Sunday, March 29, 2009

3/29/09

6 killed, 10 injured in east China bus-truck collision
Xinhua - China
NANCHANG, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and 10 others were injured in a bus-truck collision in east China's Jiangxi Province, ...
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Round Rock ISD board approves bus route changes
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
The Round Rock Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to approve changes to hazardous transportation bus routes Thursday night. ...
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Happy Birthday, BoltBus! Premium Bus Line is One Year Old Today
FOXBusiness - USA
BoltBus, a bus line focused on providing exceptional service, luxury and convenience at an amazingly low price, today celebrated its first anniversary. ...
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"School Bus Yellow" Dell netbook leaked - I mean School Bus Orange
ZDNet - USA
... has leaked photos of what appear to be Latitude-branded, Atom-based netbooks, replete with school-happy colors like School Bus Yellow and Apple Red. ...
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Round Rock eliminates some bus routes at 12 schools
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
By Molly Bloom Despite protests from some parents, Round Rock trustees voted Thursday to eliminate selected bus routes at 12 elementary, middle and high ...
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Chesterfield offers to fund Metro bus route
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
A critical bus route west of Interstate 270 that allows hundreds of workers to get to their jobs at nursing homes and hospitals in St. Louis County will ...
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King: Bus routes to be closed; stimulus money can't help
CNN - USA
St. Louis, Missouri, is having to cut back on bus routes. This could devastate some of the area's most vulnerable. BALLWIN, Missouri (CNN) -- For Stuart and ...
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DC's Metro rejects fare hike; proposes bus cuts
Forbes - NY,USA
Instead, board members will look to plug the gap by reducing bus service. Public hearings will be held next month on the proposed cuts, which could affect ...
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School bus driver busted for child porn possession
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
AP NEWARK, NJ - A school bus driver in New Jersey has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. The FBI says 58-year-old William ...
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Bus travelers delayed in Denver by spring snows
Houston Chronicle - United States
AP Texas News © 2009 AP DENVER — Some Greyhound bus passengers who were stuck in Denver because of snowy weather this week are still waiting to get out of ...

Bus crash closes down portion of Arthur Kill Road - Staten Island ...
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Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.COM |Bus travelers delayed in Denver ...
Local news, weather and sports for Corpus Christi, Texas. ... Bus travelers delayed in Denver by spring snows ... The place to chat about everything from news and sports to music and movies! ...
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£20m boost for rapid bus scheme (From Daily Echo)
Councillor Mel Kendal, executive member for environment at Hampshire County Council, said: “Getting the go-ahead on funding for this first phase of our overall scheme is excellent news for the whole of south Hampshire. ...
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95% Favour Allowing Bikes In Bus Lanes Nationwide
An online poll conducted by Peugeot Scooters reveals that public opinion is firmly behind allowing motorcycles and scooters to use bus lanes in towns and cities across the UK, enabling riders to enjoy the safety and convenience benefits already open to cyclists. Prompted by the announcement from London Mayor Boris Johnson that motorcyclists will be able to share red route bus lanes with buses, cyclists and black taxis on an 18-month trial basis. ... Latest News Stories ...
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Government Innovators Network: Article: T's bus trainees can now ...
Noah Bierman, Globe Staff Boston.com -- Local news. March 27, 2009 ... The most notable obstacles from the driver's seat of this rumbling MBTA bus are the taxicabs - so many of them, each more frenetic than the one before, all steered by fearless drivers darting across lanes with nary a worry in the world. Visit source to read full article ...
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shyamvenky's woes n views: an ordeal in snow
By shyamvenky
highway was closed due to many accidents and so the bus had to detour. The driver was sensible enough to stop at a gas station for a pit-stop. I was desperately hungry and so grabbed some chips n pepsi. ...
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Breaking News: 17 Killed in Road Accident - Paknam Web Thailand Forums
By Richard Barrow
Bus accidents are a major public concern in Thailand as they often involve the lives of innocent victims (see Figure 1). It has been estimated that the number of bus accidents constitute some 5% of road crashes in Thailand (Taneerananon ...
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Irwindale 210 Freeway Eight Vehicle Crash Kills Two - California ...
By California Attorney, Michael Ehline
Quality Bus Accident Lawyers work hard in cities like Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Burbank, City of Industry, Claremont, Covina, Culver City, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Marina Del Rey, ...
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Silobreaker: China Natural Gas Announces Management Change
Thirty-seven people have been killed in two bus accidents in China. Xinhua news agency said 20 people died and 11 others were injured when a bus and two trucks collided on an expressway in the eastern province of Jiangxi. ...
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Lawyers in Dallas » Two Maryland School Bus Accidents Lead to ...
A number of school bus students were rushed to the hospital this week following two separate Maryland motor vehicle accidents involving school transportation vehicles on Wednesday. An elementary school bus and a pickup truck collided in ...
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Many hurt in bus accident
E-Pao.net - Manipur,India
Imphal, March 29 2009: At least 30 persons sustained injuries of varying degrees when the passenger carrier (bus) they were travelling on had an accident ...
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RP TownTalk: [RP TownTalk] Metro F4 bus to bypass RxR crossing ...
By Roland Walker
Prince George's County police and fire authorities along with Metro Transit Police and Riverdale Police are investigating this incident. It is Metro's standard procedure to remove bus operators involved in accidents and to conduct its ...
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Thoughts. « Loopy, Lonely and Lost
By Laura
I get on a bus. It’s empty, apart from me, and the driver. Something could collide with the bus, I think. It’s big enough for serious damage to happen at one end but for the driver to escape unscathed (don’t want anyone else to get hurt). ... People who want to live but are cut down by terrible accidents. There’s a fundamental difference between us. If you asked me now, ‘live or die?’, and you could guarantee it’d work (and promise not to tell people I’d chosen it), ...
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Escape the Cubicle Farm: Top 10 Reasons to Work From Home | Zen Habits
By Jonathan Mead
No car/bus/train accidents. 2. No money spent on gas/car repairs/tickets/parking. 3. Possibility of getting rid of your car, or second car. 4. More time. Spending 20 minutes to get to work, then 20 minutes driving home wastes between ...
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Take over our buses - Fiji Times Online
By By Riteshni Singh
He said while they were blamed for bus breakdowns and accidents, nobody took into consideration bad road conditions. "I don't think these kind of road conditions can be found anywhere else in the world," he said. ...
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Adventures of a GoodMan » Small Islands and Big Cities: This and That
By Greg
It’s terrifying to sit in the front of a bus and watch how many near accidents it has on an average journey. When cars pass other cars in the right lane, they come at your vehicle head on and often don’t get back into their lane until ...
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Bus Accidents Attorney, Lawyer, Law Firm Los Angeles, California
Find attorneys, lawyers, law firms practicing Bus Accidents in Los Angeles, California. Directory of Los Angeles, California Bus Accidents attorneys.
Chicago transit: Ideas to reach 1 billion rides a year
Chicago Tribune - United States
Aaron Renn is a Chicago Transit Authority customer who longs for a transit system that "you can rely on without having to build in ridiculous amounts of ...
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New Golden Gate Transit bus fareboxes flummox Marin riders
Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
A learning curve for passengers and drivers grappling with new Golden Gate Transit fareboxes has caused boarding delays throughout the bus system. ...
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Central Arkansas Transit
KATV - Little Rock,AR,USA
Little Rock - Central Arkansas Transit is expanding its North Little Rock bus service to include Sundays. Three routes--McCain mall, pulaski tech and ...
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For transit job bids, how low can you go?
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
The transit agency estimates that this first contract might cost about $200 million. Odds are, the winning bid could be much, much lower. ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Fare is fare
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
New York City isn't the only transit system looking to raise fares. Caltrain's went up in January. AC Transit and the Golden Gate ferry and bus service ...
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Transit Ads Promote Citizen Surveillance for 2010 | Mostly Water
By blackandred
Pre-Olympic transit ads encourage citizen surveillance. CBC News - Friday, March 20, 2009. An advertising campaign aimed at warning transit users to report suspicious activity was launched recently by TransLink in the lead-up to the ...
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Committee of NY transit agency votes for fare hike - YardLimits.com
By News Feeds
New York City transit officials are poised to make drastic service cuts and raise the cost of a subway ride a whopping 25 percent, but they're.
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Mississauga Earth Hour (was there one?), the "Let George Galloway ...
By The_Mississauga_Muse
I also went to the Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal and was happy to see both the "301" and "302" Mississauga Transit Enforcement "police package" Dodge Chargers parked out front. I always see that as good news interpreting the ...
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Transit Authority Hopes City Will Help with Funding / 13 News at 6
WIBW KANSAS NEWS LEADER. ... 13 News Weekend · Kansas Voices. Transit Authority Hopes City Will Help with Funding, Save Email Print. Posted: 9:59 PM Mar 27, 2009. Last Updated: 10:12 PM Mar 27, 2009. 2 comments. A | A | A ...
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App Shopper: Chicago Rapid Transit (Navigation)
Service Advisories (Live travel news) from Chicago Transit Authority is available. - The application is available in English, French, Spanish, and Deutsch. - Updates already in work for this application. This application is authorized ...
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Woman who lost legs in bus stop crash testifies
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LAS VEGAS—A 27-year-old mother of two whose legs were amputated after she was hit by a pickup truck at a bus stop last year testified against the driver. ...
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Pupils hurt as school bus crashes
BBC News - UK
A bus carrying pupils home from an independent school has crashed with a car in Clackmannanshire. The double decker bus was travelling from Dollar Academy ...
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Beansie's Bus Open for Business
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
A sure sign of spring in Burlington Wednesday: The Beansie's bus is open for the season. The fast-food restaurant on wheels has been a Burlington mainstay ...
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On Long Island, Higher Fares May Push Some Off the Bus
New York Times - United States
He said he didn’t see how he could pay more for the bus. Fares are set to increase by 75 percent. You almost can’t live on Long Island without a car, but, ...
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14 die in Russian bus accident-ministry
Reuters - USA
MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed and four injured early on Thursday when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a lorry east ...
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17-year-old girl hit by errant bullet on LA bus
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
AP LOS ANGELES—Authorities say a 17-year-old girl was wounded by a stray bullet that shattered a window on a Los Angeles Metro bus. ...
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CSH schools warn parents about man at bus stop
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
"We recommend that you meet your children at their bus stop while the police continue their investigation of this matter," a statement posted on the ...
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ATA outlines proposed bus service cuts
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
By BRAD COOPER Even as it enjoys a ridership revival, the Kansas City bus system is planning to cut service on one-third of its routes and eliminate up to ...
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Examiner.com
Obama throws his teleprompter under the bus
Examiner.com - USA
... Obama threw the Teleprompter of the United States (TOTUS) under the bus and braved last night's press conference without his trusty remote controller. ...
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14 killed in Russian bus-truck collision | Euro News 24
11:16 MOSCOW - Officials say a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in central Russia has killed 14 people. The crash was before dawn Thursday on a main highway near Petushki, about 120 kilometers east of Moscow.
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Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures 23 In Accident, Md. - Baltimore News ...
ACCIDENT, Md. -- The Garrett County Sheriff's Office says a truck driver was killed when the truck and a school bus collide. Thursday, March 26, 2009.
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Pols want probe into reinstatement of bus driver who mocked ...
By Saten Island Advance
Real-time News headlines. • Man in Staten Island Election Night rampage asks for exercise time 6:01 p.m. ET; • Pols want probe into reinstatement of bus driver who mocked autistic Staten Island boy 6:25 p.m. ET; • Staten Island's ...
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WMC-TV: News, Weather, Traffic, Radar, and Sports for Memphis, TN ...
CONWAY, Ark. (AP) - A Conway school bus manufacturing plant has laid off an additional 170 workers after a round of cuts in January. The cuts by IC Corp. come after the plant laid off 300 workers earlier this year. ...
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WBFF FOX 45 :: Baltimore News
BALTIMORE NEWS. 1 killed in school bus-truck crash. March 25, 2009 21:52 EDT. ACCIDENT, Md. (AP) -- The Garrett County Sheriff's Office says a truck driver was killed when the truck and a school bus collided in Accident. ...
News - http://www.foxbaltimore.com/
Fla. student suspended from bus for passing gas
An eighth-grader was suspended from riding the school bus for three days after being accused of passing gas. The bus driver wrote on a misbehavior form that ...

Sunday, March 22, 2009

3/28/09

Obama and Biden on board for post-Denver bus tour
The Associated Press -
DENVER (AP) — When Barack Obama and Joe Biden campaign by bus in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio after wrapping up the Democratic National Convention, ...
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Pakistan blast targets prison bus
BBC News - UK
Several people have died after a suspected suicide bomber targeted a prison bus in Pakistan, police said. The blast reportedly hit policemen and jail staff ...
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Student, school bus struck by armored truck
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Hodge said the bus had stopped on Hugh Howell Road shortly before 8 am with its red “stop” lights flashing. He said armored truck driver Brian Gaines, 49, ...
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School bus drops off Red Oak first grader miles from home
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
By MONIKA DIAZ / WFAA-TV A Red Oak father is demanding answers tonight after his little girl was left at the wrong bus stop - nearly two miles away, ...
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Norfolk parents get temporary reprieve from bus fee
Boston Globe - United States
Norfolk parents will get a one-month reprieve from a new $90 bus fee while school officials determine which households are required to pay. ...
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High-tech bus rolls out information on candidates
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
A nonpartisan research group has taken to the streets, putting 30000 miles on a high-tech bus where voters can get instant access to profile information, ...
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Bus use up 12% in July, according to CapMetro
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
If riding the bus is looking more attractive to you these days amid high gas prices, you’re not alone. Bus ridership was up more than 12 percent in July ...
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Officer shoots; hits robbery suspect, Metro bus
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
Initial reports that a bus passenger was cut by shattered glass were wrong, but one woman in her 50s was hospitalized for anxiety, Lee said. ...
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Parking, student bus transfers affected by construction
Fergus Falls Daily Journal - Fergus Falls,MN,USA
The Fergus Falls School District’s bus drop-off/pick-up site will be in the parking lot south of the Middle School tennis courts, off Randolph Avenue. ...
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Pakistan blast targets prison bus
By allvoices / news
The blast reportedly hit policemen and jail staff on their way to work near Bannu in North West Frontier Province. The town is close to the border with Afghanistan, where Islamist militants have been attacking security forces. ...
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Madhya Pradesh bus operators’ strike evokes little response
By Indo-Asian News Service
The Madhya Pradesh Bus Owners Association called for an indefinite strike from Wednesday to protest the non-fulfilment of their demands. The association was demanding hike in bus fares, abolition of three-tier taxation system and grant ...
Latest News - http://www.freshnews.in

Suspected bomber attacks Pakistani police bus - Reuters
Boston GlobeSuspected bomber attacks Pakistani police busReuters - 22 minutes agoISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber in a car rammed his vehicle into a Pakistani police bus carrying prisoners on Thursday and set off his ...
Original Signal - Transmitting News - http://news.originalsignal.com

Suspected bomber attacks Pakistani police bus
A suspected suicide bomber in a car rammed his vehicle into a Pakistani police bus carrying prisoners and set off his explosives, killing several peo...
The Standard - Breaking News - http://www.thestandard.com.hk

Gloucester bus routes
Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders who live more than 2 miles from O'Maley Middle School must have a bus pass to ride the school bus. Sixth-graders do not have to pay the fee. Seventh- and eighth-graders who attend St. ...
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Mock Bus Accident Drills Rescue Workers
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
Diego Espinosa, a route specialist who played the deceased driver, said one of the worst bus accidents he ever responded to involved a bus and a Cadillac on ...
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Two die in series of crashes on 210 Freeway
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
By Cara Mia DiMassa The eastbound 210 Freeway was closed for nearly 10 hours in Irwindale on Friday after a series of traffic accidents left two people dead ...
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37 killed in unrelated bus accidents
Hürriyet - Turkey
BEIJING - A minibus collided with two trucks and a bus tumbled into a mountain gorge in two unrelated crashes Friday, killing a total of 37 people, ...
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Currituck County School Bus Veers Off Road Into Marsh
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
The bus accident occurred on March 18 th about 8am in the morning. Knotts Island, North Carolina (NC) is a small, tight-knit community located in Currituck ...
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Spate of Accidents Prompts School District to Launch Traffic ...
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
... the school bus were driven to school by their parents. The district’s transportation division is also taking steps to minimize accidents, Coplan said. ...
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VINELAND: Afternoon police beat update includes accidents
Vineland Daily Journal - Vineland,NJ,USA
There were three students in wheelchairs on the bus at the time of the accident. Police noted the students were properly secured and no injuries were ...
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China: 37 die in 2 unrelated bus accidents
Dickinson Press - Dickinson,ND,USA
Although we do not have any obligation to monitor this board, we reserve the right at all times to check this board and to remove any information or ...
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Bus accident kills 17 people in E China
Xinhua - China
The accident was reported by witnesses to the Nanping City Public Security Bureau at 4:34 pm, the Nanping City Government said Friday. The bus, owned by a ...
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China: 20 die when bus, trucks collide on highway
International Herald Tribune - France
State broadcaster CCTV said in a notice on its Web site the bus broke through the barrier on the highway and collided with two trucks. Road accidents are ...
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Somalia: Car Accident Kills One, Injures Four in Middle Shabelle ...
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Reports say that the accident occurred as the bus was traveling to Biya Adde district in Middle Shabelle region killing a woman who was on board in the bus ...
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Almost 40 dead in 2 major bus accidents in China - The Moscow ...
By Latest News
At least 37 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in China on Friday, local media said. Link To Original Article.
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Maryland Accident Law Blog: Two Maryland School Bus Accidents Lead ...
In another Maryland school bus accident, one man died in Garrett County after his vehicle was involved in an auto crash with a school bus. For reasons that are still not clear, the Ford pickup truck of 63-year-old Robert Charles Biers ...
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China: 37 die in 2 unrelated bus accidents (AP)
AP - A minibus collided with two trucks and a bus tumbled into a mountain gorge in two unrelated crashes Friday, killing a.
News - http://newshourly.net/asia/
Two school buses in separate crashes - Winnipeg Free Press
You do not know who caused the accidents. Why are you not a parent? Bus is safest place to be based on the results are they not?By the way, I am a School Bus Driver. Love it. Its the idiot drivers we have to watch out for out there. ...
Latest News - http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/
Silobreaker: Chinese bus, truck smash kills 20
China: 37 die in 2 unrelated bus accidents. Published 59 mins ago by Monterey Herald. BEIJINGA minibus collided with two trucks and a bus tumbled into a mountain gorge in two unrelated crashes Friday, killing a total of 37 people, ...
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China: 37 die in 2 unrelated bus accidents - World AP ...
Mar 27, 2009 ... A minibus collided with two trucks and a bus tumbled into a mountain gorge in two unrelated crashes Friday, killing a total of 37 people, ...
LI Bus needs major restructuring, advocates say
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
BY ALFONSO A. CASTILLO | alfonso.castillo@newsday.com While the rest of the MTA waits for state lawmakers to come through with a bailout, Long Island Bus ...
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MTS bus service to be pared down, fares increased
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... Reeling from a collapse in state funding, San Diego transit officials reluctantly agreed yesterday to scale back service on dozens of bus routes. ...
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Bus routes to be closed; stimulus money can't help
CNN - USA
By John King BALLWIN, Missouri (CNN) -- For Stuart and Dianne Falk, it is a two-bus, 45-minute trip into downtown St. Louis to head to the gym and to ...
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China: 17 die when bus tumbles into mountain gorge
Boston Herald - United States
By AP BEIJING — Chinese state media says a bus has tumbled into a mountain gorge in southeastern China, killing 17 people. The accident comes the same day a ...
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MTV.com
Flo Rida Wanted For Alleged Animal Cruelty Case
MTV.com - USA
Reports state that witnesses saw two people on the rapper's tour bus kill a rabbit. By Gil Kaufman As Flo Rida drives around the country promoting his ...
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Several People Injured in Collision
Washington Post - United States
Metro spokeswoman Candace Smith said the train struck the back of an F4 route bus headed to New Carrollton just before 4:30 pm The bus then collided with an ...
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Driver swore says mum in bus stop row - Lancashire Evening Post
Driver swore says mum in bus stop row - A mum has lodged a complaint after a bus driver allegedly swore at her in front of her children as she tried to board a bus with her son in a wheelchair.
Lancashire Evening Post - News - http://www.lep.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=73
Bus crashes on Aberdeen’s Wellington Road - Evening Express
SMASH: The bus crash on Wellington Road today. picture by reader yvonne buchan. A BUS smashed into a street sign on a busy Aberdeen road today. The number three First Bus crashed on Wellington Road, outside Craiginches Prison, ...
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School bus controversy in Round Rock as board makes route change ...
By admin
School leaders in Round Rock made a decision that leaves many unhappy,the district is making changes to bus routes that will save money, but parents say the decision put some... Print-friendly · Original post ...
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Navistar cuts jobs at bus plant | Crain's Chicago Business
(AP) — A school bus plant owned by Warrenville-based Navistar International Corp. has laid off 170 more workers in Arkansas. The cuts some after the IC Corp. plant laid off 300 workers in January, although some workers later came back ...
ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News - http://www.chicagobusiness.com/
RTA Fatal: Surveillance Video Shows Deadly Bus Accident
Cleveland, OH -- The city just released video of an RTA bus hitting a pedestrian over the weekend. The first camera clearly shows the walk signal when 59-year-old Patrick Merrill of Berea started to cross the street. The second camera shows bus driver Angela Williams...turning left onto Ontario from Rockwell. Merrill was so close to making it across, but never makes it out of the cross walk. ... Upload photos, vidoes or tell us a news worthy story in your own blog. ...
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Malloy opposes stimulus transit funds
Norwalk Advocate - norwalk,ct,USA
The regional planning organization is to vote on the distribution plan for the nearly $163 million in federal transit funding at a special meeting at 8:15 ...
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2 dead in 8-car accident in Irwindale
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The crash involved a Foothill Transit bus that collided with a car, causing a chain reaction. Authorities had landed a medevac chopper on the freeway to ...
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Missouri has last, clear chance to avert mass transit collapse
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
Thousands of St. Louisans who depend on public transit — directly and indirectly — are out of luck. Starting Monday, St. Louis’ mass transit system will ...
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Public transit at a crossroads, needs overhaul
The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA
For public transit to continue to stay viable in these tough economic times requires a paradigm shift both in how agencies are funded and operated. ...
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Legislature plans fix for NYC transit budget
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
It stated: "A plan to spare most of this transit agony is stuck in Albany." On Wednesday, the New York Daily News' front page screamed: "We're mad as hell! ...
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Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority needs more money to keep ...
KTKA.com - Topeka,KS,USA
A passionate discussion filled the board room for the Topeka Metropolitan Transit Authority. Board members met to try and work out bus cuts and to see how ...
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Zero-Emission Trucks to Be Assembled in Kansas City
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
Through its UK partner, The Tanfield Group Plc, SEV US Corp is working with Ford Motor Company to electrify the Ford Transit Connect as a BEV (battery ...
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2 Dead, 4 Injured in Fiery Crash on California Freeway
FOXNews - USA
Two people are dead and four injured in a fiery crash involving a transit bus, two trucks and four other vehicles on a freeway east of Irwindale. ...
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CATS launches Google Transit System
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Charlotte Area Transit System has launched Google Transit route information on the CATS home page. The service enables riders to enter the specifics of ...
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Legislature plans fiscal fix for NYC transit
WTEN - Albany,NY,USA
... expect to have a plan within days to head off steep fares hikes and reduced service planned for the financially-troubled New York City transit system. ...
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MassTransitMag.com » Article » Bay Area Officials Set to Try Anew ...
By rss@masstransitmag.com (Michael Cabanatuan)
Driven by sinking revenues and increased demand for public transit, Bay Area transportation officials are ready to take another shot at consolidating parts of the region's Byzantine collection of services.
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Streetsblog » Livable Streets Community News: Transit for All
By Lily Bernheimer
Livable Streets Community News: Transit for All. by Lily Bernheimer on March 27, 2009. CVTD.jpg Utah's Cash Valley Transit District is fare-free. The Livable Streets Community is taking on transit this week. ...
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Transit Authority Hopes City Will Help with Funding / Kansas News ...
WIBW KANSAS NEWS LEADER. ... 13 News Weekend · Kansas Voices · Capture Kansas Send us your photos. 13 On Your Cell Wherever you go ... Transit Authority Hopes City Will Help with Funding, Save Email Print. Posted: 9:59 PM Mar 27, 2009 ...
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Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center: MPO asks transit working ...
By cvilletom
At their meeting on March 25, 2009, the MPO Policy Board learned more about a proposed phone survey to determine the public’s attitudes towards transit and decided to reconvene the Regional Transit Authority working group to recommend ...
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Seattle sets airport transit fare – OregonLive.com
By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian
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Open transit options - Editorials - News & Observer
Mar 24, 2009 ... So how long has it been, this ongoing debate over public transit in the Triangle ? Hmmm ... well, there was the year the wheel was invented, ...

03/22/09

For AIG Executives, Here Comes the Tour Bus

New York Times - United States
The bus pulled up at a quiet intersection on Saturday, just another chilly afternoon here in one of the wealthiest counties in America, where the median ...
'Rock of Love Bus': All aboard!

Entertainment Weekly - USA
BRET MICHAELS AND ROCK OF LOVE BUS CAST As a feminist, Diablo Cody realizes she shouldn't watch Rock of Love. But, she says, as a fallible human being who ...
Examiner.com
In new bus ads, Seattle Atheists bet that religion hasn't enslaved ...

Examiner.com - USA
I note with great interest the launch of yet another bus campaign from an atheist group. Lest you worry that this will be more of the same, the campaign of ...
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
Clifton Boulevard to get upgraded bus service and 30 curbside stations

The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
- Cleveland,OH,USA

Lakewood -- More than 60 years after streetcars were displaced by automobiles on Clifton Boulevard, an RTA bus/rapid transit line will be the street's new ...
AIG executives' homes on display during Working Families Party bus ...

New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
The grimy white bus belongs to Chieppo Charters, which seemed an apt name as it expelled clouds of diesel exhaust into the pristine environs that are home ...
Staten Island bus customers, get ready to rate your ride - Staten ...

By Staten Island Advance
Real-time News headlines. • Monsignor John Servodidio dies at 82 12:45 p.m. ET; • Staten Island bus customers, get ready to rate your ride 10:00 a.m. ET; • Staten Island Expressway bus lane to allow HOVs beginning tomorrow morning 8:00 ...
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Blast rocks bus terminal in Cotabato | Home >> Other Sections ...

COTABATO, Philippines (Xinhua) - An explosion ripped through a bus terminal early today in the restive southern Philippines, a military official said. ... Send daily news to my email philstar footer, The Philippine Star ...
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Pensioners' free bus travel to be curbed (From The Argus)

Thousands of pensioners entitled to free bus travel will have their wanderlust curbed. ... News RSS Feed. Search: Pensioners' free bus travel to be curbed. 11:50am Sunday 22nd March 2009. comment Comments (5) Have your say » ...
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implode-explode.com - Implosion News Pick-ups: For A.I.G. ...

For the handful of executives whose names — and addresses — have slipped out, life is no longer the same: private security guards watch over their homes, reporters seek interviews in the driveways and, on Saturday, a bus and a caravan ...
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Unlikely Opponents of Bridge Tolls: Transit Riders

New York Times - United States
They have taken this position even though the plan is meant to help hold down transit fares, and in their districts — as in the city overall — commuters who ...
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Start Your Engines, Transit/Data Geeks

DCist.com - Washington,DC,USA
For example, users must agree to exempt the transit agency from liability, something Google was unwilling to accept, Metro officials said. ...
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Supervisor Arnold's pie-in-the-sky transit plan

Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael,CA,USA
That's the proper term to describe skytran, a "personal rapid transit" scheme promoted by Supervisor Judy Arnold. skytran proposes a network of monorail ...
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Transit Violence - The Sprawling From Grace Fuel Gauge | News and ...

By admin
Ok, this story really doesn’t entail violence at a transit stop, but near it. Commonly people here in Portland also write or talk about various acts of violence at light rail or other transit stations. There are a few things that really ...
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CK-Architecture news: CK-ARCHITECTURE entered A NEW INFRASTRUCTURE ...

By 112358
CK-Architecture news. 2009/03/22. CK-ARCHITECTURE entered A NEW INFRASTRUCTURE : Innovative Transit Solutions for Los Angeles. To see the winning schemes click here. Posted by 112358 at 11:32 AM · Older Post Home · CK-ARCHITECTURE HOME ...
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Finding Another Earth - Needle In A Universe-Sized Haystack

By News Account
User picture for News Account. News Staff. Does a twin Earth exist somewhere in our galaxy? NASA's Kepler spacecraft just launched to find such worlds, though in a very specific area. If that search succeeds, the next questions driving ... An Earth-like world orbiting a star like the Sun would undergo a 10-hour transit once every year. Accumulating 100 hours of transit observations would take 10 years. In contrast, an Earth orbiting a mid-sized red dwarf star would ...
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The Stranger | Slog | The Morning News

By Unpaid Intern
Sound Transit steel scandal: Ben Schiendelman of Seattle Transit Blog claims shoddy reporting by the Seattle Times. Martin H. Duke, also of Seattle Transit Blog, offers a defense. Innocent bystander: Tree victim of automobile collision ...
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PhillyBurbs.com: On the right track?

By dlevinsky@phillyBurbs.com
According to NJ Transit figures, average weekday ridership on the line has ballooned from a modest 2850 weekday trips during the line's first quarter of operation between April and June 2004 up to 9850 weekday trips during the latest quarter of October to December ... More good news arrived this month in the form of the federal economic stimulus legislation, which provided $40 million to build a new rail station in Pennsauken and $24 million for signal system upgrades. ...
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State records shed light on weapons incidents in Mohawk Valley schools

Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
More serious incidents — like the gun in the Holland Patent bus in 2007 or the loaded handgun found in 2003 in a car in the Proctor parking lot — aren’t so ...
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2 buses destroyed in C’bato blast

Tempo - Manila,Philippines
The official, however, would not divulge further details although previous bombing incidents in Central Mindanao involving the local transport sector were ...
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spdk: Daily Crime Incidents for March 22, 2009

By spdk
On 21/03/2009 at 0630 hrs on NH 17 at Jappinamogru Mangalore one unknwon driver of bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-B-9285 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and lost control over his vehicle due which bus fell into a roadside ...
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Baby Blue girly Things...: POKERS!!!!

By Nyasha
Maybe I need to deal honestly with pokers... a little less polite perhaps? tell them how I feel about being poked? at Sunday, March 22, 2009. Labels: "Bus People" and other crazy embarrasing incidents Posted by Nyasha ...
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The Hindu : New Delhi News : Man injured by Blueline bus

NEW DELHI: A 20-year-old man sustained injuries when a Blueline bus ran over his leg in Andrews Ganj here on Monday. Angry passers-by smashed the windows ...
Hertel shares message of mass transit viability

Mirror - Royal Oak,MI,USA
All that mass transit changed after World War II, said Hertel, now CEO of the Regional Transportation Coordinating Commission. “Everybody was buying a car ...
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To save public transit in New York, try a little honesty

New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
We have reached crunch time in the stalled transit talks, with Albany pols deadlocked and dithering as the MTA prepares to vote this week on a "doomsday ...
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Boston Globe
Fury over possible toll hike overshadows concerns about T

Boston Globe - United States
"Everything is about how to prevent a toll increase," said Eric Bourassa, transit analyst for the Massachusetts Public Research Interest Group. ...
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Businesses feeling affects of Sound Transit construction

KING5.com - Seattle,WA,USA
By CHRIS DANIELS / KING 5 News SEATTLE - Construction has begun on Sound Transit's Capitol Hill station, and not everyone is happy about it. ...
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Sound Transit's revenue may drop

Seattle Times - United States
The recession could reduce Sound Transit's tax revenue by about $2.1 billion over the next 15 years, the agency predicted Thursday. ...
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Transit guards call for Tasers

The Australian - Sydney,Australia
By Nicole Cox | March 22, 2009 TRANSIT guards have renewed calls to be issued with Taser stunguns after a rail officer was smashed in the face with a brick ...
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County officials seek input on mass transit needs

Porterville Recorder - Porterville,CA,USA
... Chambers at Porterville City Hall, 291 N. Main St. The meeting is an opportunity for area residents to comment on transit routes and transit providers. ...
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Feds may hold ticket for transit

Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By Ariel Hart Federal stimulus dollars may put metro Atlanta mass transit passengers in new buses and vans and could upgrade their surroundings, ...
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Edmond considering new transit contract

NewsOK.com - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
Officials are considering a contract with mcdonald Transit and Associates of Texas. mcdonald Transit was one of two companies to respond to Edmond’s request ...
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Budget Woes Hit Mass Transit as Tax Revenue Falls

Wall Street Journal - USA
By SUZANNE SATALINE Just as mass-transit ridership has reached a historic high, tax revenues that fund rail and bus service have dropped, leaving transit ...
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New York City Transit honors local heroes - Staten Island Real ...

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Cumberland Times-News - Public transit could carry many more

Public transit could carry many more. Bob Doyle, Columnist Cumberland Times-News. In recent decades, riders on city and county buses have dropped to where a typical load factor or fraction of occupied seats is about 20 percent. ...
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blogs.kxly.com » Breaking News - Windows Live

Some breaking news from around the region on this latest storm front hitting the Inland Northwest. First up: Moscow Valley Transit has ceased operations for the day. At 10:15am, January 5th, 2009, Moscow Valley Transit announces closure ...
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3 officers dead, suspect killed in Oakland, Calif. - Salon.com

"It's in these moments that words are extraordinarily inadequate," said Mayor Ron Dellums at a somber news conference announcing the slayings. It was the first time in the history of the Oakland Police Department that three officers ... That former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer, Johannes Mehserle, has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday. Violent protests erupted on the streets of Oakland in the weeks after Grant's death, ...
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GMANews.TV - 3 officers dead, suspect killed in Oakland, Calif ...

That former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer, Johannes Mehserle, has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Monday. Violent protests erupted on the streets of Oakland in the weeks after Grant's death, ... Both state Attorney General Jerry Brown and Dellums were at Saturday's news conference. A group of Oakland ministers went to the hospital to offer prayers and condolences to the family members of the injured officers and the dozens of ...
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Metro Transit - News - Stories

Transit News. Get a free ride on St. Patrick’s Day. No fares. No blarney. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day responsibly and get a free ride on any Metro Transit ...

Techie among four killed in accident across city
Times of India - India
V Mahesh of Chengalpattu, who was hit by an MTC bus a few days ago while going to a company to report for duty, died in hospital on Saturday. ...
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On Family Ski Vacation, Mom Beware
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
According to the National Ski Area's Association (NSAA), only about 40 people in America die each year in skiing and snowboarding accidents; ...
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PRESS TV
Iran bus accident claims 10 lives
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Ten people have been killed and scores of others have been wounded after their bus rolled over along the Arak-Toureh road in central Iran. The accident took ...
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Morpeth bus station warning
Morpeth Herald - Morpeth,England,UK
"We can see that accidents are going to happen in the future with buses coming in and out. You can't see anything coming in from the entrance because of the ...
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Bluffton bus accident victims receive $3 million to share ...
By Anneke
Bluffton fatal bus accident victims to share $3 million | Tiffin, Ohio bus accident lawyers.
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Riding in Riverside: More on the cost of driving
By JN
I'm writing to you from the CA-210 Freeway on board the Amtrak California route 19 bus. Obviously I have no internet, so I'll post this later, but it's currently 10:18 AM on Sunday morning. We've just passed a traffic accident. ...
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GRAPHIC FRONT PAGE STORIES: HORRIFIC ...21 Perish in two accidents ...
By Tetteh Amoako
In the second accident, a 20-footer container on a DAF truck fell onto the lane of an oncoming 33-seater Mercedes Benz bus, crushing it and killing four persons on the spot. The accident occurred about 3.45 a.m. yesterday when the ...
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Nepal News archive for 22 March 2009 - Latest Nepal News and Headlines
By admin
A student killed, 19 injured in school bus accident (March 22, 2009) - [read more]. REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, March 22: At least a student was killed and 19 injured when a school bus met an accident at Madhesha of Sunsari Sunday morning. ...
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Kearny, NJ Patrol Car And Bus Crashed, June 1962 | GenDisasters ...
By Stu Beitler
Kearny, N.J. (AP) -- Three state troopers were crushed to death when a bus rammed their patrol car and plowed over them on the New Jersey Turnpike Monday in an accident involving four vehicles. The driver of the bus, RAYMOND E. PETERS, ...
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Bus safety an issue for colleges
ESPN - USA
Yet the number of bus crashes has climbed. Overall in the United States, there were 13195 buses involved in accidents in 2007, up from 8555 in 2003. ...
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16 killed in bus, truck accidents
Bangladesh News 24 hours - Dhaka,Dhaka,Bangladesh
Four received first aid at the accident site. The bus was heading to Gopalpur from Dhaka. Four people died and 27 were injured in a bus accident on the ...
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Road Crashes Kill 16 In Bangladesh
AHN - USA
The accident occurred at about 6 am (local time) when the Dhaka-bound bus from Tangail collided with the truck coming from opposite direction, ...
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CRIENGLISH.com
Bus-truck Collision Kills 9, Injures 35 in Bangladesh
CRIENGLISH.com - Beijing,China
Police were quoted by private news agency UNB as saying the accident occurred at about 6:00 am when the Dhaka-bound bus from Tangail collided with the truck ...
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» Student Kicked off Bus for Passing Gas Dvorak Uncensored ...
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1 user responded in " Student Kicked off Bus for Passing Gas ". Subscribe to this post comment rss or trackback url. # 1 deowll said, on March 21st, 2009 at 3:20 pm. Accidents happen. Some people make an art of passing gas to get ...
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Brain Injury Head Injuries Natasha Richardson Suffers Serious ...
By admin
The recent death of 45-year-old actress Natasha Richardson demonstrates the importance of getting a full medical check-up even if you’ve only been in a minor traffic accident or other incident in which you struck your head even slightly ...
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The New Nation - Internet Edition
Police said the accident occurred at about 6 am when a Dhaka-bound bus from Tangail collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. "Six passengers of both the vehicles, including both the driver and the helper of the truck, ...
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Arizona Bus Accidents Could Be Prevented With Seat Belt ...
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16 killed in bus, truck accidents | BdNews24
By noreply@blogger.com (Bauani)
Sixteen people were killed and at least 62 injured in three separate road accidents in Tangail, Faridpur and Mymensingh on Saturday, said police. Ten people were killed and at least 35 injured as a bus and truck collided head-on at ...
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House Considers Bill to Make Bus Drivers More Accountable
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis - Indianapolis,IN,USA
By Eric Berman The state may step in to try to make sure Hoosier students aren't left behind on the school bus. Incidents of students being forgotten in the ...
Parent Upset Over Coaching Of Girls' Basketball Team
Dade County Sentinel - Trenton,GA,USA
Bradbury also described an incident where the coach had pushed one of the girls during a game. “I have expressed concern to both coaches,” Bradbury said. ...
Bus crash probe is underway
Shields Gazette - South Shields,England,UK
A spokesperson for Stagecoach North East said: "Incidents such as these are very rare, and we are conducting an internal investigation to ascertain all the ...
Increased anti-social behaviour problems at bus station
Rochdale Online - Rochdale,England,UK
Police in Rochdale are hoping to combat anti-social behaviour in the town centre bus station following an increase in incidents over the past couple of ...
Eve Teasing - a Bane for Women, a crime against women - Instablogs
By Somshuvra Mukerjee
Growing incidents like a bike pulling up at college bus stop and the man on the bike shouting lewdly at a college girl, come with me –Rs 300 for night; a car loaded with men pulls out of a driveway of a market shouts at a woman- do you ...
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