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...crossed the big C painted on every artery leading into London's heart had its picture snapped by at least three cameras. The license plate details were then sent to a central computer system, which checked that the driver had paid his €8. For now, the list of exemptions is short - including the disabled, emergency- service vehicles and taxis. Everybody else has until midnight to pay - by phone, text-messaging, online or by visiting one of thousands of convenience stores - although the charge doubles after 10 p.m. Those who don't pay will be mailed a €120 fine...
...said 51 percent of Cambridge land is already tax-exempt and that as the University grows, the city loses funds from property taxes...
First-year students—exempt from preregistration under the proposed system—will have spots reserved for them in lotteried classes in the fall. Essentially, a first-year quota for these classes will be put in place. At worst, not enough first-years will want to take the class; at best, first-years will undergo an entirely separate lottery, a bizarre and inefficient system...
Traditionally, frequent-flyer tickets are exempt from those nasty $100 fees for a last-minute change in schedule. In the fall American Airlines began imposing a $100 fee on AAdvantage members making changes on award tickets. American also charges $50 to $75 to "expedite" the processing of any award flight purchased within three weeks of travel. (The restriction used to be just two days.) Northwest and Continental Airlines have both increased by 5,000 the number of miles required to earn a free flight. Delta is making it tougher for bargain flyers to win "elite" status (which gives them perks...
...religious parties. The wildcard in the current election, however, is the centrist Shinui party of Tommy Lapid, which has surged from the political margins on a platform of militant secularism. Lapid's peace policies are somewhat vague, but his challenge to the privileges of the ultra-Orthodox who are exempt from military service and study at state expense has proved so popular that Shinui stands to win a potential king-making role with 14 seats. Lapid's dream ticket is a Likud-Labor-Shinui coalition, which would mark the first time in decades that Israel's secular parties were able...