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Most residents allowed back home in Tamaroa
(The Southern Illinoisan posted the following article by Christi Mathis on its website on February 13.) TAMAROA, Ill. -- The orange T- shirt worn by 6-year-old Marissa Knapp spoke for many of those who packed the Tamaroa Community Center Thursday. They were there to...
Amtrak noticed rough track before Crescent City derailment
(The Sarasota Herald Tribune posted the following Associated Press article by Connie Cass on its website on February 14.) SARASOTA, Fla. -- The sharp curve near Crescent City, Fla., where the Amtrak Auto Train derailed last April was a troublesome stretch of track...
Acid spilled as NS train derails
(Delaware television station WBAL posted the following Associated Press article on its website on February 14.) FARMINGTON, Del. -- Officials at Norfolk Southern said a small amount of a solid acid was released when a freight train derailed early Friday morning near...
KCS remote control train derails in Baton Rouge; City banned remotes five months ago
(The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate posted the following story on its website on February 14.) BATON ROUGE, La. -- Five months after the Metro Council voted to ban remote-controlled locomotives in Baton Rouge, an unmanned train derailed late Wednesday on a highway...
One person killed in Scottsbluff train derailment
(The Omaha World-Herald posted the following Associated Press article on its website on February 13.) SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. -- A conductor who jumped from a coal train before it collided with a switch engine and derailed was killed after being buried under more than 2,000...
Longshore Union plans for future
(The UCLA Daily Bruin posted the following article by Charlotte Hsu on its website on February 13.) LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- With last year's port lockout behind it and a new six-year contract, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is looking to prepare for...
Opinion: Tax scams
(The following editorial by Jim Hightower was posted on the Seattle Press website on February 13.) SEATTLE -- George W is pushing his latest tax giveaway to the superrich as an "economic stimulus." Well, I'd be "stimulated," too, if I was going to get $16,000 out of...
Labor unions push for corporate reforms
(The follwing Associated Press article was published online by the New York Times.) WASHINGTON -- Labor unions, with $400 billion in pension fund assets, are stepping up their demands for investor-friendly changes at public companies, starting with annual shareholder...
Bombardier ousts chief financial officer
(Morningstar.ca posted the following Reuters article by Charles Grandmont on its website on February 12.) MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. said on Wednesday it had named Pierre Alary interim chief financial officer, replacing Louis Morin, who is leaving the company, in the...
Metra confident in new proposal
(The Pioneer Press posted the following article by Karen Shoffner on its website on February 13.) CHICAGO, Ill. -- Zipping along the Northwest Tollway on Metra’s Suburban Transit Access Route (STAR) line or the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line extension or a Pace...
