Monday, February 2, 2009

2/2/09

Comcast Lists New Jersey Transit Stations with Wi-Fi
eWeek - New York, NY
By Nicholas Kolakowski Comcast has launched a new Wi-Fi service in New Jersey Transit stations that’s free for its subscribers. ...
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Waukesha, Milwaukee to work together on transit
Triangle Business Journal - Raleigh,NC,USA
Government officials unveiled a plan Monday to streamline mass transit in Milwaukee and Waukesha counties and the city of Waukesha. ...
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Study: $16B needed over 30 years for Ind. transit
Chicago Tribune - United States
By DEANNA MARTIN | AP Writer INDIANAPOLIS - Mass transit options such as commuter rail and buses are becoming more popular, a new state study found, ...
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State GOPers want transit aid for school buses
KSTP.com - Saint Paul,MN,USA
(AP) - Two Republican lawmakers want to redefine transit in Minnesota law so some of the money can pay for school busing. The proposal has little chance in ...
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Economy hurting Metro Transit bus system
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
We need mass transit, but it most certainly needs to be more equitable to the non bus riding consumer and thus they will not have so much of a negative ...
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Perry open to proposed high-speed transit system
UT The Daily Texan - Austin,TX,USA
Jones also said he expected transit-oriented development to build up around the new stations. “The economic development that comes from a station like that ...
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Comcast Providing Free Wi-Fi to New Jersey Commuters
eWeek - New York, NY
Trials of a free Wi-Fi system for customers at New Jersey Transit commuter rail stations have been underway since Friday. Comcast has rolled out an early ...
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New York’s Schumer Pushes for More Transit Spending in Stimulus
Bloomberg - USA
2 (Bloomberg) -- New York Senator Charles Schumer is pushing to add another $6.5 billion for mass transit to the $819 billion US economic stimulus package, ...
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San Francisco transit to gain mobile Wi-Fi
Electronista - Santa Clara,CA,USA
San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) service should soon see the addition of permanent mobile Wi-Fi access, according to the technology's provider. ...
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REGIONAL: AC TRANSIT TO HOLD HEARING ON ELIMINATION OF MAGNETIC ...
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District Board of Directors is holding a public hearing Wednesday to receive comments on a proposed plan to eliminate ...
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JACKSONVILLE TRANSIT: Jacksonville and Florida Not Shovel Ready ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Bob)
The near complete blackout of Transit news by the local media begs for a vent. I won't hold back on matters of opinion, but then, when offering comments, neither should you. I will however take a more serious and straight foward ...
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WTHR - Indianapolis News Weather -Indiana could get federal ...
Some 83 percent of Hoosiers polled statewide say they have never tried transit and 66 percent say they support increased funding. Only 24 percent think that increase should come from taxes. That's not the only interesting point. ...
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Birmingham Post - Business - Business News - Automotive Business ...
Ford claims a Transit van now costs less new than it did in 1995. ... Automotive news · Auto Industry Summit to attract over 200 delegates Feb 02 2009 .... News and the Top 100 company list. Midlands Science ...
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Streetsblog » Daily News Spotlights Orange Line Bike Trail, Slow ...
Yesterday, an editorial called for increased funding for bike amenities along the Orange and other transit lines. The Daily News notes:. The MTA board budgeted $500000 for the bike storage containers - $100000 each year for the next ...
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Big ST Express Changes in 2009 - Seattle Transit Blog
By Martin H. Duke
On the other hand, they’re planning to increase parking capacity along the South Sounder route, and servicing the Auburn Park and Ride with the 566, so there will be an improved option to drive. Seattle Transit Blog logo ...
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BuddyTV
Rock of Love Bus: What Bret Michaels Really Wants
BuddyTV - Seattle,WA,USA
Bret Michaels is more than determined to find the love of his life on Rock of Love Bus, and he's ready to tell audiences just what he's looking for (in case ...
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New bus service connects southern Pa. to Md.
Examiner.com - USA
... News) - Southern Pennsylvania commuters who travel down Interstate 83 into Maryland can now take advantage of a bus line connecting York and Shrewsbury ...
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Knox schools close @ 12:30; no injuries in Anderson bus accident
WBIR-TV - Knoxville,TN,USA
The morning's weather is closing numerous schools, now including Knox County, and has now caused a school bus accident in Anderson County. ...
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School bus driver injured in Carroll Co. accident
Baltimore Sun - United States
By Gus G. Sentementes | gus.sentementes@baltsun.com A school bus carrying about 20 children was involved in some type of collision shortly after 8 am in the ...
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Way to throw Wal-Mart under the bus Bruce!
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Why throw Wal-Mart under the bus? I'm not convinced that the anti-globalization, macroeconomic concerns not ONCE crossed his mind, nor that of the many ...
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China requests assistance in helping bus crash victims
Xinhua - China
... the US embassy in Beijing to provide travel for the families of passengers killed and injured in Friday's tour bus crash near the Hoover Dam in Arizona. ...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Bus, rail costs questioned
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The panel said Sound Transit should renegotiate with Metro and two other bus agencies that operate and maintain the coaches, in an effort to cut costs. ...
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Man in court over London bus stop murder
Reuters UK - UK
John Abbey, 26, was found with knife wounds at a bus stop near a supermarket in West Croydon, south London, on Thursday evening. ...
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Federally funded project aims to reduce Interstate 83 congestion
Baltimore Sun - United States
Farr said he believes the bus service is the first transit connection between York and northern Maryland since the Northern Central Railroad went out of ...
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St. Joseph bus driver offers up daily trivia
Dickinson Press - Dickinson,ND,USA
Doman drives St. Ben's and St. John's unofficial trivia bus on the Link, the bus service that shuttles students between the two campuses. ...
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Teens accused of stealing school bus - News Updates - SunHerald.com
HURLEY -- Three juveniles arrested on grand larceny and other charges are accused of stealing one East Central High School school bus and moving three others around, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.
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School Bus, Vehicle Collide In Carroll County - Baltimore News ...
ELDERSBURG -- Maryland State Police said the driver of a school bus and several children were treated after a school bus crash Monday in Eldersburg. Monday, February 2, 2009.
WBALTV.com - Local News - http://www.wbaltv.com/news/
Bus connects York, Baltimore - PennLive.com
By The Associated Press
Get breaking news from Harrisburg, Cumberland County, Dauphin County, York County and other Central Pennsylvania regions. Learn about the local weather, events, sports and more at PennLive.com.
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Snow updates: Road closures and bus changes - Yorkshire Post
Snow updates: Road closures and bus changes - Road closures across the county and changes to bus services will be posted here as soon as we receive them.
Yorkshire Post - News » - http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=55
No local bid for Duval's school bus contract | Jacksonville.com
By Times-Union
Duval County's public schools will likely have a third bus provider soon, but it won't be a local contractor as the district had hoped. The School Board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on awarding the Arlington/Beaches area to Student ...
News - http://www.jacksonville.com/taxonomy/term/1892/feed
UK’s Heaviest Snowfalls Since 1991 Hits Southeast
Bloomberg - USA
London buses were suspended last night due to “treacherous road conditions” that led to traffic incidents. The agency said it aims to restore all services ...
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The Hawk Eye
Burlington Hawk Eye - IA, United States
That same year, cases of burglaries/breaking and entering occurred more frequently with 207 incidents compared to 128 this year. ...
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Kidnapping incidents on the rise in Khairpur —One more person ...
Regional Times - karachi,Pakistan
Few unidentified armed men stopped a passenger bus by putting hurdles in its way near Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur in the jurisdiction of A-Section ...
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Can the Temescal Canyon pool still be saved?
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
"We had incidents of the fences being cut and spray-painting inside the pool area. The YMCA gave up their lease and walked away because they didn't want to ...
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The Standard
Commuters turn fury on Tsang portrait
The Standard - Hong Kong
"In fact the New Bus service has been horrible. Bus routes are insufficient, bus frequencies inadequate, bus equipment old and reaction to bus incidents ...
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Touché: Indian tribesmen gamble spades
By WEIQING TAN
While the whole hairflipping, arm touching, nose picking thing does get on my nerves, I had one of my most disorientating incidents happen on bus 88 earlier on my way home. There was this weird bespectacled fat guy about 50. ...
Touché - http://morbidly-random.blogspot.com/
Wrongful Death in the Workplace Not Always Limited to Workers ...
Recently, both an SRP employee and an APS employee were killed in separate electrocution incidents. There is no lawsuit and no legal claim that can undo this tragedy for these families. However, families who have suffered workplace ...
Arizona Accident Lawyer Blog - http://www.arizonaaccidentlawyerblog.com/
Snow forces TfL to cancel buses - MayorWatch®
Bus services were suspended throughout London last night on the grounds of passenger safety due to the unsafe road conditions resulting in a large number of traffic incidents across London. Services remain suspended but we aim to ...
MayorWatch® - http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/
Courier Electronic Edition - Findlay, Ohio: Monday, February 02, 2009
A Findlay City School bus struck a maroon Honda Pilot Friday while turning onto West Main Cross Street, but neither the bus driver nor his passenger realized it. No citation was issued because the street was narrow and a witness ...
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Colombia Reports
Three die in Antioquia bus accident
Colombia Reports - Medellín,Antioquia,Colombia
At least three people died and another 18 were injured when a minivan and a bus crashed into each other on a road 60 miles east of Medellín. ...
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Two cyclists crushed to death by Blueline, jeep
Times of India - India
NEW DELHI: Two cyclists died in separate road accidents in the Capital on Sunday. A Blueline bus mowed down a cylist around 1.45pm near Tilak Nagar. ...
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Monitor Online | News | 111 die in Kenya oil tanker fire
Rescuers combed a tanker crash site in Kenya yesterday where around 111 people were killed when oil they were scrabbling for caught fire in one of the east African nation’s worst accidents of recent times. ... to avenge the fee by starting a fire and I left the scene fearing for my life,” the eyewitness said. “Moments later, I heard the explosion.” In the confusion the bus left the road and crashed. It is suspected that some of those who burnt were passengers on the bus. ...
Monitor Online - http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/
Silobreaker: At least 12 killed by floods
"There is still one person missing, the driver of a bus" said Captain Daniel Silva da Silva, coordinator... Floods in southern Brazil kill 12 (Reuters) - Yahoo! News Australia [5 hours ago]. Related Stories ...
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Tour bus accident investigation underway :: Washington Injury ...
We represent people who have been seriously injured and the families of those killed in motor vehicle accidents including truck accidents, bus accidents, car accidents, motorcycle accidents and pedestrian accidents. ...
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'tractor trailer' 'rear end' lawyer attorney atlanta georgia ...
Ken Shigley is an Atlanta, Georgia trial attorney with a practice is focused on cases of catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death arising from commercial truck and bus accidents. A former chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier ...
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Port Huron Car Accident | Thumb Area Car Accident Lawyers
A Port Huron car accident has hospitalized a teen with non-life-threatening injuries. The accident occurred on January 30, 2009 near a bus stop on Rural Street, located where 10 Habitat for Humanity houses were built in 2005. ...
Michigan Personal Injury Lawyer Blog - http://michlawblog.com/
Text of 10-year gas transit deal struck between Ukraine and Russia
Kyiv Post - Kyiv,Ukraine
A Ukrainian news and analysis website has published the full text of the Ukrainian-Russian gas transit deal for the next decade signed in Moscow on Jan.19. ...
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Striking Ottawa transit workers overwhelmingly approve binding ...
TMCnet - USA
(Canadian Press (delayed) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) OTTAWA _ There's word Ottawa's striking transit drivers, mechanics and dispatchers have voted ...
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Californians could soon be paying more to drive, take transit
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Governmental agencies are digging deeper into the pocketbooks of motorists and transit riders across California in an attempt to compensate for the loss of ...
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Boston Globe
New political players shift transit debate
Boston Globe - United States
The controversial tunnel plan is at a crossroads because the Federal Transit Administration has told state officials that it will not fund its share of the ...
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North Richland Hills program will provide transit for seniors
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By AMAN BATHEJA Free public transportation could be a key to combating depression in the elderly, according to organizers of a program set to launch in ...
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TRANSIT MALL GUIDE
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
View detailed crime maps of your neighborhood and the City of Portland with the Portland Police Bureau's CrimeMapper. by By Su-jin Yim, The Oregonian Police ...
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Transit captain helped train inauguration crew
Washington Examiner - Washington,DC,USA
Dave Webb oversees the Metro Transit Police Department’s special operations division. In his 24 years with the department, no day saw a larger crowd use the ...
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BART signs up for 20 years of Wi-Fi
CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA
BART, short for Bay Area Rapid Transit, has been testing the service for about a year in underground sections in San Francisco and on about two miles of ...
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ESCONDIDO: Suspicious device at transit center is tool kit
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
By North County Times | Saturday, January 31, 2009 6:56 PM PST ∞ ESCONDIDO ---- The Sheriff's Department bomb squad was called to the Escondido Transit ...
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Striking Ottawa transit workers overwhelmingly approve binding ...
The Canadian Press - OTTAWA
OTTAWA ― Ottawa's striking transit drivers, mechanics and dispatchers voted overwhelmingly Saturday in favour of a plan for binding arbitration to settle ...
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New Transit System in Mingo County
Breaking News and Severe Weather Coverage for eastern Kentucky. KY, Ashland. WSAZ, WSAZ-TV, WSAZTV, WSAZ.com, NewsChannel 3, NBC, Local News, School Closings, School Delays, Alerts, NewsChannel3, Lewis County, Greenup County, ...
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Ray Mann 3 @ The Transit Bar, Canberra City (31/01/09) on ...
Ray Mann 3 + The Transit Bar = One very slow night! ... The Ray Mann Three · The Transit Bar. Comments. To post a comment, you need to be a FasterLouder Member ... Hot News. More News · www.fasterlouder.com.au ...
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International Economic Law and Policy Blog: More on Trade News
A while back, I mentioned that we (that is, WorldTradeLaw.net) were working on a trade news feature. Some of you may have already noticed this, but in case you have not, here is the news page we set up: ...
International Economic Law and... - http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/
A Loss For Words, Fireworks, This Time Next Year, Title Fight Tour ...
A Loss For Words, Fireworks, This Time Next Year, Title Fight Tour News. ... Hint: Have a news tip? Submit us news. ... I think Transit is on this too. either way, so excited. Ooooh, transit would make that tour way better ...
AbsolutePunk.net - News - http://www.absolutepunk.net/index.php
Get Ready for Groundhog Day! - Gothamist: New York City News, Food ...
... Phil has been celebrated in the 1993 classic, Groundhog Day, but New Yorkers have Staten Island Chuck, who spends half the week at the Staten Island Zoo and the other half at his keeper's house (he commutes by public transit!). ...
Gothamist - http://gothamist.com/
Investigators comb tour bus crash site for clues
The Associated Press
(AP) — Federal investigators on Sunday closely examined a stretch of rural Arizona highway near Hoover Dam looking for clues to the cause of a tour bus ...
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Bus crash near Hoover Dam kills 7 Chinese tourists
The Associated Press
(AP) — Investigators looking into a deadly tour bus crash on a highway near the Hoover Dam said Saturday that it may take up to a month to figure out why ...
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BBC News
Nine hurt as roof ripped from bus
BBC News - UK
Nine people were taken to hospital after a bus was driven into a bridge and its roof ripped off. The Travel West Midlands double-decker bus hit the bridge ...
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Woman Uses Pepper Spray on Milwaukee County Bus
MSNBC - USA
Two people were taken to the hospital after a woman sprayed another man with pepper spray on a Milwaukee County Bus this afternoon. ...
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Man dies after collision with bus
BBC News - UK
Emergency services were called to Team Street , Dunston, following reports of a collision between a Porsche Carrera and a Stagecoach bus on Saturday. ...
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Mom Says Driver Kicked Students Off Bus
MSNBC - USA
A Jacksonville mother said several Ribault Middle School students, including her daughter, were kicked off the school bus on Friday and left to find their ...
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BBC News
Bus is hijacked and set on fire
BBC News - UK
A gang of masked youths armed with hammers and petrol bombs have hijacked a bus and set it alight in Craigavon. The bus driver and passengers were ordered ...
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Northampton-area community remembers 12-year-old hit, killed by ...
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com - Lehigh Valley,PA,USA
by Express-Times staff Express-Times Photo | BILL ADAMSA horse-drawn hearse carried Dakota Galusha's casket from the Zion's Stone United Church of Christ in ...
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TOUR BUS CRASH: Authorities seek clues into fatal accident in Arizona
Las Vegas Review - Journal - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Instead of giving everyone "pass" or "no-pass" on their driver's license application, thus allowing people with only "adequate" vision to become bus drivers ...
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Kerala Online - News - Reduce bus, auto fares: KPCC
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TheDay.com - DEP Has New Bus Reservation System
The state Department of Environmental Protection announced week it has put a new telephone system in place for making reservations to bring visitors to state parks by bus. DEP has contracted with Reserve America - the same company it ...
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Petrol bomb hurled at MTC bus, paper praising LTTE found | Chennai ...
Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at a Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus late last night at Sivapuram in Sunguvarchatiram of this district, in an.
Chennai Vision News » Chennai - http://news.chennaivision.com/
Man held after father killed in bus stop attack - Scotsman | daily ...
comMan held after father killed in bus stop attackScotsman - 40 minutes agoBy Laura May POLICE were yesterday still questioning a 22-year-old man after a father was stabbed to death in front of his three-year-old daughter as he ...
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Ariz. Bus Crash Probe Could Take Month - Automotive News Story ...
DOLAN SPRINGS, Ariz. -- A team of federal investigators is headed to the scene of a tour bus accident that killed seven people in northwestern Arizona. Saturday, January 31, 2009.
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Investigators seek cause of 7-fatality bus crash | News for Dallas ...
Texas News - The Dallas Morning News Texas section is your trusted source for news from Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico.
Bus crashes in Arizona, killing 7 Chinese tourists - Yahoo! News
A trip to the Grand Canyon turned deadly when a bus carrying Chinese tourists overturned on a highway near the Hoover Dam, killing seven people and injuring ...
Six Chinese tourists killed in bus accident
South China Morning Post (subscription) - Hong Kong
It was unclear what caused the accident, but Mr Nyhart said the bus veered left and across a road divider on a highway. "It rolled at least once before ...
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Third Princes Street tram works victim is hit by bus
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Earlier this week, bus bosses admitted that drivers are finding Princes Street "challenging", despite being cleared of blame for two previous accidents. ...
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The Citizen Daily
Nine die as bus rams into trailer
The Citizen Daily - Dar Es Salam,United Republic of Tanzania
Dar es Salaam Special Zone Commander Suleiman Kova said the cause of the accident was speeding. Eyewitnesses told The Citizen that the bus driver appeared ...
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Investigators sift through evidence in fatal tour bus crash - Las ...
Federal and state investigators began piecing together clues Saturday that could help them determine what caused a tour bus to crash south of the Hoover Dam on Friday, killing seven Chinese tourists.
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Woman Killed Saturday in 10 Freeway Crash in Pomona
Woman Killed Saturday in 10 Freeway Crash in Pomona · 7 People Killed, 9 Injured Friday in Tour Bus Rollover Crash Near Hoover Dam in Arizona · Two People Killed Thursday Night in Solo Vehicle Accident Near Graton · Construction Worker ...
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Motorcycle Accident Fatalities Rising, Motorcyclists Rarely at ...
Phoenix Bus Crash Sends 26 To Hospital A recent Phoenix, Arizona school bus accident made national news... January 29, 2009 6:00 AM Arizona Tour Bus Accident Claims Life Our heart goes out to the family of Kathy Wetherell. ...
Arizona Accident Lawyer Blog - http://www.arizonaaccidentlawyerblog.com/
MyFox Atlanta | Bus Crashes in Arizona, Killing 7 Chinese Tourists
A tour bus overturned on a highway near the Hoover Dam on Friday, killing seven Chinese nationals and injuring at least 10 other people, authorities said. ... Debbie Diamond, who also works at Rosie's Den, said she's seen many accidents on the highway, the main route between Phoenix and Las Vegas, but never one like that. "I just keep praying, that's all you can do in a situation like this," she said. Six people were taken to University Medical Center in Las Vegas, ...
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GMANews.TV - Bus crashes in Arizona, killing 7 Chinese tourists ...
Debbie Diamond, who also works at Rosie's Den, said she's seen many accidents on the highway, but never one like that. "I just keep praying, that's all you can do in a situation like this," she said. The bus was still resting on its ...
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