Alan Bisbort: Celebrating Trains, Buses and the Cutting-Back on Automobiles

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

Two clear messages arrived on these shores in the past month. First, China passed Japan to become the world’s second-biggest economy. Second, a traffic jam formed outside Beijing that recalled the plot from a J.G. Ballard novel.

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‘Tomboy’ on the catwalk

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

When Brooke Evaga's little sister was approached in a shopping mall to be part of the Westfield Style Pasifika Model Search Brooke decided to give it a go as well.

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'Tomboy' on the catwalk

Ag-Rail Day at Sioux City Historical Railroad

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- Agriculture and the railroad both shaped Sioux City's history and depended on the other.

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Charles Manson Releases Eco-Themed Records on Fredericksburgs Magic Bullet Records

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Cult leader Charles Manson , youll be pleased to know, is still serving his life sentence for the Tate/LaBianca murders of 1969. But that wont stop him from releasing a tetralogy of environmentally minded albums on Fredericksburgs Magic Bullet Records over the next year.

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Metro returning pulled rail cars to service

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

WASHINGTON Metro says all 100 rail cars pulled from service earlier this month can return to the rails. Metro announced Tuesday that it has completed the inspection and repair of the door motors on its Series 4000 rail cars.

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QR promises more customer focus

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

IPSWICH rail commuters were promised a more customer focused passenger service after the official split of Queensland Rail yesterday.

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Makeover for new QR

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

IPSWICH rail commuters were promised a more customer focused passenger service after the official split of Queensland Rail yesterday.

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Makeover for new QR

Putting more puff into the KiwiRail business

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

New KiwiRail chairman John Spencer doesn't claim to be an expert on our national railway  but he's right up to speed on unwelcome facts such as 2.5 million sleepers are close to being garden borders, and 800 bridges are nudging 100 years old.

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Woman charged in 2008 Santa Monica murder

Monday, June 21st, 2010

LOS ANGELES A woman has been charged with the 2008 murder of an aspiring model-actress whose body was discovered in her Santa Monica apartment. Forty-four-year-old Kelly Soo Park, who was arrested in Camarillo, was charged Monday in the death of 21-year-old Juliana Redding.

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Prep Baseball: Youth represented on All-Area team

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Let's say this up front: This is not a rebuilding year for the All-Area baseball team.

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