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The heat is on: Wear a seat belt or face a fine
The Memorial Day weekend is coming up and state troopers are cracking down. Their target: those who refuse to wear seat belts. Last year, there were 205,633 of you. And that doesn't sit well with the Florida Highway Patrol, which is participating...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Memorial Day, AAA, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents
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State reminds drivers to buckle up
TALLAHASSEE — Central Florida drivers, beware. The Florida Highway Patrol is on the lookout for you this holiday weekend. So, buckle up. Troopers are cracking down on motorists cruising the highways without a seat belt as part of a national...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Memorial Day, Laws, Highway Transportation, Florida Highway Patrol
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Passenger forced to pay airline bag fee twice
Airline baggage fees still might not be popular, but fliers have been forced to accept them as an added cost of their flight. I bet most of us, though, wouldn't be onboard with having to pay two fees for the same bag, as Allegiant Air charged John...
Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Media Industry, Allentown
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County applying for grants for Rockwood train station
DAILY AMERICAN REPORTERThe Somerset County commissioners authorized planners to apply for federal and state grants that would pay for a new Amtrak train station in Rockwood Borough. The estimated cost of the train station is about $2 million,Somerset County Planning...Tags: Amtrak
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Oak Park to seek millions in grant money
Sidewalks, streets and other public transportation projects could get a boost in Oak Park if the village receives a federal grant trustees agreed to seek this week that could be worth millions. The board of trustees Monday supported village staff's...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Chicago Transit Authority, Transportation, Illinois Department of Transportation, Travel
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Lawsuit aims to protect migrating swallows from deadly netting draped over bridges used as nesting sites
A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing transportation agencies of violating migratory bird laws by installing protective netting across two bridges in the Petaluma, Calif., area that has injured and killed...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Conservation, Trials, Laws
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Bus strikes, kills woman at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Sun SentinelA woman’s airport visit to meet her husband, who was arriving from a flight, turned deadly when she tripped in a roadway and a charter bus ran over her. It forced the normally hectic four-lane arrivals section of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood...Tags: Traffic, Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Vehicles, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
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Lawmakers retreat from high-profile energy legislation
After a 2012 focused on major long-term energy issues, the Legislature retreated a bit from high profile energy legislation this year. Instead, attention was more narrowly focused on altering existing laws regarding the construction of nuclear power...Tags: Renewable Energy, Government, Natural Gas, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Environmental Issues
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U.S. airlines reap $841 million in bag fees in 4Q 2012
Airlines continue to reap handsome payoffs from the extra fees they charge for checked bags and other travel-related services. Sixteen U.S. passenger airlines collected $841 million in baggage fees and $610 million for reservation cancellation and change...Tags: Palm Beach International Airport, JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines Inc., Transportation, Southwest Airlines Co.
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
PRESSURE COOKER-AIRPORT ARREST Nephew: Man mistakenly jailed for pressure cooker DETROIT (AP) — The nephew of a Saudi man arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport says the case is a misunderstanding, and that the pressure cooker his uncle was...Tags: Fred Upton, Financially Distressed Companies, John Dingell, Museums, Local Government
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Dedication ceremony planned for $22.8 million bridge replacement project in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A dedication ceremony is planned for a $22.8 million bridge replacement project in Ann Arbor. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Democratic Congressman John Dingell are among those expected on hand for the event Tuesday...Tags: Ceremonies, Culture, Arts and Culture
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JPMorgan board members targeted by shareholder advisers
JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, survived the financial crisis better than most — only to have the $6 billion "London Whale" trading loss last year expose embarrassing flaws in its accounting and risk controls. Influential...
Tags: Delta Air Lines, Rockefeller Center, Melissa Harris, Chicago Transit Authority, Sara Lee Corporation
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