Archive for July, 2009
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Jordan’s new lover, cage fighter Alex Reid, was on the ropes last night after his heartbroken girlfriend found out about the fling.
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Cage fighter bedded by Katie Price is ‘still in a relationship’ (Daily Mirror)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
OWOSSO, Michigan -- The big, powerful Southern Pacific "Daylight" No. 4449 train had smoke oozing out of its front....
Continue here: Train Festival draws 30,000 locomotive lovers to Owosso (The Flint Journal)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
The Commons Transport Committee's verdict on the UK's rail franchise system will not be a surprise to anyone who has watched recent developments in the running of our trains.
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Passengers come first (The Herald)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
After toying with the idea of further education Amber Le Bon the daughter of Yasmin and Simon has chosen to follow in her mother's model footsteps at the University of Life.
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Amber Le Bon trains in model behaviour (Daily Telegraph)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding that fact that many trains were running late and passenger amenities were far from desirable, passengers have rated the performance of the railways at five to six on a scale of 10.
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CAG survey finds railway passengers reasonably satisfied (The Hindu)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
North County Transit District has decided to hire a private firm to supply bus drivers and mechanics, an outsourcing move that could cut costs 18 percent. It is a necessary move, to keep the district solvent and to buy time to design a new business model.
More here: Keeping the buses running (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Bob Hartwiger just couldn't get rid of his childhood toys. So he had them immortalized in his game room floor. Photo caption: Hallmark ornaments representing The Beatles are part of Hartwiger's collection, which is displayed around his home. Photo by Dean Musser Jr. | The Journal Gazette
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Making room for memories (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
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Sunday, July 26th, 2009
The buzzing in the sky Saturday above Southern Kentucky Model Aero Club Park wasn’t coming from mosquitoes.
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Model aircraft fill BG skies during Big Bird event (Bowling Green Daily News)
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Alexi Johnson steps to the plate at the Hitter's Choice Batting Cages as her step-father sets the pitching machine to 45 mph. "You're kidding, right?" the 14-year-old says, coaxing him to ramp up the speed. Johnson, wearing the gold tank top of her Renegades travel-ball team, proceeds to pound pitch after pitch into the netting.
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Chasing the Scholarship (The Press-Enterprise)
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
In the 14 months since my father passed away I have come to realize how much he taught me, and more relevantly, how much more he had tried to teach me. Last year, in honor of him, I put in my first garden. I used my economic stimulus to buy organic fertilizer, a memorial he would have found much humor in.
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Trouble with tomatoes brings a garden of memories and an unexpected encounter (Daily Local News)
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