| City considers Triple Crown extension
I do not know about the grocery stores, but have you ever stopped into Subway, McDonalds, Wendy's, or any other fast food place during Triple Crown Time? The line is huge most of the time. Those may not be "local" businesses, but they are certainly generating tax revenue. Also, I assume these people are sleeping somewhere? So that means hotel rooms are being paid for. Seems to me that they are generating revenue. .
Urgent: Fire breaks out at Klontoey slum community
A fire broke out at a slum community in Bangkok Klontoey's district.
The fire broke out at the Nong Mai community next to Bus No 4 depot in front of the Tesco-Lotus Rama IV near the Customs Department Intersection.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
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Concepts hint at Chrysler's greener future
The introduction of three Earth-friendly Chrysler LLC concept cars today will serve as a coming out party for ENVI, a skunk works team at the automaker whose aim is to bring electric-drive vehicles to market. In rolling out the vehicles -- an electric Dodge sports wagon, a fuel-cell powered Chrysler sedan and a small electric Jeep with a diesel range extender -- the Auburn Hills automaker is hinting at its future green products. All three vehicles are powered by batteries and electric motors. Two of them use a range extender to recharge the batteries while the car is in operation; the Chrysler ecoVoyager has a fuel cell, and the Jeep Renegade has a small diesel engine. The other concept, the Dodge ZEO, is an entirely electric vehicle that must be plugged in for recharging.
Edison police seek help in attempted lurings
Edison police are asking the public for help in finding two drivers who allegedly attempted to lure girls into their vehicles in two separate incidents reported Thursday. At 7:50 a.m., a 13-year-old girl was walking to a bus stop near the Michelle Court apartment complex off Talmadge Road when a man in gray BMW called for the girl to come to him, police said. "Come over here," the man yelled twice to the girl, who ran to the bus stop where other children were waiting, police said. At 3:40 p.m., an 11-year-old girl was walking home from John Marshall Elementary School when she stopped to cross the intersection of Marshal Drive and Lexington Avenue, and a man in a brown or gray four-door car repeatedly waved for her to come to his vehicle, police said.
With changes complete, NASCAR thinks of fans
As NASCAR continues to surge into its second half-century, Brian France, grandson of the sport's founder and now its chief executive officer, is calling for a hiatus in ground-breaking changes in stock car racing. Not that change is bad, but the sport has seen its share, particularly in the last few years. With the start of the season -- the 50th Daytona 500 -- just more than a week away, France wants to see the sport reestablish ties with its grassroots fans, the ones who were there 50 years ago at the first Daytona 500. .
GM Exec Stands by Calling Global Warming a “Total Crock of Shit”
It's ALL about global taxation in preparation for global government. Your foolish if you think global taxation for CO2 emissions won't eventually be extended to taxing the CO2 you exhale from your lungs into the atmosphere every day (you dirty filthy polluter). .
Around the world in 30 days
But to a non-Muslim, the fact that you are starving yourself from dawn to dusk is an extreme act of worship. That's what can really niggle people, especially when it comes to parents. “Most parents, and especially mothers, want their kids well fed. So when you're at home with your mum and she asks if you want breakfast, and you say, ‘No Ma, I'm fasting,' and ‘Do you want lunch?' and you say no again — it really rattles cages. For a lot of people like me, the month of Ramadan can be a really difficult month — not from the food side, but from trying to avoid arguments because you're not having any food." Nevertheless, it doesn't mean Gora is entirely alone. There are nearly 1.6 million Muslims in the United Kingdom, making up 2.8 percent of the country. The UK has witnessed a surge in conversions to Islam, with several prominent celebrity converts in its midst, including Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), and Yvonne Ridley, the tabloid journalist made famous when she was kidnapped by the Taliban.
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