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Stamford Advocate Website Replaces Icon With Giant Cancer

March 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Ironically, under the giant white pop-up reads ‘Tell us what you think of our new design’. In the survey, I described it as malignant.

On Monday I gave the Stamford Advocate, Norwalk Advocate (which according to my count is one too many Advocates), and Greenwich Time (a mean pun that results in millions of frustrating Google [...]

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Tags: Fairfield County

Black Cabbies Tipped Less Than Whites In New Haven, Even By Black Passengers, Says Study

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Photo: Artukus
A study published in the Yale Law Journal in 2004 found that African-American cab drivers in New Haven (Yale researchers don’t look far outside their window for subjects, I guess) were tipped on average 6.6% less than their white counterparts.
The most disturbing part of the study is that the disparity existed even when the [...]

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Tags: Taxi Cabs

Runaway Train Car Collides with Commuter Train: 80 Injured

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

In Canton, Mass tuesday afternoon a CSX Freight car loaded with lumber rolled off a side track onto a main line for 2 miles, colliding with a stopped MBTA Commuter train with over 300 passengers on board.

Dozens of passengers were sent to local hospitals, most with minor injuries, none life-threatening.
The commuter train was stopped by [...]

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Tags: Commuting Horror Stories · Safety and Accidents · Trains

Train Derailment On LIRR: Trains Collide, One Derails, Switch Is Suspect

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

photo: WNBC
An LIRR commuter train derailed at Jamaica Station in Jamaica, Queens, after striking another train this morning at 10AM, suspending Eastbound service until 10:56 AM.
The 9:35AM from Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn due in Hempstead left the tracks after hitting the 9:34 from Penn Station to Huntington.
There were 150 people on each train. LIRR Spokeswoman Susan [...]

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Tags: LIRR · Safety and Accidents · Trains