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Beijing Subway 101
Leave it to CNReviews to come out with a clearly written post on how to get around Beijing using Beijing's subway. The post is entitled, "Beijing Subway Guide: of Tickets and Faregates," and it does an excellent job setting out the dos and don'ts...

Womanly ads in the green subway car.
Here's the car (at the NY Transit Museum):I love this one (brassieres and war bonds):And this ? Who knew Chuckles would keep you alert? And look how enthusiastically that strange man is wielding his Chuckles at her.

MTA’s Own Study Confirms Decrepit Conditions of NYC’s Subway Stations
A study conducted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority?s own advocacy organization for transit riders, the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee, found that nearly half of the subway stations examined (23 out of 50) need more attention, and that the worst stations had decrepit conditions, including water damage, exposed wires, rodents, foul odors, clogged track drains and [...

The Subway Goddess
A Chilean stripper has been arrested after she reportedly gave impromptu performances in subway cars -- they do have poles, you know. The stripper, nicknamed the Subway Goddess, only got down to her undies...

Tough times for Cousin Vinny
That would be Anthony "Cousin Vinny" Agnello, who opened a strip club with Subway-style sandwiches in the Bronx. (Or is it a Subway with strippers? Hmm.) Agnello, a previously convicted pimp, had tried to get into the Subway business, but...

"Every woman will eventually vote for Gold Dust."
More old subway ads from the NY Transit Museum.(Enlarge.) You never see subway ads with the word "cravat" anymore. And the hyphenation! "Cra-vat" ? ironically, when talking about things that fit perfectly...

Baseball Players Named in Mitchell Report
Major League Baseball Players using Performance Enhancing Drugs

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
$2.3 million settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuit.

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

Grand River Dam Authority
Faces Class Action over Flood Damage

Brown Greer et al.
alleging that the six law firms handling the Vioxx settlement failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.