Tag: transportation
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google developing fleet of autonomous vehicles
google cars drive themselves, in traffic from nytimes: Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on the roof. Harder to notice was that the person at the wheel was not actually driving. The car is a project…
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obama proposes $50 billion for road, rail, airways
labor day push for planes, trains & automobiles from reuters: President Barack Obama would spend $50 billion on revamping highways, rails and airport runways to create jobs in the near term and improve the long-term U.S. transportation network. The $50 billion would be spent in the first year and be part of a six-year transportation…
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All Public Safety & Police Radios Down In District of Criminals
D.C. Police sources tell FOX 5 that radio communications are down citywide in the District, and police officers on the street have no way to receive or respond to calls via radio.
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French State Railway Causes Panic With Web Blunder Over ‘Disaster’
People logging on to the website of the SNCF, the French state railway, got a shock this morning. It announced that an explosion had torn through a high-speed express in Burgundy, killing more than 100 people and injuring nearly 400.
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Austin Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely
More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.
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police state int’l: the g20 crackdown & occupying US
military attacks US citizens with sound weapons & tear gas at g20*video: orwellian militarized police state in pittsburgh*g20 protesters in pittsburgh hit with ‘oc vapor & smoke’*security nerve center established at secret spot for g20*ny gov announces natl guard support for g20 meeting*lebanon, penn guardsmen on g20 duty*soldiers & sailors conference allows organizers to vent…
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murder/mayhem: fast cars, danger, fire & knives
illinois derailment revives hazmat debate*brazil winds down flight 447 search*brazil ceases hunt for bodies from air france crash*investigators: air france jet broke apart on impact with water*paying tribute to ‘the metro hero’ at memorial for train operator*informercial pitchman billy mays dies at 50*teens who think they’ll die young take more risks*crash kills 9 on oklahoma…
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man killed in dc metro crash ordered jets above capitol on 9/11
from cnn: A former commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard – who ordered jets over the Capitol amid the September 11, 2001, terror attacks – was among those killed in a transit train crash in Washington this week, authorities said Tuesday. Retired Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. and his wife, Ann,…
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4/16 Newspurge
obamessiah & the apostles of war:jesus missing from obama’s georgetown speech -nice pyramid symbolism, though*obamadvisor & cfr vp says 100k+ troops, 10yrs+ needed in afghanistan*obama to release reagan records kept secret by bush*obama half-brother ‘linked to uk sex attack’*gordon brown’s plan for army of teen volunteers*obama taps 5th riaa lawyer to justice dept*the nsc’s invisible…