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Getting tough on drunken driving will cost Wis.
Associated Press WriterGetting tough on drunken drivers won't be cheap. Two of the most talked about measures to strengthen the state's drunken driving laws come with large price tags, which may doom them given a projected $5.4 billion state budget shortfall....Tags: Prosecution, Road Accidents, State Budgets, Lawyers, Drunk Driving
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Family finds Orlando man's body found along Interstate 4 exit ramp in Daytona Beach
Sentinel Staff WriterDaytona Beach Police are investigating the death of an Orlando man whose body was found this afternoon along an Interstate 4exit ramp in that city. Donald Heintz, 50, left his home to go to Daytona Beach for work and a meeting, but never showed up at the...Tags: Transportation, Interstate 4
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Woman charged with robbery in Hampton hotel parking lot
247-7838Police have arrested a woman wanted for the armed robbery of a 33-year-old man in a hotel parking lot in Hampton last year. Patricia Taylor, 21, from Long Creek Lane, Hampton, was arrested Tuesday. She has been charged with robbery, use of a firearm...Tags: Theft, Prosecution, Crimes, Firearms, Transportation
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Tens of thousands gather at Dolphins Stadium in anticipation of BCS title game
South Florida Sun-SentinelUnder sunny skies, and with rising anticipation, tens of thousands of fans gathered on the east side of Dolphins Stadium Thursday afternoon hours before the helmet-thumping showdown between the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma for...Tags: Oklahoma, Petroleum Industry, University of Florida, Transportation, Gainesville
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Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum
MEXICO CITY -- The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew. Now Mexico is responding with innovations ranging from expensive sidewalk steam-...Tags: Transportation, Tennessee, Nashville
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Flooding, avalanches, mudslides close Washington state highways, stalling commerce
Associated Press WriterCENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) — Floods, mudslides and avalanches in the Pacific Northwest kept tens of thousands of people from their homes Thursday, brought freight trains to a standstill and stranded hundreds of trucks along the major highways that link...Tags: Disasters, Oregon, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Trips and Vacations, Vehicles
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Garmin Navigational Software Update Supplies Drivers With Fuel-Efficient Routes
Edmunds.comGarmin International announced today that it's offering a free software update for the company's stand-alone Nuvi 205- and 705-series personal travel assistants that allows drivers to select the most fuel-efficient route and to track their fuel usage. The... -
Holiday On Ice: Two Weeks in the 2009 Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC Diesel
MotorTrend MagazineWith the holidays fast approaching, my wife, daughter, and I departed sunny Los Angeles for the frozen tundra and tenebrous skies of southeastern Michigan. On purpose. Awaiting us in Ann Arbor were my parents, their tiger cat Toby, a Norman Rockwell-... -
Proposed E-ZPass fees could cost $18 a year
baltimoresun.comThe Maryland Transportation Authority is proposing charging E-ZPass customers a $1.50 monthly administrative fee to use the transponders to pay tolls electronically, starting in July.E-ZPass is convenient for drivers for many reasons. Not only can you... -
Summary Box: A look at traffic deaths sliding
DEATHS DROP OFF: Traffic deaths in Illinois last year slid 16 percent to 1,042 from 1,248 in 2007, while nationwide the highway death toll for 2008 has been on pace to be the lowest in more than four decades. THE GAS FACTOR: Officials in many states say...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Transportation
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Ill. traffic deaths down 16 percent for 2008
Associated Press WriterThe soaring gasoline prices that fueled anger among motorists may have contributed to a drop in highway deaths in Illinois and at least a dozen other states as conservation-minded drivers eased up on their mileage and gas pedals, officials say....Tags: Petroleum Industry, Alabama, Teen-agers, Transportation, Minnesota
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Final part of Reagan Memorial Tollway interchange to open near Naperville Road
Tribune reporterAfter waiting through more than two years of construction, motorists could enjoy smoother commutes in Naperville on Thursday when Freedom Drive opens to traffic, the final piece of a reconfigured $100 million interchange. The work is part of the...Tags: Warrenville, Transportation, Naperville
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