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NYC woman sentenced for subway graffiti
A woman accused of tagging her way through Europe has been sentenced to six months in jail for spray-painting Queens subway cars over three years. Queens prosecutors say 27-year-old Danielle Bremner, of New York City, was also ordered Thursday to pay...Tags: Transportation, Punishment, Vehicles, Queens (New York City), Trials
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Woman accused of tagging her way through Europe gets 6 months for NYC subway graffiti
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman accused of tagging her way through Europe has been sentenced to six months in jail for spray-painting Queens subway cars over three years. Queens prosecutors say 27-year-old Danielle Bremner, of New York City, was also...Tags: Transportation, Vehicles, Queens (New York City), Trials
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Butt-Slapper On The Loose In Brooklyn
wpix.comPolice say there is a serial butt-slapper terrorizing subway trains in Brooklyn. According to authorities, they have received nearly a dozen reports of a man slapping the buttocks of women riding the subway in and around Crown Heights. The incidents...Tags: Transportation, Minority Groups, Crown Heights, WPIX-TV
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Police search for Oakland Park Subway robbers
Police are looking for two bandits who robbed a South Florida sub shop. The robbery happened Wednesday afternoon at a Subway near Commercial Boulevard and North Andrews Avenue. Surveillance cameras captured one of the men pulling the register to the...Tags: Transportation, Theft, Oakland Park, Broward County, Crimes
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Michael Phelps ads prove a new cultural tolerance of marijuana
Super-swimmer Michael Phelps returned to big-time advertising Sunday with a TV spot for Subway titled "Be Yourself." Oh, the irony.
Surely Phelps -- 14-time Olympic gold medalist and endorsement juggernaut -- was being only himself, only human, when he...Tags: Culture, Foods and Beverages, Matt Lauer, Sports Illustrated (magazine), Transportation
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City's Metro passes round of 'integrity tests'
Baltimore Sun reporterA Maryland Transit Administration official said early Wednesday morning that Baltimore's Metro subway had passed a round of tests of the reliability of its control and collision prevention system conducted in the aftermath of the fatal June 22 crash of...Tags: Transportation, Railway Transportation, Railway Accidents, Owings Mills, Transportation Industry
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Fail-safe in D.C. Metro didn't work
The Washington PostFive days before last week's deadly Red Line accident, a Metro crew replaced a key piece of equipment designed to prevent rail crashes, but the circuitry malfunctioned and no one in the subway system detected the problem, investigators and transit...Tags: Transportation, Railway Transportation, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Health and Safety at Work, Transportation Industry
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Theater groups must read the fine print when negotiating with publishers
Sentinel Theater CriticWhen American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., announced plans in 1984 to produce Samuel Beckett's classic play Endgame, Beckett was not a happy man. Director Joanne Akalaitis wanted to set the play in a subway station and to use an overture by...Tags: Virginia, Theater, Edward Albee, Values, Mad Cow Theater
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Man commits suicide on NYC subway tracks
Authorities say a man jumped to his death in front of a Brooklyn subway train, causing rush-hour service delays for about 90 minutes. The Fire Department said two other people received medical treatment. They reportedly suffered from shock after...Tags: Transportation
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MTA sells renaming rights to NY subway station
The developer of a new NBA arena in Brooklyn has bought the rights to rename a subway station for $4 million. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved the deal Wednesday. The arrangement calls for the busy Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street...Tags: New Jersey Nets, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NBA
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Subway, bus fare hikes take effect Sunday
Starting today, fares are rising 10 percent on subways and buses run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. A single fare for the subway and bus - including on Long Island Bus - jumps to $2.25 from $2, and a 30-day unlimited MetroCard is going...Tags: Metro-North Railroad, Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Long Island Rail Road, Long Island
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