May 20 2012 - 5 Things to Know About: Antebellum Homes Tour
As its contribution to the Historic Preservation Month activities in Independence, the Civil War Round Table of Western Missouri is sponsoring an antebellum homes tour instead of its usual guided bus tour to Civil War sites. |
May 13 2012 - Slow down for tow truck drivers
Tow truck drivers want to help with the effects of an accident, not become part of it. But sometimes the latter can turn out to be the case at crash sites on busy highways, when chaos reigns and accidents lead to more accidents when careless drivers don't pay attention to what's on the road. |
April 21 2012 - Bomb threat empties Wilton schools
WILTON -- A man with slurred speech called in bomb threats to Academy Hill School and Cushing School on Thursday morning, forcing school officials to bus students to alternate sites, police said. |
April 19 2012 - Lincoln sites weather cutbacks in field trips ... so far
With the school year winding down, April and May are typically the busiest months for field trips to Springfield’s historical sites and museums. But, with many schools cutting back on trips to save money, attendance is down slightly this year at several area attractions. |
April 10 2012 - A Buyer's Market: The Balance Of Power In Retail
Shopping apps and retail websites give consumers the power to compare prices, read reviews and shop on the go. Stephanie Clifford, business reporter at The New York Times and market researcher Paco Underhill discuss how many brick-and-mortar stores are altering pricing strategies. |
April 02 2012 - NBC filming ‘Hunger Games’ sites
A film crew with NBC’s “The Today Show” will be in Shelby on Wednesday, shooting footage of locations used in the blockbuster movie, “The Hunger Games.” |
March 29 2012 - Cops everywhere for Holy Week security
BY ASHZEL HACHERO-- -- THE National Capital Region Police Office will deploy 5,572 policemen in vital installations, bus terminals, jeepney stops, airports and seaports, churches, pilgrimage sites and residential areas to ensure Holy Week security.... |
February 21 2012 - HART considers using eminent domain
HART will consider using eminent domain proceedings to acquire up to 26 parcels to be used as station sites for the county's first Bus Rapid Transit system, scheduled to launch in March 2013 between downtown Tampa and its northeast suburbs. |
February 19 2012 - Four dead in bomb attack on bus in Algeria
A roadside bomb blast killed four people and injured 10 other passengers on a bus east of the Algerian capital on Sunday, local news websites reported. |
 | February 02 2012 - 19 Online Indian Bus tickets booking websites
Infobytes lists all the websites of major bus ticket booking portals and private bus operators where you can book bus tickets online. Very useful for road travelers in India. |
January 26 2012 - Register For 'Both Sides Tour VIII' Sponsored By The Franconia Museum
The Franconia Museum will sponsor a special Civil War Sesquicentennial bus tour Saturday, April 28. The event includes visits to Harpers Ferry and Sharpsburg, among other significant sites. A feature is a stop at a home near Harpers Ferry, still in the family of one of the tour leaders, that was built after the Civil War from bricks salvaged from the destroyed U.S. Arsenal and Armory. |
January 14 2012 - City asks apartment sites for bus help
City officials have turned to south Columbia apartment complexes to seek financial support for Columbia Transit after a similar proposal to bolster the bus system’s coffers with an increased activity fee for college students failed to attract broad support. |
January 13 2012 - SM: What parking lot?
RETAIL giant SM backlashed at online petitioners clamoring for the stoppage of its mall expansion that will lead to the alleged cutting of 172 alnus japonica and pine trees at Luneta Hill. SM Baguio Public Relations manager Karren Nobres clarified Wednesday misconceptions in social networking sites and in media that SM is set to construct a parking area and a centralized bus terminal in their ... |
January 12 2012 - Analysis - Iran nuclear sites may be beyond reach of "bunker bus
LONDON (Reuters) - With its nuclear program beset as never before by sanctions, sabotage and assassination, Iran must now make a new addition to its list of concerns: One of the biggest conventional bombs ever built. Boeing's 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), an ultra-large bunker buster for use on underground targets, with Iran routinely mentioned as its most likely intended ... |
January 11 2012 - Bus stopped?
The iconic campaign bus is no longer full of newspaper reporters writing for the folks back home. Are the political-junkie Web sites filling the void? The media mob will have high-tailed it out of New Hampshire by the time you read this. THE GREAT GAME of covering presidential hopefuls like Rick Santorum (above) has changed profoundly, as strapped local papers have stopped sending their own ... |
January 11 2012 - TSA screenings aren't just for airports anymore
Roving security teams increasingly visit train stations, subways and other mass transit sites to deter terrorism. Critics say it's largely political theater. Rick Vetter was rushing to board the Amtrak train in Charlotte, N.C., on a recent Sunday afternoon when a canine officer suddenly blocked the way. |
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