Monday, June 1, 2009

June 1, 2009

Questions Linger In Highway Bus Death
MyStateline.com - Rockford,IL,USA
(Mattoon) -- Police in Mattoon say they still don't know why two men stood-up on the top deck of a double decker bus over the weekend, leading to their ...
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Dr. Gridlock Tackles Your Traffic and Transit Issues
Washington Post - United States
There weren't any accidents or breakdowns this morning to gum things up. Let's see what happens the first time we have an incident. ...
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TVNZ
Bus accident kills 29 in India
TVNZ - New Zealand
It was not immediately known how many people were aboard the bus. Bus accidents are common in India because of bad roads, overcrowding and poor vehicle ...
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23 Die in Bus Accident in Peru
Latin American Herald Tribune - Caracas,Venezuela
Experts claim the accident rate in Peru's interior is extremely high due to the poor condition of roads, an obsolete bus fleet and drivers who obtain ...
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Rell: Truck, bus safety inspections to start Tuesday
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
Department of Motor Vehicles' Commissioner Robert M. Ward said, "Truck safety is important in our efforts to prevent accidents, injuries and deaths. ...
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Tanzania: Accidents Continue to Haunt Arusha Motorists
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Arusha — Within just a week after two road accidents claimed 10 people in Arusha, two more died last weekend when the bus they were traveling in overturned ...
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5 killed in road accidents
Bangladesh News 24 hours - Dhaka,Dhaka,Bangladesh
In Habigong, a mob blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet highway after a 12 year-old girl was run over by a speeding bus at Putijuri in Bahubal Upazila. ...
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Cop hurt in collision combo
Edmonton Sun - Alberta, Canada
Longtime area resident Isabel Rodriguez said in the 16 years she's lived in the neighbourhood, she has seen countless accidents. "There are accidents all ...
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SGGP
3 die, dozens injured in road accidents
SGGP - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
A bus carrying over 40 passengers from Hanoi to Dac Lac was traveling in Ky Phong District when it swerved to the left to avoid a motorcycle, only to crash ...
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The Raw Story | At least 29 killed in Indian bus plunge
It was not immediately known how many people were aboard the bus. Bus accidents are common in India because of a combination of bad roads, overcrowding and poor maintenance of vehicles. ...
Raw Story Breaking News - http://rawstory.com/
5 killed in road accidents :: Bangladesh :: bdnews24.com ::
Dhaka, June 1 (bdnews24.com)—Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in Bogra and Habigong on Monday. In Habigong, a mob blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet highway after a 12 year-old girl was run over by a speeding bus at Putijuri ...
bdnews24.com | English Version - http://www.bdnews24.com/
Hire a Personal Injury Lawyer for Your Bus Accident Injuries | Los ...
By admin
Although bus accidents do not occur nearly as often as automobile accidents, the number of bus accident injury victims still reaches well into the thousands every ...
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MV School Bus Drivers Ratify Teamsters Contract
By MissionViejoDispatch.com
School bus drivers based at the Mission Viejo bus yard at Fabricante and Peter Hartmann Way have ratified a Teamsters labor agreement with the First Student Company. Saddleback Valley School District contracts with First Student for its bus services. ... Select Category, Animals (34), Arts (4), Auto Accidents (8), Budget (96), Business (65), Cellular Antennas (19), Charity (26), Church & State (6), City Aestheics (64), Code Enforcement (13), Community Center Update (6) ...
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Bus accident kills 29 in central India | WORLD News
At least 29 people were killed and a dozen injured when a bus plunged off a bridge into a dry river bed, police said.
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allAfricacom Uganda Bus Accidents Between the Police and Drivers ...
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The Pahalgam Ranges , across the Lidder Valley from the village of Aru . ( Photo : Tim Hannigan , JG )
Kashmir: Heaven on Earth?
Jakarta Globe - Jakarta,Indonesia
Buses and share-jeeps ply the route. The seasonal road out of the Valley to the .... the Pahalgam Ranges rising white in the distance against a blue sky, ...
Delhi govt approves procurement of 1000 semi-low floor buses
Indopia - India
The Delhi Transport Corporation has been asked to expedite purchase of these ... of low floor buses have delayed the phasing out of the Blueline buses as ...
Delhi govt approves procurement of 1000 semi-low floor buses
Zee News - Noida,Uttar Pradesh,India
New Delhi, June 01: Delhi Cabinet on Monday approved procurement of 1000 ... supply of low floor buses have delayed the phasing out of the Blueline buses as ...
Anti-Semitic Incidents Decline for Fourth Straight Year in US ...
Anti-Defamation League (press release) - New York,NY,USA
San Francisco, CA: A Jewish high school student was harassed on a school bus by classmates who called him "Kike" and threw pennies at him (March). ...
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Campus Bus offers student driver positions
Indiana Daily Student - USA
... a bus driver, such as learning the routes, making sure the turn radius is appropriate on corners and dealing with traffic, there are also incidents that ...
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33 killed in Madhya Pradesh bus accident (Lead)
By Ians
BHOPAL - At least 33 people were killed and eight others injured when their bus careened off a bridge and crashed into a dry river bed in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh Monday evening, police said. The bus, which had around 50 passengers , .... What do you think about the recent attack on Indians in Australia? It indicates deep rooted racism; Just some stray incidents, nothing to make a big deal of; It isn't racism, its just the recession. View Results ...
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Media dis&dat: Family of disabled girl sues New York City ...
By BA Haller
On a bus outside the school, she was allegedly bitten on the face by another special education student. Tucker says there were four other incidents of biting or scratching. The latest incident is said to have happened on May 28, ...
Media dis&dat - http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/
Warning: Leeds hospitals could make you sick - Yorkshire Evening Post
Allegations that confidential medical records of Leeds patients were found both in a derelict building – as reported in the YEP – and on a bus; A violent assault at Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Wakefield, Dewsbury and Pontefract; 12 cases of delayed diagnosis, ... Today health campaigners praised the YEP for uncovering the dossier of mistakes but questioned whether there were adequate procedures in place to stop such incidents happening again. ...
Yorkshire Evening Post - News - http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=39
New York Mayor Upset Over Charlie Rangel's Obama Quips -- Politics ...
By David Knowles
Rangel also said of the incident and Obama's New York trip,. "Whether it's me, whether it's the attorney general, or indeed, whether it's the President of the United States, running for a bus can jeopardize you - just because of your ...
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Departing transit chief Sander defends track record
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... departing Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Elliot Sander took aim at state political leaders Monday for blaming the transit agency for all ...
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Governor Rell's Supplemental Budget Hits Transit Users Hard
Mobilizing the Region - New York,NY,USA
The Transit for Connecticut coalition told elected officials that a 40% bus fare increase "penalizes the people most reliant on public transit. ...
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Move old train depot, preservation group urges City Council
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
City staff officials say they will recommend the council leave the depot where it is, near the corner of 5th and I streets, and instead build a new transit ...
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Examiner weighs in on transit budget
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Readers, weigh in with questions or comments on transit workers' terms of employment: What's reasonable, and what seems absurd?
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Delays On NJ Transit, LIRR Trains
WCBS-TV New York - NY,USA
Read more in our Privacy Policy There are delays of up to 1 hour on Northeast corridor and North Jersey Coast lines on the NJ Transit, and delays of up to ...
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First Drive: 2010 Ford Transit Connect
Automobile Magazine - USA
All of which might help explain why the arrival of the Ford Transit Connect is such a strangely compelling event, even for those of us who don't own a ...
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DHS distributes port and mass transit grants
Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA
By Alice Lipowicz The Homeland Security Department is distributing $300 million in economic stimulus law funds for port and mass transit grants for projects ...
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Transit delays due to signal problems
7Online.com - New York,NY,USA
NYC Transit is honoring LIRR fares for Woodside, Kew Gardens and Forest Hill, Flushing-Main and Jamaica. There are delays of 20 to 30 minutes on trains ...
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Allegan gets $1.6M for transit facility
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
The $1.6 million is part of $13.2 million the state is getting through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for rural transit agencies and rural ...
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Roseville Transit free services during Spare the Air days
Rocklin and Roseville Today - Rocklin,CA,USA
During the summer months, when air quality is at its worst, Roseville Transit provides free Local and Commuter bus service when a Spare the Air day is ...
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Fares Upped For Rail, Bus Transit - Money News Story - KPHO Phoenix
PHOENIX -- Bus and rail fares are increasing on Wednesday, July 1, the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority says. Monday, June 1, 2009.
KPHO.com - News - http://www.kpho.com/news/
Singapore News Alternative: S'pore used as transit point for ...
By singaporenewsalternative
Ltd., is not in the ICAB registry and therefore not authorized to facilitate foreign adoptions of Filipino babies, said Sally Escutin, chief of the DSWD legal service. “Singapore is a transit point,” she said. ...
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New York City News Service - CUNY Graduate School of Journalism ...
By Aisha Al-Muslim
The Transit Authority eliminated a stroller ban in 1990 amid protests from parents and women's rights organizations. Within two years of the ban being lifted, 27 children had been hurt in the subway, according to news reports. ...
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East Wake Express Bus Services - Wake County - MyNC.com
Research Triangle Park, NC - (June 1, 2009) - Triangle Transit, along with its partners in Raleigh, Knightdale, Wendell, and Zebulon is requesting final feedback on draft schedules, routings, and stop locations for two new proposed ...
News Feed - MyNC.com - http://news.mync.com/site/news/rss
Rail Fix: Two Tracks to Langley :: News :: thetyee.ca
By Monte Paulsen
Langley and Surrey aren't on the list, suggesting that any serious consideration of a "spine" is, by definition, not something to be considered by the Fraser Valley Transit Study. Minister of Transportation Kevin Falcon refused to be ...
Tyee - Home - http://thetyee.ca/
Salt Lake Transit News Thread Page 88 SkyscraperPage Forum
Six decades after Salt Lake City packed away its streetcar the slowmoving transit system could see a Sugar House revival in the next three years officials ...

Indonesian bus accident kills 15 people
Channel News Asia - Singapore
JAKARTA : Fifteen Indonesians were killed on Sunday when an inter-city bus lost control due to a brake failure on Sumatra island, police said, ...
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Enter The Virus » Threat of Road Accidents » ENTV22261
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Shuttle bus accidents- Using shuttle buses is an effective and convenient way of going to a specific destination or place. However, the awkward shape of a shuttle bus and its frequent stopping can trigger the occurrence of an accident. ...
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Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer Tolmage Peskin Harris & Falick | The ...
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The law office handles all types of motor vehicle accidents such as, pedestrian and car, truck, motorcycle and bus accidents. Call the law office of Tolmage Peskin Harris & Falick in New York 877-298-3201, http://www.stephanpeskin.com ...
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Five of family killed in accident in Punjab
By Ians
The accident occurred when a state transport bus travelling towards Faridkot from Barnala, about 150 km from Chandigarh, swerved sharply to avoid a two-wheeler and hit a mini bus coming from the opposite direction Friday night, ...
The Gaea News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/
Jenn's Bookshelf: BEA Highlights-Day One (Thursday)
By Jennsbookshelf
Have you seen The Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix movie? Remember the really scary bus driver, who zoomed all throughout London, barely avoiding several severe accidents? Well, I think that was our bus driver! ...
Jenn's Bookshelf - http://jennsbookshelf.blogspot.com/
Medical Blog by Dr. Hujimy: School Bus Mishaps
By Dr Hujimy
Bus accidents often result in serious injuries and even death. Factors that contribute to these accidents are driver negligence, inadequate security, dangerous roadways, weather conditions, defective products and improper maintenance, ...
Medical Blog by Dr. Hujimy - http://our-medical.blogspot.com/

SUV hits Greyhound bus in Robinson
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
By Karen Zapf An Oakdale man was seriously injured when his SUV hit the back of a Greyhound bus carrying 56 people and rolled over several times at 4 am ...
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Bus company has had a bad couple of weeks
WBBM780 - Chicago,IL,USA
CHICAGO, Ill. (WBBM) -- Four drivers employed by the First Student School Bus company - have been in the news this month. In an incident Friday, ...
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When Bus Stops Meet Holodecks
io9 - San Francisco,CA,USA
It may look like the gateway into Star Trek: The Next Generation's holodeck, but this is a bus stop... or, rather, "an iPhone-like interactive bus stop," ...
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eThekwini bus boss stands down
Independent Online - Cape Town,Western Cape,South Africa
By Fred Kockott Remant Alton chief executive officer, Jay Singh, is to stand down as director of the embattled bus company because of a previous criminal ...
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Fire damages Freeman Bus vehicles
WatertownDailyTimes.com - Watertown,NY,USA
Eight buses sustained damage in a Saturday-morning fire at the Freeman Bus Corp. maintenance garage at 122 Eames Road, behind Napa Auto Parts on Mill Street ...
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Bus drivers compete in annual school bus rodeo
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
WATERTOWN, NY -- Bus drivers from all over Jefferson and Lewis Counties revved up their engines for the annual bus rodeo competition in Watertown. ...
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Attack on Pakistan bus terminal
BBC News - UK
A bomb blast at a busy bus terminal in north-west Pakistan has killed at least two people and injured eight others, officials say. ...
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2 killed on double-deck bus
Chicago Tribune - United States
AP MATTOON, Ill. - Authorities say two 22-year-old men suffered fatal head injuries when they stood up on a double-decker charter bus as it passed under an ...
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GreenSpace: Scientists hail the bus as the greenest way to go
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
By Sandy Bauers The last time I took a trip on a bus, it wasn't pretty. It was merely cheap. But that was a few decades ago, and now I have good reason to ...
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School bus driver in fatal had previous suspension
WQOW TV News 18 - Eau Claire,USA
(AP) - A northern Minnesota school bus driver who fatally hit a 6-year-old boy in April was suspended from her job earlier this year for pulling out in ...
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The News-Gazette.com: Men die standing on double-decker bus
By The News-Gazette. Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:31 PM CDT. E-mail Story Printer-friendly. MATTOON – Two men were killed when they stood up on a double-decker charter bus as it passed under an interstate highway on Saturday night. ...
The News-Gazette Local Stories - http://www.news-gazette.com/news/
ProFootballTalk.com - Mangini Gets Shamed Into Riding The Bus Back ...
By Mike Florio
Mangini Gets Shamed Into Riding The Bus Back From Hartford. Posted by Mike Florio on May 31, 2009, 11:44 p.m. EDT. It has been reported that Browns coach Eric Mangini took the bus back from his Saturday football camp in Hartford, ... and in no way are the views, opinions or policies of our advertisers. God Bless America. Gesundheit. This is an unofficial and independent source of news and information not affiliated with any team(s) or the National Football League (NFL). ...
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2 killed in freak bus accident - Chicago Breaking News
WMAQ-TV reports: Justin Sleezer, 22, of Yorkville and Cameron Chana, 22, of Clarendon Hills died at hospitals after being injured Saturday night when they stood up on the upper-level of a double-decker bus passing under an overpass in ...
Chicago Breaking News - http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/blog/
Rangers bus brings swine flu fears to Dunoon | Scotland | STV News
STRONG>EXCLUSIVE: Two fans of Ibrox club tell STV news how they fell ill after travelling on coach to match at Tannadice that saw Rangers...
STV News - Headlines - http://news.stv.tv/
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