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May 16, 2006
It may be known for gorgeous beaches and trendy nightclubs but now Miami has a new claim to fame. Miami drivers speed, tailgate and cut off other drivers so frequently that the city earned the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. AutoVantage is an automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance. The club also listed Phoenix, New York, Los Angeles and Boston among the top five cities for rude driving.
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May 4, 2006
Sneakers the cat is being reunited with his owner, hundreds of miles away from where she disappeared in 1996. The long-haired black cat was given to Sacramento's Animal Care Services last week, where an employee scanned him for a microchip, a routine procedure.
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April 7, 2006
Topics lawyers, teeth, gold, emily, rap, dentist, seattle, stars, germany, dead, office, men and car
Prosecutors attempted to force the removal of gold tooth caps from two drug suspects, saying the "grills" were seizable assets. The Associated Press reports that Flenard T. Neal Jr. and Donald Jamar Lewis were in a car heading to the dentist when defense attorney convinced a judge to stop the procedure.
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April 5, 2006
An Arkansas farmer got an unusual delivery from FedEx - a large part of an engine from an MD-10 cargo jet. A 5 or 6-foot portion of the engine's rear section plummeted from the sky on Tuesday and partially buried itself in the soil, officials said. It landed near Otwell, about 70 miles northwest of Tennessee's Memphis International Airport.
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February 17, 2006
Topics city, nurse, seattle, cool, coach, image, shopping, hard, holiday, doctor, wife, people, apple and big
New York City may be changing its image. It may seem a little hard to believe, but New Yorkers are being honored for their good manners. The group "Americans for More Civility" is honoring New York City residents for their 'forbearance and aplomb' during the transit strike that hit at the height of the holiday shopping season. In other words, people didn't lose their cool or poise when the buses and subways stopped running.
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