08/09/09

Bad tire ruled out in '08 Sherman bus crash killing worshippers Houston Chronicle By TERRI LANGFORD Tony Gutierrez AP What was left of the bus sat at a city lot in Sherman in December, four months after the Aug. 8, 2008, crash. ... See all stories on this topic

School bus drivers ready for kids' fears, new routes The Huntsville Times - al.com By Steve Campbell A kid's first time on a school bus can be unsettling or at least unfamiliar. Just ask longtime bus driver Daryl McClain. ... See all stories on this topic

Iowa atheists meet with transit authority to discuss pulled bus ads Examiner.com The Iowa Atheist and Freethinkers (IAF) group met today with the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) to discuss the above ad that was pulled ... See all stories on this topic

New York Times Big, Yellow and Ripe for Budget Cuts New York Times VOICING CONCERNS Children joined parents or waited outside during a briefing on school bus reductions in Hartford. On Long Island, nearly 1000 fewer ... See all stories on this topic

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com NJ schools increase bus transportation for students over decade The Star-Ledger - NJ.com by The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk TRENTON -- New Jersey schools provided bus transportation to 831062 students in 2008, up 7.5. percent from 2000, ... See all stories on this topic

Ohio bus driver was on phone when man killed The Associated Press CLEVELAND — An Ohio bus driver who had been fired and reinstated after an earlier accident was on her cell phone when her bus struck and killed a pedestrian ... See all stories on this topic

DA: Homicide charge unlikely in Texas bus crash Houston Chronicle Broussard, 53, of Houston, was driving 55 passengers to an annual event for Vietnamese Catholics in Missouri when the bus blew a retreaded tire and skidded ... See all stories on this topic

Water main break floods NYC buildings, streets The Associated Press NEW YORK — An aging water main burst in Lower Manhattan early Friday, flooding about 15 buildings, forcing evacuations, disrupting subway and bus service ... See all stories on this topic

ACLU questions motivation behind pulling of Iowa atheist bus ads Examiner.com Earlier this week, the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) removed atheist ads from its buses within days of them going up. ... See all stories on this topic

Examiner.com Parenting 101 - School bus safety rules for parents and kids Examiner.com In just a few days, most of Atlanta's children will head back to school, so now's a good time to review the following school bus safety rules and reminders. ... See all stories on this topic

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Punjab cop fires in air, bullet hits young cricketer (Lead) Angry after being asked to pay the fare, a policeman quarrelled with a bus conductor and allegedly fired in the air from his service revolver to frighten him - but the bullet hit a young cricketer in the head, police said Saturday. ... occurred," said Rahul's friend, who was travelling in the same bus. Ludhiana, the industrial hub of Punjab, is around 100 km from the state capital Chandigarh. Last updated on Aug 8th, 2009 at 20:20 pm IST--IANS. Possibly related news: ... Daily National News - http://www.prokerala.com/news/

Island Transit warns of cuts if tax increase fails at ballot box ... Island Transit isn't the only bus operation facing financial problems. King County Metro expects a $213 million shortage the next two years, rising to $288 million by 2012, and officials are working on plans to cut every one of the system's 225 routes. .... WHIDBEY NEWS TIMES Jul 31 2009, 11:39 AM · UPDATED; South End mourns passing of legendary coach · SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD Aug 05 2009, 11:13 AM · UPDATED; Employee fired after school district discovers $102000 error ... News - South Whidbey - http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/news

Three counties head back to class Augusta, Georgia News, Weather, Sports, Contests, and Community Events. Augusta, Aiken, and the CSRA. ... to give their child's name, address and grade to the front desk and the school system will call them. You can also find that information online. If you go the school system's website, www.rcboe.org , all you need to do is enter your home address, then click on the school your child is attending. You can find the bus number as well as other information about the route. ... News 12 - Top Stories and Breaking News - http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines

Three counties head back to class Education news for Augusta, Aiken, and the CSRA. ... Time To Care Award Winner: Donald Perry · Web site tracks bus routes · Special election to be held to fill vacant BOE seat · State Budget Woes force Richmond County to cut deeper ... News 12 - EducationTeam12 Headlines - http://www.wrdw.com/schools/headlines Coming and Going: Cruising Without a Passport; $1 Bus Fares Washington Post The news about passport requirements that took effect June 1 for US citizens traveling in the Western Hemisphere overlooked a major exception: On cruises ... See all stories on this topic School bus company at full staff Sioux Falls Argus Leader Route cuts and consolidations combined with a high number of unemployed people have the local school bus company fully staffed with drivers for the first ... See all stories on this topic New hub to help Vallejo riders get on bus Contra Costa Times By Sarah Rohrs/Times-Herald staff writer The city's new bus transfer station is meant to make waiting for the bus in downtown Vallejo a safer and more ... See all stories on this topic The bus is stuffed St. Joseph News-Press by Emily Gummelt Curtis Hubbard transfers school supplies from the bus to a transfer truck Saturday during the 'Stuff the Bus!' campaign at the South Belt ... See all stories on this topic Parents seeking Schweitzer bus stop Bonner County Daily Bee By KEITH KINNAIRD SANDPOINT — A movement is afoot to establish a Lake Pend Oreille School District bus stop on Schweitzer Mountain. ... See all stories on this topic 2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour bus The Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled its Saturday show in St. Louis after its tour bus hit a car in northeastern Indiana, ... See all stories on this topic 2 in car die after collision with tour bus in Ind. Chicago Tribune AP FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Police say a car collided with a tour bus at an intersection in Fort Wayne, killing two passengers in the car and injuring the car's ... See all stories on this topic More NJ students than ever are riding the bus Philadelphia Inquirer State law requires school districts to bus elementary and middle school students who live more than two miles from school and high school students who live ... See all stories on this topic Will Nickels miss the bus? Seattle Post Intelligencer Potential cuts in bus service have emerged as an "elephant in the room" issue hanging over the fall elections for Seattle Mayor and King County Executive. ... See all stories on this topic 2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour bus (source ... By Editor The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled its Saturday show in St. Louis after its tour bus hit a car in northeastern Indiana, killing two passengers in the car and the pregnan... (source: bignewsnetwork.com ) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds ... Rocket News - http://www.rocketnews.com/ 2 Killed In Crash With MercyMe's Tour Bus - Entertainment News ... FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled its Saturday show in St. Louis after its tour bus hit a car in northeastern Indiana, killing two passengers in the car and the pregnant car driver's unborn baby. Channel3000.com - Entertainment - http://www.channel3000.com/entertainment/ 2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour bus - Corpus Christi ... A news story on the crash and a photo of the damaged front of the bus were posted on the band's Web site Saturday. "MercyMe would like to express their incredible heartache over this horrible accident," the band said in a statement. ... KRIS - Local News - http://www.kristv.com/global/category.asp?c=28303 11 day cares in Va. left children behind since January 2007 Richmond Times Dispatch In that incident, a mix-up in counting and transporting 28 children in two mini-buses led to one child being left behind, the state inspector reported. ... See all stories on this topic Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore: Unveiling: Tiruvalluvar ... By The Bangalorean The buses, which were parked at the bus stand, were set on fire at 2.30 am. The tyres and seats of the buses were completely gutted. Incidents of stone-pelting were reported from Mysore Road, Tumkur Road, Kothanur Dinne, ... Sights, sounds and smells from Bangalore - http://bangalorebuzz.blogspot.com/ Russian Leaders Vow to Mend Deadly Conditions for Traffic New York Times Just three days earlier, eight people died in a bus accident in Siberia, apparently after the driver leaned over to pick up a bag of sunflower seeds that he ... See all stories on this topic Crash claimed close pals Boston Herald “She would throw up in the sink and run out to catch the school bus in the morning. She was so strong.” Both Erin Leary and Foster were considering going to ... See all stories on this topic Breaking…MercyMe Tour Bus In Tragic Accident | StereoTruth.net We're getting word from MercyMe's team that their tour bus was in a tragic accident last night in Indiana. Bart, Nathan, Michael, Robbie, Jim and Barry are all. StereoTruth.net - http://www.stereotruth.net/ Two Dead in Mercy Me Christian Band Accident | HULIQ By Gabriel Dorman Two people died this morning as a result of an accident involving Dallas based Christian pop band MercyMe's in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Reports indicate that no one on the tour bus was injured in the Mercy Me accident.Mercy Me Accident. HULIQ - Citizen News Review - http://www.huliq.com/ All About Bus Accidents by Bus Collision Lawyer By Michael Ehline Were you injured in a California tour bus accident, such as a Las Vegas Casino tour, or Soledad tour? Call our experienced tour bus accident lawyers to learn more. 888-400-9721. ... MichaelEhline - http://michaelehline.amplify.com/ Children Injured When School Bus Flips Over › Parenting-N-Families By Parenting-N-Families bus accidents are terrible for familes have kids that sons or daughters that get killed in bus accidents our school has a tree planted next to the main entrance  the school planted a tree for a girl that got killed in a bus accident 21 ... Parenting-N-Families - http://parenting-n-families.com/ Bus driver was using cell phone during fatal pedestrian accident ... This bus accident was not the first pedestrian accident that Williams was involved in. In 2006, Williams hit a pedestrian with her bus, causing minor injures. After the 2006 accident, Williams was fired but she was re-hired after her ... Washington Injury Attorney Blog - http://www.washingtoninjuryattorneyblog.com/ Google Web Alert for: bus accidents MERCY ME BUS ACCIDENT Truck Accidents | InjuryBoard SanduskyToledo Ohio bus accident Ohio fatal shooting lawyer who have been injured in car or truck accidents is still difficult ... mercy me bus accident ZillR Check out for all the stories and web pages tagged with mercy me bus accident on ZillR News. Sound Transit and Sounders: Why isn't public transit ready after ... Seattle Times Did you hear the one about how almost 67000 people sneaked into Qwest Field for a Sounders game and Sound Transit didn't know about it? ... See all stories on this topic Dueling transit districts to litigate one issue Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette By Steve Bauer URBANA – Attorneys for the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District and the Southwest Champaign Mass Transit District agreed Friday to have a ... See all stories on this topic Web site aims to go far in transit-map market Philadelphia Inquirer By Zoe Tillman In the battle for the hearts and mouse clicks of Philadelphia public transit users, one Web site, HopStop.com, is trying to compete with ... See all stories on this topic Beyond the Purple Line: What's next for region's transportation ... Washington Business Journal It's much better than the alternative, bus rapid transit, they argue. At the same time, however, transportation planners are recommending bus rapid transit ... See all stories on this topic Kitsap Transit still mulling service cuts Port Orchard Independent By JUSTINE FREDERIKSEN The Kitsap Transit Board of Commissioners did not vote on service reductions last week, but instead discussed a set of policies that ... See all stories on this topic Phoenix transit ridership up 6 percent Bizjournals.com The Valley's public transit organization saw bus ridership grow 6 percent from July 2008 through June 2009. With light rail riders added in, total public ... See all stories on this topic Pakistan denies Afghanistan transit facilities to import oil from ... Pakistan denies Afghanistan transit faci...During the talks, Islamabad took the line that it ...Pakistan and Afghanistan had May 7 signed a memora...The smuggling of goods between Pakistan and Afghan...During the talks, Pakistan asked ... International News Headlines,... - http://www.prokerala.com/news/international/ trucks world news: 'Mass Transit' in South Africa - Something for ... By truckbus 'Mass Transit' in South Africa - Something for heavy hitter fans! South Africa -From BigLorryBlog (UK), by Dennis Childs -August 7, 2009: -- Dennis Childs, Biglorryblog's man in South Africa with the best toy box in the world with ... trucks world news - http://infotruck.blogspot.com/ Christian rock band MercyMe cancels show after tour bus hits car ... By Bureau News Bureau News. August 8th, 2009. 2 killed in crash with Christian band's tour bus. FORT WAYNE, Ind. —The Christian rock band MercyMe canceled its Saturday show in St. Louis after its tour bus hit a car in northeastern Indiana, killing two passengers in the car .... Graphic of Urban Mass Transit systems in N America. http://bit.ly/RZvmV ; TheIdOfAlan has been on two major city mass transit systems within the course of a week. Really wishes there was a good one in his town. ... Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/ Recycling is a religion for Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates - Last News ... The former legislator has a minuscule carbon footprint despite days filled with travel. He recycles and reuses at home. He owns no car but walks, and uses mass transit and a city CarShare program. Tom Bates st. Pollution and Warming - Revue... - http://www.earth-stream.com/Earth_Pollution-and-Warming_18_196.html Being Drunk in Tukwila: Notes from a Transit-Oriented Pub Crawl ... By Bryan T. Bissell "I know a lot of those people over there; the transit nerds, the virgins," said Will Kelley-Kamp, smirking. The blogger and longtime transit ally was describing the crowd who showed up to last night's Link light rail pub crawl. ... The Stranger, Seattle's Only... - http://slog.thestranger.com/blogs/slog/ Road accidents kill 29 in two days The Daily Star Police seized the bus but the driver managed to flee. In two separate incidents on Thursday in the city, two unidentified men died as one was hit by a ... See all stories on this topic North Highline Unincorporated Area Council report #1: Crime update White Center Now He also took pains to point out that only one of the violent incidents was truly random. Note: Since the group oversees areas beyond White Center, ... See all stories on this topic Police patrol bus routes NEWS.com.au No arrests were made and no incidents were witnessed, Snr Const Glen Woodland said. The Regional Operations Group patrols, using eight officers in four cars ... See all stories on this topic Teacher, AMTS driver held for assault on youths Times of India The arrested include a teacher and an AMTS bus driver. According to claims by investigators, seven youths were involved in two incidents, who planned the ... See all stories on this topic Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) repeats the need to protect workers Market Wire (press release) (press release) These are just two examples of the daily incidents occurring across Canada. Almost 40% of Canadian transit workers have indicated that they have been ... See all stories on this topic AP Enterprise: Failed airspeed sensors on US jets could provide ... By Joan Lowy Like the fatal Air France flight, the newly discovered Northwest incidents and the two other malfunctions under investigation all involved planes with sensors made by the European electronics giant Thales Corp. ..... A) Bus B) Car C) Van D) Pick-up E) Train; jasxe PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CREATED THE UNIBOMBER; wdsimpson Food clothing shelter basic provisions school registration/supplies transportation discipline child custody a listening ear compassion ... Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/ Crime & Accidents DL-Online The bus was driven by Norman W, Beckman, 69, of Detroit Lakes, who suffered no apparent injuries in the crash. The bus was being used to shuttle fans to WE ... See all stories on this topic Public transporters rapped over accidents The Herald "Taking measures against Mhunga Bus Company in isolation will unfortunately not reduce bus accidents. "The union has ceaselessly warned about the high ... See all stories on this topic List of Mhunga bus accident victims Nehanda Radio Meanwhile Mhunga Bus Services has denied allegations that accidents involving its fleet which have claimed over 200 lives since 1995 were a result of juju. ... See all stories on this topic Liability Can Be Unclear In Bus Accidents | World's Car News By admin Liability Can Be Unclear In Bus Accidents Buses generally thought to be a safe method of travel; after all they are significantly larger than other vehicles on. World's Car News - http://www.carworldnews.com/ What Causes Bus Accidents | Cars4Blog.com By admin What Causes Bus AccidentsBy: Mark Dacanay School bus accidents are more tragic than other road accidents because it involves children. School buses are one. Cars4Blog.com - http://www.cars4blog.com/ Liability Can Be Unclear In Bus Accidents | World's Car News ... By admin Liability Can Be Unclear In Bus Accidents Buses in all suspicion to be the protected process of travel; after all they have been significantly incomparable than alternative vehicles on. admin world news accidents, accidents-buses, ... Worlds Top News Story - Blog - http://news.comoj.com/ Elsbernd to Hold MUNI Safety Hearing | Fog City Journal By admin On Monday, August 10, the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee will hold a hearing examining MUNI safety standards for bus and train operators. ... I will continue to work with my colleagues on the Board of Supervisors and Transportation Authority and with MUNI officials to make sure that the causes of these accidents are investigated, the problems addressed and public safety ensured. Spread the word These icons link to social bookmarking sites where ... Fog City Journal - http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/ SKATEBOARD SAFETY :: Chicago Accident and Injury Lawyer Blog Never grab onto a car, bus, truck or bicycle. * Learning to fall helps reduce your chances of being seriously injured. * If you are losing your balance, crouch down on the skateboard so that you will have so far to fall. ... Chicago Accident and Injury Lawyer Blog - http://www.chicagoaccidentinjurylawyer.com/ Pennsylvania School Bus Post Accident 3 Jun 2009 School Bus Crash Injures 11 at Ohio Speedway Race Pennsylvania Published by Philadelphia Pennsylvania Injury & Accident Attorney ... The Hindu : Front Page : Compensation eludes victims of bus accidents Aug 3, 2009 ... CHENNAI: Victims of bus accidents in over 1000 cases involving State-owned transport corporations are awaiting compensation. ...