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...crazy” comes over, rambling loudly. The cop retorts with a faux-hostile “Are you talkin’ to me?” from Taxi Driver before chatting...
...local hospital for treatment, and contacted the Cambridge Police Department (CPD) to report the incident. The second attack took place during the early morning hours of Saturday, Sept. 24. Bennett is alleged to have picked up a 23-year-old New York woman while masquerading as a taxi driver near the intersection of North and Union Streets. He allegedly offered her a ride to Brighton, but instead took her to the same parking area near One Alewife Center, where he violently physically assaulted and raped her, according to the press release. After the defendant left her, the woman traveled...
Many Germans welcome the change. The 1960s and '70s were a particularly intense time in Germany as young people threw off the social straitjacket of the 1950s and the legacy of Nazism. Fischer, who among other assorted jobs worked as a taxi driver, brought some of that contrarian spirit into German political life, famously clashing with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on the eve of the Iraq war. Schrder was not a radical but shared his cohort's progressive outlook and freewheeling lifestyle. (Schrder and Fischer have eight marriages between them.) "They all wore suits and ties...
...asking Allah day and night to unify our country," she said. A resident of predominantly Sunni Sadiya district of Baghdad said turnout was high in the neighborhood, indicating many Sunnis had come out to vote against the constitution. But even those who voted were cynical. Thafir Aga, 38, a taxi driver in Sadiya, said he voted against the constitution because it "is dividing Iraq." "The government is only Kurdish and Iranian, it is not a Sunni or Shi'ite government." Many Sunnis, who benefited under Saddam's reign, regard the Shi' ites in government as pawns of Iran because politicians...
...Maybe it's just the novelty of weaving around cars stuck in traffic jams, but the Parisian motorcycle taxi certainly seems to be the most fashionable way to commute around town these days. The two-wheeled wonders shave precious minutes from journey times, and at least four different companies (Citybird, Motojet, PLD and H?g? Service) scoot around the French capital. Clients are equipped with rain gear and helmets, and Citybird and H?g? Service customers get inbuilt two-way radios. A carry-on suitcase and two laptop-sized bags can be secured to the back of the bikes. Journeys within Paris...