Sunday, May 31, 2009

MAY 31, 2009

North Texas transit funding plan derailed
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
By DAVE MONTGOMERY AUSTIN — A $9.6 billion plan to construct 251 miles of regional commuter rail in North Texas was thrown into disarray Saturday with the ...
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Plan now for mass transit
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
The idea of a regional mass transit system in Middle Tennessee is beginning to percolate. Even if such a system is still years down the road — figuratively ...
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Dallas Morning News
5th Street Crossing project in downtown Garland fuels lofty goals
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
The 5th Street complex, Garland's first mixed-use transit-oriented development, combines apartments with retail, restaurant and office space near the ...
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48 Tulsa Transit buses to convert to natural gas
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer Federal stimulus funds will enable Tulsa Transit to convert a large portion of its fleet from diesel-guzzling buses to ...
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THURSTON COUNTY: Changes begin today for transit times
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
New transit guides with the new schedules are available at area Safeway stores, the Olympia Transit Center and the Timberland libraries in Lacey, Olympia, ...
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5th Street Crossing project in downtown Garland fuels lofty goals
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
Downtown's newest addition, 5th Street Crossing, marks the city's first mixed-use transit-oriented development. It offers 189 apartments and 13500 square ...
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Port Authority seeks comments on transit plan
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
Port Authority is asking riders to comment at an open house next week on plans to overhaul the transit system. The event will run from 8 am to 8 pm ...
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Roadshow: Costs, frustration rise for Bay Area drivers, transit riders
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Furloughs, cuts: Next up on the pain platform, transit users. The state slashed millions of dollars in its attempt to resolve its budget woes, ...
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Serious stabbing at Spring Valley transit center
Lower Hudson Journal news - West Harrison,NY,USA
... 2009 SPRING VALLEY - A man was stabbed and critically injured this afternoon as he boarded a bus in the village transit center, police said. ...
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Central oregon transit system expands - KTVZ.com Central Oregons ...
The new route includes six roundtrips per day, Monday through Friday, with connections to the rest of Cascades East Transit's service area - including Bend, alpine, Prineville, and Madras/Metolius/Culver. ...
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Iredell transit leader honored by state
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Atlantic Yards: Costing YOU Money in Two New Ways! | The Daily Gotham
By mole333
More shocking is the news from the MTA. Ms. Williams confirmed in her testimony that a tentative agreement has been reached with Ratner, pending MTA board approval which will come as a rubberstamp after a public comment session during their June 24th board ... Eighteen months after Atlantic Yards was announced and Ratner anointed the MTA site, the transit authority issued an RFP which, unsurprisingly due to the stacked political deck, received only one other bidder. ...
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Police investigate drive-by killing in West Town - Chicago ...
Shootings outside Transit nightclub, and shootings at Lake and Halsted, multiple times. What should the Tribune do, PLEAD with people not to go over there? They do what they must - they report the facts, as they did here. Newspapers are journalists, not commentators. Steve H on May 31, 2009 12:35 PM. I would rather CCW and not shoot someone,Than to not CCW and be defenseless against these ... CRIME DESK. Mug shots in the news. Chicago crime search. ADVERTISEMENT ...
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KOKH FOX 25 :: Oklahoma News
The $13 million project will switch out 13 of the Tulsa Transit's 62 long buses and all 35 of the Lift Program's paratransit mini buses. It also could fund the construction of a CNG fueling station for the buses and make some other ...
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10TV
Week After Bus Crash, Racing Resumes At Speedway
10TV - Columbus,OH,USA
The owners of Columbus Motor Speedway said it was too early to tell if incidents at the racetrack will affect attendance this year. ...
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Cost of bus vandals is driven down
Bradford Telegraph Argus - Bradford,England,UK
“The days when we had incidents on every bus every day have gone.” In 2007 the Telegraph & Argus reported vandalism incidents on school buses had spiralled ...
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South Jakarta bus shelter stolen
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Municipal transportation office head Teddy Sutisna said the incident had been reported to the local police. "All Jakarta bus shelters must be accounted for ...
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spdk: Daily Crime Incidents for May 31, 2009
By spdk
KA-05-M-8728 drove his vehicle in a rash and negligent manner and collided against a KSRTC bus bearing Reg. No. KA-19-F-2143 driven by one Abdul Azeez (29) C/o KSRTC Puttur. As a result Gopalakrishna the driver of said car sustained ...
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A Soldier's Mother: Abad al Majid Dudin
By A Soldier's Mother
He was responsible for planning the 1995 bus bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, which resulted in the murder of 11 Israelis and more than 100 wounded, as well as numerous other incidents throughout his terrorist career. ...
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Bulgaria bus crash toll rises to 17 people
United Press International - USA
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 30 (UPI) -- The death toll of a bus crash in southeastern Bulgaria rose to 17 Saturday when a 31-year-old woman died of her injuries in ...
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School-bus crashes hurt 18 children
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
In the first accident, a bus collided with a car about 7:25 am yesterday at the intersection of Ka'aholo and Leia streets in the Village Park area of ...
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NTSB: Bus companies must have contingency plans
The Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending charter bus companies come up with better contingency plans to deal with ...
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Fargo considering uses for former bus center | kxnet.com North ...
KXMC - Minot,ND,USA
... (AP) A police garage, a municipal court center and a dispatch center are among the options Fargo commissioners after considering for a former bus depot. ...
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RTA has $48K adviser for city bus pullouts
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
By Andrea Kelly The Regional Transportation Authority has hired a $48000 consultant to get bus pullouts built on Tucson roads because the city ...
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Three months later, Minneapolis boy run over by school bus doing ...
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
It's about how he got run over by a school bus and survived. Sitting next to his mom on his grandparents' front stoop today, he says, with a smile, ...
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SF: Parked cars a hazard at Muni bus stop
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Here's the deal: The 43-Masonic bus stops at the north side of Lawton Street and Seventh Avenue in San Francisco's Sunset District, but unlike most Muni ...
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Gary Brown: As summer approches, I remember my school bus driver
Canton Repository - Canton,OH,USA
“A surprising 39 percent can also recall the name of their school bus driver.” I certainly can remember my bus driver. His name was Jack. ...
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Four killed in bus crash
KSLA-TV - Shreveport,LA,USA
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - Investigators say the driver of the pt cruiser crossed over and hit the "Focus Incorporated Bus" in an accident that killed four ...
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Cops kill school bus hijacker :: The SouthtownStar :: News
By BY CAROLE SHARWARKO, Staff Writers
Killed was Ronald Newsome, 35, 12113 S. Wallace St., Chicago, a driver for First Student Transportation Co., who had hijacked the bus after being told by his manager that he would not be allowed to drive Friday, South Holland police ...
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TH - Top News Article
Mary Maiden was the first female bus driver in the district, and she drove for about 40 years. It was a job that brought on many challenges, including breaking barriers for her gender, Chris Maiden said. When Mary began, the buses were ...
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The Commercial-News, Danville, IL - Practice drill maintains ...
It's a strange experience looking over the scene that coordinators have put together: A Danville Mass Transit bus, hijacked by a 14-year-old boy, has caused a multi-vehicle accident. The bus, filled with volunteer victims, ...
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Long road to tunnel | Ottawa and Region | News | Ottawa Sun
A gust of dirt-specked wind smacks the face as a convoy of buses whips past an Albert St. bus stop. ... News Ottawa and Region. Long road to tunnel. Downtown businesses along proposed route says transit solution can't come soon enough ...
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Daniel's parents pin hopes on show | General | Coast news ...
But its gonna be interesting to watch Mike Munro go to town on the bus driver i reckon,his well known attitude and hatred for anyone who drives a vehicle bigger than a sedan is amazing and pathetic. Posted by newsblog from Coolum ...
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34 injured in accidents
Times of India - India
In the first incident, 30 people were injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a roadside pond. Sources said the bus was on its way to Farakka ...
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Bus plunges into ravine, kills 23 in Peru
The Australian - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
In 2008 alone, 875 people were killed and 5307 injured in road accidents outside Peruvian cities, according to police figures. Most of the accidents are ...
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State legislators may toughen school bus law
TMCnet - USA
... via COMTEX) -- North Carolina lawmakers could soon impose tougher penalties in traffic accidents involving motorists who pass a stopped school bus. ...
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Texan jailed over fatal crash
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
The accident, which occurred after the truck in which they were riding apparently clipped a Caddo Parish Schools bus carrying 15 students and a driver, ...
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ekathimerini.com | Bulgarians blame corruption for deadly bus crash
SOFIA (AFP) – Bulgaria yesterday mourned the death of 16 people in a bus accident due to brake failure, amid mounting outrage over rampant corruption that allows decrepit vehicles to remain on the roads. Sixteen tourists were killed and ...
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Ploomer's Plight: Speed Racer
By Rich
I actually came upon an accident. As I passed a bus (on the shoulder of course) there were two motorbikes lying on the road. I stopped to see if anyone was hurt and discovered that there appeared to be no serious injuries. ...
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NTSB recommends charter bus companies come up with contingency plans
By Bureau News
The NTSB said the accident likely was caused by the 71-year-old driver's fatigue, which slowed his reaction time. The bus also had to take a longer route than normal because a mountain pass had been closed by heavy snow. ...
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Texan jailed over fatal crash | shreveporttimes.com | The Times
The accident, which occurred after the truck in which they were riding apparently clipped a Caddo Parish Schools bus carrying 15 students and a driver, also injured Deborah A. Purifoy, 28, of Doddridge, Ark., and Steven Todd Cook, 18, ...
RSS - http://www.shreveporttimes.com/
The Hindu New Delhi News Blueline hits scooter man injured
NEW DELHI A 45yearold man was injured when a Blueline bus hit a scooter he was riding in Paharganj here on Saturday The bus driver fled abandoning the

KAUZ
Wichita Falls Transit System Offers Free Rides to Boys and Girls Club
KAUZ - Wichita Falls,TX,USA
The transit system will provide free rides to children who are at least ten-years-old and have a signed parental release. Kids under ten can participate if ...
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Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel open longer hours
Seattle Times - United States
longer hours Starting today, the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel will be open nights and weekends. That means the tunnel's 18 King County. ...
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Transit loop: City of Chico pictures frequent buses on well ...
Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek,CA,USA
By JENN KLEIN - Staff Writer CHICO -- An idea in the planning stages envisions a "transit loop" in Chico with frequent bus service along well-traveled ...
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MTA adopts $3.9-billion budget
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The transit agency directs money to new transit and highway projects but calls for minor cuts in agency expenses and bus service. ...
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Asheville Transit modifies routes
Asheville Citizen-Times - NC,USA
ASHEVILLE — Starting Monday, Asheville Transit will drop the Beaverdam Road “Dial –a-Ride” from route 2, which runs along Merrimon Avenue. ...
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Voice of America
Russia Says Ukraine May Fail Europe's Gas Transit Obligations
Voice of America - USA
His deputy, Igor Sechin, says Ukraine should store about 19.5 billion cubic meters of gas to make certain fuel transits to Europe will not be disrupted. ...
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Iredell transit director receives Governor's Award
Mooresville Tribune - VA,USA
Ben Garrison, director of the Iredell County Area Transit System, was named recipient of the 2009 Governor's Public Transportation Award during a ceremony ...
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EDITORIAL: Security cuts sensible for transit district
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
This seems to be the case as the North County Transit District eyes cuts in security costs as it ponders a $2.7 million deficit for next year. ...
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Higher prices, reduced service planned for MARTA
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By Ariel Hart Two-dollar MARTA fares, less frequent service, higher parking fees and staff cutbacks are all close to reality at the transit agency. ...
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Transit food for thought | Ottawa and Region | News | Ottawa Sun
The days of drinking coffee or scarfing a Big Mac on an OC Transpo bus could be numbered.
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Russia Says Ukraine May Fail Europes Gas Transit Obligations | My news
By kertmakson
Russia says Ukraine is having difficulties stockpiling its gas reserves, which could make it difficult for the country to fulfill its transit obligations to.
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News Crime File Nation World Todays | Celebrity Hollywood News
By admin
News Crime File Nation World Todays Headlines Traffic & Transit NY Minute Columnists Galleries Sports Baseball Yankees Mets Football Giants Jets Basketball Knicks Nets Hockey Rangers Islanders Devils More Sports High School Sports ...
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'Green' borrowing pushed
CAPITOL — A coalition including environmental groups, labor and mass transit organizations is pushing for a $5 billion environment-oriented bond proposal to be put before state voters this fall. The leaders of the Assembly and Senate environmental conservation committees are endorsing the plan, which would simply put the funding request before voters. ... Get ALL of our news...Click here to subscribe to our online edition, a complete replica of our print edition. ...
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BioRegion Real Estate | BioRegion News | Bioregionnews | GenomeWeb
David McDonough, senior director of development oversight in Hopkins's real estate division, told the planning board that the extra transit trips wrought by the additional development would make federal transit officials more likely to ...
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Salt Lake Transit News Thread Page 87 SkyscraperPage Forum
Ok this really isnt Transit News but it's a cool picture of Trax and I tried to put it in the most appropriate thread I could find I find the pic on google ...
Google Video Alert for: BUS ACCIDENT Bus Accident Kills 3 Teens
A school bus veered off an Alabama highway overpass, killing 3 students and injuring more. The teenagers were on their way to another high school ...
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State legislators may toughen school bus law
High Point Enterprise (subscription) - High Point,NC,USA
On average, fewer than 12 incidents are filed with law enforcement each year by GCS bus drivers, he added. However, on the single day in March when North ...
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New Policy Banning Cell Phone for Bus Drivers Starts Monday
WRCB-TV - Chattanooga,TN,USA
Starting June first, any bus driver caught using a cell phone or MP3 player while driving will be terminated. This new rule comes afrter several incidents ...
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Enough is enough for school bus driver, who calls cops on kids
The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada
... several incidents of police officers using unnecessary force during the raids. In one case, it is alleged, officers boarded a school bus in search of drugs.
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Driver takes empty school bus on police chase
Chicago Tribune - United States
First Student Inc., a private Cincinnati-based bus company, sought to assure the public that its drivers are qualified, after the incident in suburban ...
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A47: Woman killed in crash with bus
Peterborough Today - Peterborough,England,UK
Inspector Chris Skepper said at the scene that he believed the car may have gone into the path of the oncoming bus for some reason. Incident Commander with ...
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School bus driver charged with rape
So Md News - Waldorf,MD,USA
The teen told a teacher about the incidents, and sheriff's officers began investigating the alleged sexual abuse, the report showed. ...
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ROOSEVELT ISLANDER: Report From RIRA President On RIOC Board ...
By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER
Progress on RIOC-RIRA collaboration on red bus schedule. Because of some scheduling anomalies during the week of May 22, we decided to postpone the red bus schedule experiment to the week of June 1. In short, this experiment only applies to the segment #2: ..... September 2008 Monthly Report, October 2008 Monthly Report, October 2008 Incident Report, November 2008 Monthly Report, November 2008 Incident Report, December 2008 Monthly Report, December 2008 Incident Report ...
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Musings of a pastry case: Connection
By Kim
Finally look over to see a man with a fire extinguisher who has just put out a fire in a newspaper box. A newspaper box that I walked by on my way to the bus stop. I start to recall incidents where I have slept through and/or not ...
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Bus Accident - 384 Espinosa Rd, Salinas, CA
Only one student suffered minor injuries after her school bus, carrying 55 other third graders from Castroville Elementary School, crashed into a ditch Thursday morning along Espinosa Rd. CHP said the students were returning from a ...
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School Bus Driver Shot by Police After Dangerous Chase in Illinois
FOXNews - USA
GLENWOOD, Ill. — The driver of an empty school bus was shot by police after leading them on a chase in which he rammed cars before stopping in the yard of a ...
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Bus with 3rd graders skids off road near Salinas
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
One girl was sent to the hospital as a school bus with 56 third-graders aboard spun off the road and into a ditch north of Salinas. ...
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Minor injuries reported after Pittsburgh bus crash
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
AP PITTSBURGH - Police in Pittsburgh say several passengers reported minor injuries after a Port Authority Transit bus crashed into a light pole. ...
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METRO DETROIT: SMART officials consider bus fare increase
Detroit Free Press - United States
Beth Dryden, a spokeswoman for SMART, said officials have discussed increasing the fare 50 cents to offset a drop in state and federal revenues and a ...
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I'm on Magic bus
News-Sun - Sebring,FL,USA
By DAN HOEHNE Sure, living an hour and a half away for a couple years now, the proximity plays a part - but even 1100 miles away for two years, ...
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WOOD-TV
Wellness tour bus gives
WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
(WOOD) - The AARP Walgreens Wellness Tour Bus has rolled into West Michigan to make sure adults of all ages are healthy and getting the medical attention ...
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Driver killed after taking school bus on chase
ESPN - USA
May 29, 2009 (GLENWOOD, Ill.) (WLS) -- The driver of an empty school bus was killed Friday after he led police on a chase through the south suburbs. ...
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Chicago Tribune
Cops chase, kill agitated school bus driver
Chicago Tribune - United States
By Liam Ford and Dennis Sullivan | Chicago Tribune Investigators gather evidence at the scene where the driver of a hijacked bus was shot by police. ...
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1 killed, 3 hurt in school bus-pickup collision
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
By Kelsey McKinney • kelseymckinney@gannett.com • May 30, 2009 A Texas woman was killed and three other adults were hurt when a Caddo school bus and a Ford ...
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Harrisonburg Daily News Record
County School Bus In Crash
Harrisonburg Daily News Record - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
By Jenny Jones DAYTON - A Rockingham County School bus filled with students was involved in a crash with a car Friday afternoon in Dayton. ...
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School bus driver shot by police after chase - WMC-TV: News ...
CHICAGO (AP) - A school bus driver who led police on a chase Friday before being shot and killed when he allegedly tried to run down officers worked for a company that's been plagued by recent complaints of driver misconduct ranging ...
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School Bus Driver Leads Police On Chase, Shootout
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Let's hope the news copter got video. this is better than SPEED. Almost as good as the "Tank gone Wild" out in San Diego. Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 PM on 05/29/2009. You must be logged in to reply to this comment. ...
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Ohio.com - Bus driver killed after leading police on chase
GLENWOOD, Ill.: A school bus driver who had just been criticized by his employer was shot and killed by police Friday after he led officers on a chase, ramming police vehicles and other cars. No children were on the bus but another bus ...
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DOL Career Express bus pulls into Southington - The Bristol Press ...
Hartford County Connecticut daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.
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Crash between bus and car reported in Waipahu | HonoluluAdvertiser ...
Emergency responders are being sent to the intersection of Anonui and Leia streets in the Village Park area of Waipahu in response to a report of a collision between a bus and a small car. ... Breaking News/Updates ...
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