Service marks lost WWI generation Nov 11, 2009
Page last updated at 08:23 GMT, Wednesday, 11 November 2009. The last remaining WWI veterans living in the UK all died this year. (BBC News -- UK)
Message is clear: Protect nest Nov 10, 2009
Now, they must put it all together at home, where the Cardinals have been about as smart as taking a taxi to a drive-in movie. And no, Whisenhunt said they don't need a convincing win like the 20-point licking they put on the Bears. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Fond farewell for fairytale galloper Nov 8, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Eamonn DuffNovember 8, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
De Niro gets top LA Bafta award Nov 7, 2009
De Niro's films include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and The Deer Hunter. Actor Robert De Niro has received the Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film at the Bafta/LA Britannia awards. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
* MUSIC: Give peace a dance Nov 6, 2009
A taxi from Sincheng Station to the venue will cost about NT$180, from Hualien Station to the venue is NT$300. Half an hour before arriving at Sincheng Station, call (03) 826-7788 to reserve a taxi. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* World News Quick Take Nov 5, 2009
Police Deputy Director General Jefferson Soriano said two suspects were arrested on Monday while forcing a victim to take the capsules, each containing 11g of heroin, in a taxi outside Manila airport. The victim, Jayson Ordinario, 22, said he was forced to swallow 34 tubes of heroin and that at the time of his rescue, he was about to board a plane to Macau to transport the substances, Soriano said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Infotainment Nov 4, 2009
A South Korean court has rejected an attempt to prosecute Seoul taxi drivers for one of their scariest habits - watching television while driving. The Seoul Administrative Court ordered a district office in the capital to cancel a fine of 600,000 won ($507) imposed on a cabbie. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Expanded Rocky Point airport set to open Thursday Nov 3, 2009
He said taxi service and rental cars will be available. The airport underwent a $45 million to $50 million construction project over the past two years, including a 1. (AZCentral -- Business)
Jewish extremist Jack Teitel held in attacks Nov 3, 2009
Police accused Teitel of killing a Palestinian taxi driver and a Palestinian farmer in 1997, and of stabbing and wounding an Arab in Jerusalem whom he suspected of making sexual advances. He also attempted to bomb police stations and patrols because they provided security for gay pride parades. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Shaun identity Nov 2, 2009
("He's pushing to be funny," a taxi driver tells me ... They watch a YouTube clip of Jackson's "Bad" as Micallef outlines his idea, which has him arriving in an underground car park in a taxi (he will play both passenger and driver) and being confronted by a gang of dancers. (The Age, Australia)
Theater: They coulda learned their lines, but... Nov 2, 2009
In his bravura taxi scene from On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando is turning his head to read from slips of paper reminding him to say, I coulda been a contender. Indeed, many politicians could benefit from occasional prompting. (Boston Globe)
Choosing a College Based on Locatio... Nov 1, 2009
In order to travel around the city students will need to navigate bus schedules, subways, taxi, or lightrail. Crime rates are usually higher in an urban areas than in the suburbs and rural areas. (Suite101.com)
Ask the pilot Nov 1, 2009
Suddenly we crossed the active runway, turned onto a parallel taxiway and proceeded straight to the front of the line ... So long as it doesn't entail a large-scale rejiggering of the taxi queue, an eastbound plane can be given priority. (Salon)
Hilary Swank on her high-flying career Oct 31, 2009
I taxi the airplane, but it's on the ground. Q: Did you learn to fly for the role. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Amesbury woman shines a light on lung cancer Oct 31, 2009
Andy Kaufman (comedian from the sitcom Taxi ) died in 1984 at the age of 35 from lung cancer; he was a nonsmoker. If Mr. Kaufman had been diagnosed today he would still die, said Ross. (Amesbury News, MA)
Claire Denis concocts a warming sip of ‘Rum’ Oct 30, 2009
driving her taxi around the city, grousing about the piddling fares: Doesn t anyone want to go to the airport. Some mornings Jo wakes up and No. (Boston Globe)
Boondock Saints makes unwelcome return Oct 29, 2009
This comes across less like Taxi Driver, and more like what Travis Bickle might have made if someone gave him a camera. It can be ugly. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Deep divisions Oct 28, 2009
When I asked one Belgrade taxi driver how he would feel when he sees Karadzic in the dock on television, he replied "I'll just change channels.". Divided opinion. (BBC News -- Europe)
Answers target specific age groups Oct 28, 2009
beatendown wrote on Oct 27, 2009 11:26 AM:" Is the city going to use this like they did with police survey? That was a joke, had councilman give a raw raw speech to motivate the force and he was in the survey for using cops as his personal taxi service. Read it. Also had cop families and church friends trying to sway survey. Waste of money once again. should spend money ". Cody native wrote on Oct 26, 2009 4:26 PM:" Wow...same exact answers as what was asked over 40 years ago. The more things... (Cody Enterprise, WY)
‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ available on Comcast Free Movies Oct 28, 2009
(HBO on Comcast) Or, as it will probably be called in Martin Scorsese s house, Taxi Driver Lite. Jodie Foster plays a New York City radio talk show host who goes on a vigilante bender when she and her boyfriend are assaulted. (Boston Globe)
Seattle police captain foils attempted bank robbery, carjacking Oct 27, 2009
The man threatened the cabdriver, who jumped out of the taxi and fled. The officer ran out, drew his gun and ordered the man and woman out of the cab, according to police. (Longview Daily News, WA)
The Top 10 Hottest Latino DJs in NYC Oct 22, 2009
West 3rd St & Bleecker St.; DJ Kamala: Fridays at Water Taxi Beach- Pier 17, South Street Seaport. DJ Kast ONE. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
CAIN SCHULTE GALLERY - SF|BERLIN - upcoming Openings Oct 22, 2009
The pieces included in the show feature images and symbols extrapolated from the media, in particular from TV shows of the '60s and '70s, and movie lines from films related the era (Platoon, Taxi Driver). The artist re-contextualizes them as iconic images of the American culture with a wry sense of humor. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Balser, Warren stress their strengths Oct 21, 2009
The organizations called on the candidates to permanently open up the city s recycling program to small and mid-size nonprofits; get funding for the taxi voucher service for seniors; support affordable housing; and ensure that the city s deposits go to banks that follow responsible practices, such as charging reasonable interest rates for customers. Balser could have been speaking for Warren, when she answered, Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes to all six position commitments posed by interfaith... (Newton Tab, MA)
Seriously! Beer sparked Norms Cheers career Oct 21, 2009
I picked up small parts in episodes of Soap and Hart to Hart and played an exterminator on Taxi, hired by Danny DeVitos Louie de Palma to take down the worlds biggest cockroach ... Theyd written the episode of Taxi I appeared in, which also happened to be directed by Jim Burrows. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Should Downtown Lodi merchants be open Sundays? (810) Oct 21, 2009
pork chop wrote on Oct 20, 2009 8:35 AM:" It is a good idea to have a 24 hour 7days a week strip club downtown that would bring in some people.Also put skateboard obsticals all over the place to make it more skateboard friedly.Another good idea is to have cowboy stuntmen on horses staging make believe gunfights,have some cowboys get shot from the rooftops and fall off and land on a pile of hay.A really cool store like Evangalines like the one in Old Sac.A giant candy store and a musium of some... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Vigilante films, an American tradition Oct 20, 2009
Vigilante vengeance was the cinematic theme of the decade, flourishing in the more respectable precincts of the new American cinema (Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver") even as it fueled numerous exploitation flicks ... And in Neil Jordan's "The Brave One" (2007), "Taxi Driver" star Jodie Foster becomes a crime-fighting folk hero in a sordid New York City as apocalyptic as the Sodom and Gomorrah that tormented Travis Bickle. (FOX59, IN)
Daily television and radio listings Oct 20, 2009
Under the Bombs 10:30 p.m. (SUND) A divorced Muslim woman (Nada Abou Farhat) and a Christian taxi driver search for her son. NR (2007). (Boston Globe)
Celebrity mom sang happy for everyone Oct 19, 2009
Tourists who rode in her taxi would write back years later trying to book her in advance for their Hawaii vacations. Infamous Honolulu Advertiser columnist Sammy Amalu gushed about meeting her. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Madonna Sued Over Loud Music, Dancing Oct 18, 2009
The search is on for a taxi cab witnesses say caused a major wreck in northwest Houston, KPRC Local 2 reports. Harris County firefighters were called to a fire at a nursery at about 1 p.m Saturday afternoon, Local 2 reports. (Click2Houston, TX)
War film big winner at Golden Rooster Awards Oct 18, 2009
Zhou played a taxi driver looking for her missing boyfriend in "The Equation of Love and Death." Jiang was honored for her performance in "And the Spring Comes," a drama set against economic changes in China from 1988 to 1998. Wang Xueqi won best supporting actor for "Forever Enthralled" and Yue Hong was named best supporting actress for the drama "A Tale of Two Donkeys.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
After year without, family finds middle ground Oct 18, 2009
Once, Beavan and his wife, Michelle Conlin, had lived lives of take-out dinners and taxi rides, recreational shopping and reality TV. But as his family cut back and as he learned more about the devastation wrought worldwide by human consumption he had found relief, and an easier conscience. Now, as he turned the lights back on, he had to admit that he was once again part of the problem. (MSNBC -- Environment)
NYC calling all cabbies: Hang up that phone Oct 17, 2009
NEW YORK -- Like so many who hail yellow taxis in the city, businessman Amit Agrawal says he's fed up with hearing cabbies talking on their cell phones while driving ... In an effort to keep cabbies focused on the road, the city's Taxi sine Commission proposed on Friday prohibiting cab drivers from using any electronic devices, including handsfree products and smart phones ... Taxi drivers have been prohibited from using handheld and handsfree phones while driving since 1999. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Boston Palestine Film Festival gives voice to people rarely heard in New England Oct 17, 2009
Laila s Birthday, about a proud judge who is forced to become a taxi driver in Ramallah, will close out the Boston Palestine Film Festival ... It is the tragicomic story of a proud judge who is forced to become a taxi driver. (Boston Globe)
RNC’s Online Gaming Oct 16, 2009
Forget a town car or even taxi cab Sen. Jeff Merkley braved the cold, crowded and very damp public transit system this morning alongside thousands of D.C. commuters. (Roll Call)
‘New York, I Love You’ takes a uniform look at a diverse city Oct 16, 2009
There are no gays or people of color who don t drive a taxi, sell their bodies, or provide a service of some kind. The entry that Portman directs, about a little blond girl and her Brazilian caretaker, highlights the movie s blind spot by trying to trick us into seeing a racial and socio-economic problem where ultimately none exists. (Boston Globe)
Big Applesauce Oct 16, 2009
There's also an Orthodox woman (Natalie Portman, who makes her inauspicious directing debut in another segment about a "manny") getting frisky with an East Asian merchant (Irrfan Khan) on Diamond Row; Bradley Cooper jumping into the back seat of a taxi with an obliging stranger and giving the driver hilariously improbable directions ... There's also an Orthodox woman (Natalie Portman, who makes her inauspicious directing debut in another segment about a "manny") getting frisky with an East Asian... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
RUMPUS BEGINS: 'Where the Wild Things Are' Oct 15, 2009
Even this pride of celebrities, however, could do little to silence the evening predator of Manhattan's Upper West Side, the taxi cab horn. Through the honking and squeaking of rush hour, the stars somehow managed to unanimously praise director Spike Jonze, loud and clear. (ABC News)
Narrow escape Oct 14, 2009
Otto and Gundel sat with my husband and I in their hotel room, just before they were all due to take the taxi to Changi Airport. We sat listening to Ottos wonderfully reassuring promise that they would love our daughter like their own. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Dust in the Wind Oct 13, 2009
A taxi driver hailing from Serbia was more phlegmatic, telling me that for once he was glad of the lack of rain, because if it had come down while the air was full of this matter, the whole place would have been waist deep in mud. But the wind brought it, and the wind bore it awaydumping some dust as far away as New Zealandand the experience would have been fairly easily forgotten if not for the nagging fact that no meteorologist or climatologist had come anywhere close to predicting what,... (Slate)
Few hitches on an event-filled day Oct 12, 2009
We ve got all the tourists in town, we ve got all the streets blocked off, you can t get to hotels, you can t get to businesses, groused Peter Romanos, a 63-year-old taxi driver, as he took a break by the TD Garden after the Celtics game. He said backups yesterday cost the city s cabdrivers a lot of business. (Boston Globe)
Letters to the Pink Oct 12, 2009
Editor - In truth, Mary Martin never fully recovered from that 1982 taxi wreck in San Francisco ("Actress Janet Gaynor dies at 77," Wayback Machine, Sept. 13). Martin lived until November 1990, but she almost never left her home. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Traffic restrictions today downtown Oct 11, 2009
Thomas J. Robbins, Boston University police chief, sent an e-mail to students with safety reminders, suggesting that they walk with friends, take a taxi home at night, and keep valuables out of sight. Fire in North End displaces 7 tenants Seven people were displaced yesterday after a fire on the roof of their four-story building in the North End, the Fire Department said. (Boston Globe)
YouTube views over one billion a day: co-founder Oct 10, 2009
It announced on Thursday, for example, that the 1976 Martin Scorsese film "Taxi Driver" starring Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster is currently available for US viewers on YouTube's Crackle channel. YouTube has yet to make money but Google executives have said recently that it is getting closer to becoming profitable. (Business Report, South Africa)
Sight unseen Oct 10, 2009
Plot summary: Insomniac Travis Bickle spends his nights driving taxis in New York and not exactly feeling at peace with the world. A date gone wrong starts to upset him, and an encounter with an underage prostitute and her pimp send him right over the edge. (BBC News -- UK)
Local Ladakhi films trump India's Bollywood in Himalayas Oct 10, 2009
Bureaucrats and Buddhist monks write screenplays, taxi drivers and cops play villains and heroines, and the superstar actress gets paid $1,000 a movie ... But after an initial invasion of English and Hindi songs, films, and pop culture, it's once again Ladakhi songs that are played in the taxis and the hotels. (Christian Science Monitor)
World Reacts to Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Oct 10, 2009
"The rest is the same as the article here on CBS. Perhaps before you start lying, rowdy, you might for once consider that it is an easy matter to check out what ever you spew, and then you look less like the recalcitrant, ignorant uneducated, dishonest, and consistently wrong poster you have been. by rational_1 October 9, 2009 8:38 AM EDT I thought these Prizes were awarded for achievement rather than possible achievement. The committee could find itself with egg on its face in a few years, if... (CBS News)
Carey Mulligan: An education for this young up-and-comer Oct 9, 2009
Still, the former Catholic boarding-school student who starred in a production there of as the title taxi dancer, has come a long way from the days of naively writing letters to the likes of and asking for career guidance. Actually, a note to , the Oscar-winning screenwriter for 2002's , led to her getting the role of giggly Kitty Bennet in 2005's Pride & Prejudice, where she became fast friends with the film's lead. (USA Today -- Life)
Invasion of the pod car Oct 4, 2009
When a passenger arrives at the station, a pod car should either already be waiting or arrive within a few minutes after being summoned - sort of like hailing a taxi in Manhattan, but the subsequent trip would be far smoother and quieter than a New York cab ride. (Of course, keep in mind that such a system has yet to be successfully tried on a large scale. (Boston Globe)
Kuala Lumpur in Transit Oct 4, 2009
There are many ways to get from the airport into KL ranging from taxi to train to bus. For those on a budget, the bus is usually the best way to travel. (Suite101.com)
Locair introduces flights from St. Petersburg to Bahamas Oct 3, 2009
Based in Fort Lauderdale, Locair operates with the FAA as an air taxi airline. It provides passenger and cargo service to destinations in the United States and the Caribbean. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
New look for bus stops Oct 1, 2009
After that, the company will build another 200 taxi shelters with a similar design. The new shelters are not only more aesthetically appealing but also bring some relief to the problem of illegal bills and posters. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Lifting the veil Oct 1, 2009
And its true, if you take a taxi down the Highlands Highway it is likely completely covered in protective metal grids, and most every window passed is barred, every cinder block building topped with razor wire and fronted with armed guards. There are villages where cannibalism is still practiced, and some of the more ambitious are always trying to get ahead. (MSNBC -- Travel)
In hard times, arts provide escapism, realism Oct 1, 2009
In the '70s, gritty films like Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" coincided with disco. As much as people want to see their experiences mirrored in pop culture, they also want to escape them. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Aussies call an end to just phoning on mobiles Sep 30, 2009
Further, with Mobile Suica, it's almost replaced their wallet too being able to pay for their train tickets, buy stuff from convenience stores, and pay for taxi rides via their phones. Phone technology has come a long long way. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
'Fame' theme song making its comeback Sep 26, 2009
In the original film, the song is blasted from speakers atop a taxi driven by the father of the songwriter, who tries to boost his son's confidence by pulling up in front of the school and coaxing scores of dancers into the street merely by turning up the volume ... The music video is more in line with a traditional fantasy sequence, with Naughton, in a frilly purple skirt, rainbow sequined jacket and one glittering eyelid, emerging from a taxi to lead her own dance on a New York street,... (Honolulu Advertiser)
No other device can claim to get as close to a user as a mobile phone. Sep 25, 2009
The iPhone has reinvigorated the medium as consumers discover the joys of being able to download applications, surf the web, hoover up information, watch videos and hail a taxi without even having to make a call. No other device can claim to get as close to a user as a mobile phone. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Top 10 songs from the Disney girls Sep 25, 2009
Miley Cyrus, "Party in the U.S.A." - Sure, it's corny, with its desperate cries for street cred ("That's when the taxi man turned on the radio and a Jay-Z song was on"). But Miley owns the corny here, a Disney princess trapped in Hollywood, where everybody seems so famous. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Live forever Sep 25, 2009
When Fame was released in 1980, Alan Parker's film became a critical hit thanks to its leg warmer-clad cast and dance routine involving a New York taxi cab. Nominated for six Oscars, the movie, which followed the students of the New York City High School of Performing Arts, went on to win two awards - including one for its infectious title song performed by Irene Cara - and spawned a TV series and successful musical. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Putting filmmakers in the frame Sep 25, 2009
Quentin Tarantino hosts Popcorn Taxi after a screening of his print of '80s Ozploitation flick Dark ... Popcorn Taxi lets us ask filmmakers what they were thinking, writes George Palathingal ... The event that has captured the attention of these luminaries of contemporary cinema is Popcorn Taxi, the Sydney (and sometimes Melbourne) institution that for the past 10 years has been screening films and then giving the audience the chance to question the creative minds, including directors and cast,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Clear Channel Spectacolor to Launch First Cable-Style Broadcast Network Focused on All Things Times Square Sep 24, 2009
It also operates airport, rail, taxi and mall advertising businesses worldwide. Its Spectacolor (U.S.) and DEFI (international) divisions are the global market leaders in spectacular sign displays, including in New Yorks Times Square. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Casablanca slums Sep 22, 2009
" The scale of the project is huge, which is why the government has brought the private sector on board. BMCE Bank, which is one of Morocco's largest lenders, specifically targets people who don't own property, and customers who have irregular incomes, such as taxi drivers and carpenters. It's a growing business for the bank, which has about 9,700 mortgages for people moving into low cost housing. It may seem surprising that lending to sub-prime customers would be an attractive proposition after... (BBC News -- Business)
Rail will come when Georgia gets its act together Sep 22, 2009
And while Georgia lawmakers balk at any step that might shift taxing and spending power from state officials to metropolitan areas, LaHood and others discuss changes that would allow federal transportation money to flow directly to metropolitan planning districts, such as the Atlanta Regional Commission, bypassing state transportation departments ... Go to Chicago, notice the choo choos that run in every direction and then make notice of the fact that the expressways are still jammed to the hilt... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Rape victims treatment reviewed Sep 22, 2009
John Worboys, a taxi driver, was arrested in 2007 but released without charge. Earlier this year he was convicted of attacking 12 women - and a further 85 have come forward to say they too were victims. (BBC News -- UK)
Athens no longer cheap, but bargains exist Sep 22, 2009
Yellow taxis are everywhere but no longer cheap, with daytime fares set to rise to $1 ... Don't be surprised if taxi drivers pick up other passengers on a long fare technically illegal, but a common practice seen as a courtesy by stranded commuters. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
