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Metro-North To Resume Full Service Wednesday; One More Day Of Tough Commuting
The Hartford Courant— Traffic was heavy again Tuesday morning as commuters endured one more day without rail service from Bridgeport into New York. But at least one backup plan — commuters boarding buses to get to a train — was working, albeit slowly....Tags: Railway Accidents, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Grand Central Terminal, Middletown
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Reducing the number needed for 'one too many'
St. Louis Post-DispatchThe following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Monday, May 20: When bundled with a host of other suggestions aimed at curbing drunk driving, the National Transportation Safety Board's proposal that state governments should reduce...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
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The dangers of dynamic currency conversion
The Travel TroubleshooterProcessing a credit card charge for overseas purchases used to be pretty simple. You swiped your card while on vacation, your bank changed the money from pesos or euros into greenbacks, and the amount you spent appeared on your bill. Maybe you paid a...Tags: American Express Company, Trips and Vacations, Money and Monetary Policy, Services and Shopping, Personal Data Collection
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5 dead, 6 injured in Illinois passenger van crash
St. Louis Post-DispatchVANDALIA, Ill. A crash that killed five men and injured six near here Monday was another in a series of one-vehicle rollovers that have prompted repeated warnings about 15-passenger vans for years. Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen said the vehicles...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Disasters and Accidents
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David Zwick: Lowering alcohol limit makes sense
The National Transportation Safety Board recently recommended all 50 states reduce the legal blood alcohol limit for driving from the existing .08 to .05. Their reasoning is the level is too high and leaves some drivers still impaired even though they are...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Criminals, Mardi Gras
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Latest Pennsylvania news, sports, business and entertainment
PENN STATE-ABUSE Federal judge weighs fate of Corbett suit vs. NCAA HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania says she'll decide in the next couple weeks whether to dismiss Gov. Tom Corbett's antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, National Transportation Safety Board, Music Industry, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Metro-North Train Crash Highlights Infrastructure Need
On Friday evening at rush hour, two Metro-North railroad trains, one heading east out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the other heading west out of New Haven toward the Big Apple, approached each other on parallel tracks near Bridgeport. In...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Grand Central Terminal, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Disasters and Accidents
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Here is the latest Pennsylvania news from The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge in Pennsylvania says she'll decide in the next couple weeks whether to dismiss Governor Tom Corbett's antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over penalties against Penn State. U.S. Judge Yvette Kane had pointed...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Transportation Safety Board, The Pennsylvania State University, Fogelsville, Allentown
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Fake prom crash brings home lesson of drinking and driving
Beneath a cloudless blue sky, a simulated fatal car crash was depicted in horrifying detail at Lake Zurich High School. The deadly post-prom tragedy included a lifeless teenage girl wearing a blood-splattered dress splayed over the hood of a...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Accidental Death, Human Mishaps
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Sen. Casey calls for federal investigation of fiery tanker crash
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Senator Bob Casey wants federal regulators to investigate a fiery tanker crash that caused serious damage at the interchange of Interstate 81 and U.S. Routes 22/322 near Harrisburg. Casey said Monday he asked for the...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board
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Blowing the limit: Move to lower blood-alcohol content threshold has pros, cons
Bristol Herald Courier, Va.A federal safety commission wants states to get tougher on alcohol-related crashes and fatalities by lowering a blood-alcohol content threshold that has changed only twice in 35 years. One local lawmaker says changing the current .08 level to .05...Tags: Bristol (Bristol, Virginia), Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Push for lowering DUI limit gets mixed reactions
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.For Jackie Walker, there's no question whether the blood alcohol content level to determine driving under the influence should be lowered. "I think anybody who has a beer shouldn't get behind the wheel," Walker said, as she walked along Sebring's...Tags: National Transportation Safety Board
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