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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Alan Bisbort: Celebrating Trains, Buses and the Cutting-Back on Automobiles
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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
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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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Ag-Rail Day at Sioux City Historical Railroad
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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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Charles Manson Releases Eco-Themed Records on Fredericksburgs Magic Bullet Records
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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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Metro returning pulled rail cars to service
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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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QR promises more customer focus
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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
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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.
Continue here: Putting more puff into the KiwiRail business
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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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Woman charged in 2008 Santa Monica murder
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Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Let's say this up front: This is not a rebuilding year for the All-Area baseball team.
Continue here: Prep Baseball: Youth represented on All-Area team
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