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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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