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Next time around, when a hurricane heads for New Orleans, there will be city transportation to evacuate residents - as well as their pets. The trains will help in the migration. The city is working with airlines to make sure tourists with tickets get a plane ride out. But residents who stay are on their own, says Mayor Ray Nagin. There will be no ?shelter of last resort? for riding out the storm, no replay of the horrors that occurred after Hurricane Katrina at the Superdome or the Convention Center...
...group at Captain Ian Weikel's funeral in Colorado Springs, Colo., last week, "and we want to say thank you to this next generation." Others are hobbyists a generation younger and simply happy to pay respects. The group is strictly culture-war neutral. Notes Patriot Guard California state ride captain David (Scooter) Bolton: "Nobody cares if [a rider is] gay or not. It's not a meet-and-greet-and-date organization. It's to honor fallen heroes...
...RATHLIN ISLAND Some 9 km off the Irish coast and about 22 km from Scotland's Mull of Kintyre, this cliff-edged island is reachable by a 45-min. ferry ride from Ballycastle. Few vehicles mean Rathlin is a haven for walkers and cyclists; the nature reserve and bird sanctuary area allow visitors to get close to seals and puffins. It's a grand day out, or bunk at the modest Manor House, tel: (44-28) 2076 3964. On a clear day, you can see forever-or at least to Scotland. ntni.org.uk
...Windy City is by no means the only place experiencing a mass transit boom. Transportation authorities in the Cleveland area are expanding park-and-ride lots to help accommodate the growing commuter ridership, while cities from Washington, D.C., to Salt Lake City and San Francisco are experiencing near-record passenger levels...
Harvard softball faced a familiar non-conference foe on Tuesday as it battled Rhode Island in a doubleheader at Soldiers Field.Riding a strong pitching performance from sophomore starter Shelly Madick, the Crimson (18-21, 6-6 Ivy) took the first game 5-1. It appeared that Harvard would ride another strong performance, this time from sophomore Amanda Watkins, in game two, but the Rams (16-21, 4-4 Atlantic 10) scored five times in the top of the sixth to manage a split.The teams had previously met in Miami in March, with Harvard winning 8-2 the first time...