Tuesday, May 09, 2006


Upstate students may soon take a new route
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - GREENVILLE -- Hey, kids: Maybe it's time to get your learn on. A major part of this region's future is said to lie in automobiles. Children today grow up in an age when information is a commodity, where knowledge is the basis of an economy. It's easy

NYC cable-car riders stranded for hours
Northwest Arkansas News - NEW YORK A normally five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had to be rescued early Wednesday after two cars lost power over the East River. The passengers from one car were plucked one by one and

Has Roosevelt Island Tram Outlived Usefulness?
1010Wins - NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the Roosevelt Island Tram may have outlived its usefulness. The mayor made these comments Wednesday, hours after dozens of people were rescued from the stalled tram cars. The head of the agency

National and World News
East Valley Tribune - NEW YORK - Working through the night, police on Wednesday plucked the last of 69 people stranded up to 12 hours in two cable cars that got stuck after a power failure. No injuries were reported. The passengers became stranded around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday