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Best mileage for transportation tax dollars
A new transportation law will soon tax Peninsula citizens to fund traffic congestion relief projects. Whether or not one agrees with the law, it is our duty to make sure that our tax dollars are spent correctly. The Hampton Roads Transportation...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Transportation, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Emancipation Oak, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization
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Leaking water in subways costs millions in claims
The Philadelphia InquirerSEPTA, PATCO, and the City of Philadelphia have paid millions of dollars to victims of slip-and-fall accidents in subways while failing to fix the hazards that cause the accidents. Leaking ceilings and slippery floors remain, sometimes for years after...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Republic of Ireland, Subway Transportation, Litigation, Trials
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Tampa Tribune, Fla., Steve Otto column
The Tampa TribuneMy guess is the addition of my favorite piece of public art, "The Exploding Chicken," to the Channelside area is the cause of what happened last week. The Chicken, now perched in the Channelside roundabout, has brought new life to a stagnating area....Tags: Heart Surgery, Amtrak, Hillsborough County, Tampa
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New York's One World Trade Center spire finally goes up
New York City can once again claim to be home to the tallest building in the country, and the Western Hemisphere for that matter. On Friday, workers topped off the new One World Trade Center building with a spire making the structure 1,776 feet tall,...
Tags: Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Executive Branch, New York City, Same-Sex Marriage
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World Trade Center reaches new heights with permanent spire
A spire set atop One World Trade Center on Friday was greeted with cheers from workers high in the air and spectators from the street below. The 408-foot spire, draped in an American flag, brought the New York City structure to a height of 1,776 feet,...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, New York City, Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center, Today (tv program)
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Shake-up at Florida port
A reader sent me this Jacksonville Biz Journal story that the Canaveral Port Authority has fired its CEO, J. Stanley Payne. The reasoning was a too-high turnover rate, and the port authority is conducting a nationwide search for Payne's replacement.Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Tilda Swinton sleeps in a box at MoMA and Twitter is amused
The tall stalk of pale, Scottish androgyny known as Tilda Swinton has brought her 1995 performance-art piece "The Maybe" to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The piece, which requires the Oscar-winning actress to lie inside a transparent box for hours...
Tags: Tilda Swinton, I Am Love (movie), Museums, Museum of Modern Art, Michael Clayton (movie)
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UPDATED: Board votes against privatization of Virginia port
ReporterThe Virginia Port Authority will not privatize most of its port operations. The authority's board of commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to discontinue negotiations with two companies that were seeking to lease and operate the state's ocean...Tags: Regional Authority, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Norfolk Southern Corporation, Hampton Roads
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Six quickly builds HU into MEAC's dominant women's program
HAMPTON — Ariel Phelps was so angry that she barely spoke to her head coach, David Six. Hampton University's women smothered opponents on the way to the first unbeaten regular season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in six years. They were...
Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Hampton University, Boo Williams
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False report: port trade pub retracts article that says privatization decision shelved
A UK-based port trade publication posted and then pulled an article Thursday that said the Virginia Port Authority board had decided to shelve privatization plans, several days before a scheduled vote on that issue. "Despite having received multi-...
Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Privatization, Company Privatization
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Writers' Theatre season includes 'Gabler'
Kate Fry will star as Henrik Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" as part of the 2013-14 season at Writers' Theatre Chicago. Kimberly Senior will direct the new production of the famously passionate drama for a January opening. The fall at Writers' Theatre, located...Tags: Authors, Henrik Ibsen
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P3 proponent under scrutiny
Staff WriterIf there is one company wishing to fund the much-needed Calexico West Port of Entry expansion, that company is Kinsell Newcomb & de Dios. In doing so, the Carlsbad-based investment banking firm has gone before the Imperial County Board of Supervisors,...Tags: Google Inc., Juan Vargas, Bank of America Corp., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Finance
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Feb 23, 2013
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