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When Bubble Burst: Companies Won, Investors Lost Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 9:48PMTen years ago, the Nasdaq Composite index closed at a record of 5048.62. On Tuesday, it closed at less than half that level.
Hoboken Dumps Parking Spots For Taxi, Bus Stops Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:17PMParking has long been a problem in Hoboken, and it's about to become a bigger one. It's a rare sight: a Hoboken parking enforcement agent with free time on her hands. The surprising lull in the action is taking place on Hudson Place near the terminal, where some 50 parking meters are now covered up and getting some shut eye.
County-Wide Taxi Legislation Hits Snag Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 9:57PMLegislation to regulate the taxi industry in Broome County hit another snag Monday. Many local municipalities had called on the county to oversee the taxi industry after complaints of high fares and crazy rides, like the ones that we looked in to last year. But a resolution to introduce legislation to the County Legislature was held over Monday after many taxi operators voiced displeasure with ...
Monday football as it happened Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:21PMWigan win for the first time against Liverpool, who suffer a blow in their quest to finish fourth in the Premier League.
Victoria cab drivers claim being bullied into using downtown taxi stands Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 8:53AMTaxi drivers hate them, bar patrons ignore them. The six-month pilot project to have late-night taxi stands on the weekend has gotten off to a rocky start, but the City of Victoria insists it's the best way to clear the crowds from the streets when the bars let out.
Matt Hanley's Top 10 films of 2009 Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:01AM10. "Food Inc." I'm tempted to put the "Baby Mozart" DVD here, since it can hold my 5-month-old son's attention for 15 minutes, providing cover while I eat dinner. That makes it one of my favorite movies this year. Sadly, "Mozart" was released in 2000. Instead, I'll choose this year's best documentary. This movie made me take a second look at everything I eat -- and gave me ideas on how to ...
Rapid City taxi ordinance tougher than New York when it comes to language Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:15AMBelle Fourche fashioned its pending city law that would require taxicab drivers be able to read, write and speak English on a similar municipal ordinance in Rapid City. It's not clear where the language requirements in Rapid City's ordinance came from, but one thing's for sure: It wasn't New York City.
A 'Drunkards' Strike' Shuts Down Bolivia Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:30PMAfter a series of horrendous fatalities, Evo Morales imposes a zero-tolerance DUI law for bus drivers, provoking a nationwide strike
Death row inmate talks race, U.S. prisons Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:11AMFor 15 minutes on Wednesday evening, a crowd of 150 people gathered in Labyrinth Books to listen to a phone call. Mumia Abu-Jamal, an inmate on Pennsylvania’s death row, spoke on the phone with African-American studies and religion professor Cornel West GS ‘80 and sociology professor Patricia Fernandez-Kelly.
Lure of the mine dumps Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:40AM"Johannesburg has a lot of soul, a lot of culture, a lot of South Africa," says Azra Joosab. An articled clerk training to be a chartered accountant, Joosab (25) moved to Johannesburg at the beginning of 2008.
Wicked Vets Aaron Tveit and Carol Kane to Appear on ABC's "Ugly Betty" Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 11:19PMBroadway stars Aaron Tveit and Carol Kane will guest star on the March 17 episode of ABC's television series "Ugly Betty."
Roy Exum: Toyota's Silent 'Mule' Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 9:19PMThere is a story told about an old prospector ambling into a cowboy town with his pack mule when suddenly the swinging doors at the saloon burst open and a gun-slinging dandy stumbled out to cry, "Hey, old man! Do you know how to dance?"
Crime Notebook, March 2 (w/police reports) Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:30PMEvery time taxi drivers pick up drunken downtown patrons, they know they could be in for a wild ride. One driver had a particularly crazy time Saturday. According to a University Police report, during a traffic stop at River’s Crossing on Feb. 27 at 2:40 a.m., a police officer saw a Much Love Taxi pull into [...]
Balmoral Park Results Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:02PMBalmoral Park
Review// Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:40AM(1 Mar 2010) Super Sonic Racing
Arrest Made 5 Years After Dancer's Disappearance Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:17AMAn Arlington businessman and father of two is in jail in connection with a 5-year-old murder case.
Barksdale airmen return from Guam Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 2:11AMLoved ones waited on the tarmac at Barksdale Air Force Base on Saturday waiting for troops returning home from Guam.
Getting away with murder The death of Martine Vik Magnussen Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 8:01PMWhen a vivacious Norwegian woman was found raped and strangled in the basement of a London flat, suspicion fell on a fellow student. But two years on, the case remains unsolved. We reconstruct her las...
Balmoral Park Entries Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:06PMBalmoral Park
BBC presenter Nick Clarke's widow tells their inspirational story of laughter, tears and love Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:28PMHere, in our first extract from her extraordinary new book, his widow Barbara Want tells the haunting story of their doomed love.
Last Rebellion Review Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:13PMLast Rebellion (PS3) Hit Maker finally takes a stab at the PS3, with a similar result as its PSP efforts. An eerily similar result.
Taking the plunge Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:59PMThere is no shortage of great diving destinations in South-East Asia or even Malaysia. Here is a list of five from each.
Readers share their spooky hotel stories Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 11:10AMUSA TODAY readers share their tales of paranormal encounters in hotels.
PFT: Get ready for NYC to host the Super Bowl Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:56AMOn the same February day that the New York area is having a thick layer of white shag carpeting installed by Mother Nature and Company comes a development that could lead to the first Super Bowl played under snow globe conditions.
Scorsese's beautiful, flawed 'Island' thrills Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:51AMBased on the novel by Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River," "Gone Baby Gone"), "Shutter Island" stars Leonardo DiCaprio in another Boston-accented outing as U.S. Federal "Mah"-shal Teddy Daniels. The year is 1954 and Teddy has been dispatched to a hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of a female inmate.
Gonzo: Oh (no!) Canada Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:35AMGonzo: Being Canadian has to be tough. Canadians have so many obstacles to overcome. They sit around all winter (known as July to the rest of North America) waiting for a chinook (warm wind) to blow in so they can finally go outside and spend their loonies (cash) on some poutine (French fries covered in gravy and cheese curds).
Beverly Bell: Haiti: Grasses of Ginen Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:17AMThe downtown, around Grand Rue in the old part of the city, looks like a modern-day variant of Pompei. Nothing but ruins. Here the tall...
Featured flick: Shutter Island Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 10:29PMMartin Scorsese creates a universe that is so vibrant it will make you wonder if you're crazy.
An anarchist protest like O Week with tear gas Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:52PMGuy Rundle attends an anarchist protest in Athens where his "Melbourne-80s-now-fat" outfit, i.e. black from head to foot, almost got him caught by police in the roundup.
Spirits 2010 |"Zero Bridge"'s Tariq Tapa: "We were starting from ground zero every day" Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 4:46PM"We were purely going along by what we could carry on our backs or what we could solve with our hands. It was a very savage or primitive way of working, but I think it taught me to appreciate the things about filmmaking that I took for granted." That's how "Zero Bridge" director Tariq Tapa sums up his experience making a film in Kashmir with a cast of non-professional actors and ...
Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 25, 2010 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:21PMJOE ROUNDUP In true Nazi fashion: Joe Arpaio really deserves that expensive Well...
Tim Hortons ads and Mad Hatter tea Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 1:13PMI admit to a guilty pleasure — commercials! It drives my husband crazy how I react to the various commercials in print, on TV and radio. And one of the best commercials I’ve enjoyed are the ones generated by Tim Hortons and the company’s True Canadian stories series. Tales of hockey or family gatherings just tug at the heartstrings.
Chilean wins $1.76 mn from forgotten lottery ticket Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:41PM/EFE) A Chilean taxi driver became a millionaire after finding that a lottery ticket he had forgotten after keeping in the glove compartment of his vehicle for several weeks had won a prize worth 934 million pesos ($1.76 million).
Chilean wins $1.76 mn from forgotten lottery ticket Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 11:35PMSantiago, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) A Chilean taxi driver became a millionaire after finding that a lottery ticket he had forgotten after keeping in the glove compartment of his vehicle for several weeks had won a prize worth 934 million pesos ($1.76 million).
Pakistani Taxi Drivers Have Mad Google Skills, All The Good Drugs Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 2:25PMGo ahead: Search for "Asif Hussain Shah." Can't resist, can you? His plan is working, but that's nothing — wait 'til you see the interior. We're stone sober, and it freaked us the hell...
Twilight stars dating Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 10:10AMRobert Pattinson has admitted he is dating Kristen Stewart.
Carers asked to make donations for cups of tea Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:21AMCarers in Lancashire have hit out after being asked to pay towards cups of tea and slices of cake offered by the people they care for.
Robert Pattinson Dating Kristen Stewart Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 5:38AMRobert Pattinson has admitted he is dating Kristen Stewart.
Carers must pay for cups of tea offered Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 4:06AMCarers have hit out after being asked to pay towards cups of tea and slices of cake offered by the people they care for.
Voice of the People for Feb. 23, 2010 Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 8:40PMComparing IRS suicide pilot Andrew Joseph Stack to Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine is ludicrous. They were brave men fighting real tyranny.
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JANET STREET-PORTER: Why are male bullies called strong... and women crazy? Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 4:47PMGabby Logan freely admits she had a ' meltdown' when she turned up too late to board the Eurostar in Paris and was escorted from the station after being caught trying to crawl under the barrier.
Love Among the Ruins Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 4:14PMIn the barbaric cave for the dead
Leonardo Dicaprio - Shutter Island Shuts Down Rivals Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 2:54PMAlthough even some of the most favorable reviews of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island observed that it fell short of some his landmark films like Taxi Driver, Mean Streets...
US is crazy for Scorsese's Island Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 4:48AMMartin Scorsese's psychological thriller Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, tops the North American box office chart.
Desperate Housewives Episode Recap: "Lovely" Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 10:50PMOn Sunday's episode of Desperate Housewives , Robin Gallagher (Julie Benz) is the new stripper on the block, and she's making quite a first impression. At a party to celebrate Katherine's return to Wisteria Lane (that was quick!), the Desperate Husbands ogle and delight at learning Robin's former chosen career path. The Housewives are collectively peeved that Susan brought such an element to ...
Grounding moon missions, some say, is right step; others say it's a leap backward Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 3:12AMKANSAS CITY, Mo. - In ancient days, mystics believed that the moon possessed special powers over people's passions - from the lunar orb came "lunacy." Maybe they were right. When the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center this
Why I opened the door to the Goblin King: Katya Ivanova lifts the lid on her relationship with Ronnie Wood Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 6:38PMAdopting the weary tone of an exasperated adolescent addressing her parents, Katya explains: ‘I was only joking when I called him an evil goblin king. It was a bit of a game.’
Girl no.5: Ashley Cole took out Cheryl then bedded me Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 6:22PMSleazy Ashley Cole took a glamour model home for sex – on the night he first went public about his relationship with Cheryl. Just minutes after waving goodbye to Cheryl on their first official night out together, he sidled up to Alexandra Taylor in the bar of a London nightclub.
Wes Anderson: The man in the ironic mask Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 6:07PMWes Anderson wants us to think he's weird. He would probably be very happy to find himself staring out of the page under a dictionary definition of "weird". His life and career are all about his own studied brand of peculiarity, and he's not about to change that now.