Word: yorke
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Sources: AP (2); Wall Street Journal; New York Times; NBA.com New York Times; Reuters...
Despite these relatively high prices, Green Apple has found a niche among the more environmentally sensitive citizens of New York and New Jersey. Before Kistner opened his first store, he had 1,000 customers signed up, and today there are three Green Apple Cleaners in the metropolitan area. It may help that Kistner throws in a few green extras, paying customers to return hangers and employing reusable or biodegradable plastic bags. Outside major urban areas like New York, environmentally friendly cleaners can be tougher to find. But the company Green Earth Cleaning has licensed its technology to launderers around...
GARY JACKSON, former president of private-security firm Xe Services, once known as Blackwater, responding to questions from the New York Times about a report that the company authorized the payment of about $1 million in bribes to Iraqi police to silence criticism after a 2007 massacre in Baghdad...
...think back on those hulking motor coaches--from sullen rides to sleepaway camp to a terrifyingly fast tour abroad with an unpleasant-smelling driver--none of the memories are very nice. So when my ultra-cool 29-year-old cousin started raving about her regular bus trips from New York City to Philadelphia, where her fiancé is in grad school, I figured maybe it was time to review my old bias...
...dropping prices. The British-owned MegaBus, which arrived in the U.S. in 2006, offers a $1 fare to at least the first passenger to book a seat on each bus. BoltBus, a joint venture launched last year by Greyhound and Peter Pan that covers Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, offers the same $1 deals as MegaBus, whose routes include the Northeast corridor and major college towns in the Midwest. BoltBus caps fares at $25 each way. This means a weekday ride from New York City to Boston costs about a third as much...