Tribune A charter ...
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Hartford-Area Commuter Bus Ridership Numbers Are Mixed
Hartford Courant - United States
But CT Transit, the bus service owned by the state Department of Transportation, doesn't break down the numbers route by route, so it's difficult to tell ...
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School-bus vandalism case still idle
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The first school-bus attack came in April 2007. Vollberg is accused of hiring others to knock out the front windshields of 70 school buses in a Scottsdale ...
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Children evacuated from blaze bus
The Press Association -
More than 60 children were evacuated from a double decker bus after a fire brok, police said. The youngsters, from Grange Academy in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, ...
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7 Children Treated After Bus Crash in Pr. Georges
Washington Post - United States
AP LANDOVER, Md. -- Seven children are being treated for minor injuries after the bus they were riding in veered off the road. The accident happened just ...
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Arson destroys baseball team bus
Anchorage Daily News (subscription) - Anchorage,AK,USA
But as they started showing up at Mulcahy Stadium, the smell of their charred bus was still in the air. The vehicle had been torched and battered as it sat ...
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Kerala bus operators firm on indefinite stir from June 24
Hindu - Chennai,India
Kozhikode (PTI): With the government showing no inclination to consider their demands, private bus operators in Kerala are all set to go ahead with their ...
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Middletown Unified plan discussion on bus and developer fees
Lake County News - Lakeport,CA,USA
Superintendent Korby Olson said the June 25 board meeting will include consideration of a charge to bus children to school – in light of major increases in ...
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1 Killed After Church Camp Charter Bus, Truck Collide
FOXNews - USA
A charter bus carrying 52 passengers to a church camp in Texas slammed into the back of a pickup truck along Interstate 35 on Saturday, killing the pickup's ...
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Commuters flee costly gas pumps for bus
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Commuters in Connecticut are increasingly taking the bus to avoid gas prices of more than $4 a gallon. Average daily ridership on commuter lines from ...
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Caught On Tape: Man Attacks Bus Passenger
By CBS News
Columbus, Ohio Police release surveillance video showing a man being attacked on a city bus. Other passengers sit and watch. Watch Video.
WKRG News - http://www.wkrg.com/

1 killed after charter bus, truck collide
Associated Press - June 21, 2008 4:35 PM ET GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) - One person is dead after a charter bus carrying 54 passengers slammed into the back of a pickup truck along Interstate...
KSWO - News - http://www.kswo.com/global/category.asp?c=84964

With gas at $4, commuters find a bus ticket’sa bargain
Mike Murray is seeing some new faces these days on the Rapid Ride bus he takes to get around town and to his job as a hotel custodian.
News/local from rapidcityjournal.com - http://rapidcityjournal.com/

Coach bus fire shuts down I-75 in Sumter County
Officials aren't sure how the bus caught fire, but no injuries were reported.
ABC Action News - Local News - http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/default.aspx

lgf: Obama Throws Mainstream Media Under the Bus#rss
By PrinceDanteRose(PrinceDanteRose)
lgf: Obama Throws Mainstream Media Under the Bus#rss:. "Friday morning, scathing editorials in many top broadsheets characterized Obama’s move as a self-interested flip-flop, dismissed his efforts to cast it as ...
Dante News Wire - http://princedante.blogspot.com/

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Speeding Blueline hits scooter, 1 killed
Delhi Newsline - Delhi,India
New Delhi, June 20 One person was killed and another injured when a speeding Blueline bus hit their scooter on Barakhamba Road on Friday, the New Delhi ...
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Study: Drivers passing stopped buses
Evening Observer - Dunkirk,NY,USA
These incidents were recorded in different areas of Syracuse to monitor a number of bus routes throughout the city. Beginning April 28, officials from NYAPT ...
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Nursery anger over 'horrendous' bus stop
Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK
"The stop was in its old place for the last 27 years and there were no incidents. "I've had two near misses in the last 10 weeks. It's horrendous. ...
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10 killed and 35 hurt in Iraq suicide bomb
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Previously official statistics showed incidents of violence in the country dropping to a four-year-low primarily due to the US troop surge which saw 30000 ...
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7:41 AM, US-70 E, Automatic Congestion, Congestion, NC 42
Traffic is traveling at 28 MPH at: US 70 BUS E; MM 93.3; NC 42.
- http://apps.dot.state.nc.us/tims/

Loving in Our Lives
By Andrew(Andrew)
As I sat at the bus-stop for that 10 minutes or so, I thought of three incidents which seemed to be a reminder for me. Last night, I watched the movie “The Bucket List” on my DVD player in my bedroom. It was a movie which I wanted to ...
The Official Andrew's Blog - http://andrewlee1980.blogspot.com/

Another shopping day
By SaF(SaF)
We took a train which headed to Toombul&supposed to use the bus to reach the destination we planned earlier. As we reached there, hilarious incidents happened.First the usual bus to go Chermside was not in service. ...
SaF LaDy - http://saflady.blogspot.com/

friends...
These incidents included detonation of seven bombs within eleven minutes at various locations along the suburban railway system during the evening rush hour. Casualties were high and included 209 riders killed and more than 700 others ...
sumner c's Blog - http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-xp3QSR0ibqs6ZdfF15sj4smwWWDZ

Messianic Jews say they are persecuted in Israel
By David: Ha-Ha I Touched Your Heart
In incidents of violence, police are reluctant to press charges, Myers said. The book-burning caused shock among US evangelicals. Dave Parsons, spokesman of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, which represents evangelical ...
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Bucs bus burned by vandals
KTUU - Anchorage,AK,USA
Someone overnight set fire to the team bus and broke several windows. As the Bucs players gathered for a round of batting practice Friday morning, ...
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Bush-bashing bus ready to roll
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
By David Harrison June 21, 2008 - Americans United for Change, a Washington DC-based liberal group, will drive the Bush Legacy Bus coast to coast this ...
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High gasoline prices boost Asheville bus ridership
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE – More city residents are taking the bus as an alternative to paying $4 for a gallon of gas, but the system has some distance to travel before it ...
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Cancer Bus Stop Signs Up Fighters
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
21--Under a high midday sun, the American Cancer Society Fight Back Express bus rolled into the parking lot of the Southeast Georgia Health System's ...
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Bus fares may go up 15%
Times of India - India
BANGALORE: Bus travel could soon get costlier. The KSRTC, North West Road Transport Corporation, North East Road Transport Corporation and the BMTC have ...
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Boston Express to expand its bus service from NH
Boston Globe - United States
There is good news for cash-strapped Granite State commuters interested in forgoing their gas-guzzling motor vehicles and hopping on the bus to Beantown: ...
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Bus companies see rise in Ohio long-haul passengers
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
Long-haul bus companies are reporting an increase in passengers between major cities as people respond to $4-a-gallon gas prices and more expensive air ...
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Bus overturns after struck by truck
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
HIGH POINT -- High Point police are investigating a Saturday afternoon bus wreck that sent over a dozen people to the hospital. Police say a small bus from ...
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Bus helps solve gas prices for some
Rocky Mount Telegram - Rocky Mount,NC,USA
Operating on a $930000 budget, Gardner said that beginning July 1, bus fare will increase from $1 to $1.25. The 25 cent rate hike is due in part to ...
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Gretchen Wilson's drivers settle in for day's sleep as B-93 ...
MLive.com - MI,USA
But being a bus driver for the stars isn't a walk in the rodeo, says her bus crew: band bus driver Jodee Roundy, crew bus driver Bobby Wofford III, ...
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Bus Passenger Violently Attacked for iPhone.
By iPod News admin(iPod News admin)
Police are searching for a man who attacked a passenger on an Ohio bus for his Apple iPhone. The assaulter is still at large, however, the victim managed to hold on to his iPhone! Maybe he was watching UFC right before the attack. ...
iPod News. iPod info. Latest... - http://ipodnewsblog.blogspot.com/

Bus overturns after struck by truck
High Point police are investigating a Saturday afternoon bus wreck that sent over a dozen people to the hospital. Police say one of the drivers in the incident ran a red light.
News 14 Carolina Top Stories - http://news14.com

Washington Post Throws Barry Under the Bus on Offshore Drilling ...
Uh-oh. Obama’s fringe-left credentials are really starting to show. When his good buddies in the MSM start liking John McCain’s ideas, something is really wrong....
VOT3R - John McCain NEWS - http://www.vot3r.com/

AMBULANCE HAS RUN-IN WITH BUS
By admin
A police report said a bus pushed a Groton volunteer ambulance into a guardrail during the accident, but the ambulance was able to continue on to deliver the patient to the medical center. It was unclear which local ambulance company ...
EMS Daily News - http://www.emsdailynews.com

Bus veers off road; four people hurt
Slick roads may have led a PSTA bus to an unexpected stop -- in a ditch.
Local News for MyFox Tampa Bay - http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/myfox