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Preemption Means Latka Wont Have To Fix Yellow Hybrids Yet
One of the 2,200 new “sunshine” cabs which were put into service in New York, June 19, 1936. (AP/J. Stirling Getchell) So much talk these days of Wyeth and preemption in the drug context...

BBC Anchor Fired Over Racist Conversation with Taxi Dispatcher
BBC host Sam Mason has been sacked by the company over a racist remark that she made to a taxi dispatcher regarding Asian or turbaned drivers picking up her daughter. Mason, 40, only took over the BBC Radio Bristol weekday afternoon programm six weeks ago...

Is it an offence to kiss in Malaysian taxi
Today is Valentine’s Day, read this post before you kiss your girl friend…  I was informed by some of my foreign friends that they were surprised when they saw the “no kissing” sign in Malaysian taxi...

New York City Taxi Fare Finder
Ok, This is wickedly cool. It tells you how much the taxi fare should be from any two points in NYC, making it much easier to figure out if you've been scammed. (Which it turns out, I haven't)

Not A Taxi Driver
A New Orleans assistant city attorney who had been convicted of computer fraud for accepting $1,000 from an undercover FBI agent posing as a taxi driver was suspended pending further proceedings by the New York Appellate Division for the Third...

Federal preemption of NYCs Taxi Rules!
Fans of federalism will read with dismay Judge Paul Crotty?s opinion in Metropolitan Taxicab Board v City of New York in which the court held that the NYC?s Taxi & Limo Commission may not set fuel efficiency standards for taxis holding a medallion from the city...

Car Talk
A couple of car-related items: First, about hybrid cars . . . . Christine and Gordon's recent hybrid car postings...

Taxi's in Hoboken, illegal
A simple and tax free way to greatly increase mobility around Hoboken is to allow Taxi to be hailed down like in New York and most Cities. The absurdity of this situation can be seen on near the Path Train in Downtown Hoboken where the Taxi cabs line up, as many as 30 taxis, waiting in a long linefor people to come out of the Path train...

Language Requirements for Citizenship
Naturalization without an English language test

Pedestrian Injured by Taxi Awarded $1 Million
Pedestrian Injured by Taxi Awarded $1 Million

Honda Civic Hybrid Class Action Reaches Tentative Settlement
Honda Civic Hybrid Class Action Reaches Settlement

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.