December, 2007

Passenger Says He Hacked Windows in New York Taxi Display Screen

An NYC software engineer access the OS of a touch-screen display on the back seat of a Manhattan taxi and used it to connect to the Internet.
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Two charged with robbing taxi driver on Flat Creek Drive

Authorities charged two men with armed robbery Thursday morning after a taxi driver was robbed on Flat Creek Drive, according to Hall County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kiley Sargent.
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China Report: Fit Up Day in Nanjing

Getting a taxi in Nanjing is very hit and miss. They don’t seem to like our Western faces too much but when you do get one they are really friendly. Finally, this hotel has an even more brazen brothel than the last. …
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Shopowners flee mixed Baghdad areas

By DIAA HADID, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD – Shiite taxi driver Aly Kaabi used to fear for his life each time his Mercedes needed a spare part. The place to seek replacements was a Sunni-dominat…
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Man who gives teen a ride assaulted

Police caught Green after he fled the victims taxi cab on foot. Police say they found Green running towards Broad Street. He was captured and charged with aggravated robbery. A court date has been set for February 21st.
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Suspect Admits To Killing Cab Driver

Police in Upper Darby have charged a 19-year-old man with killing a taxi driver who was found slain on Christmas Eve.
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News& Views 12/27/07

But as my taxi pulled up to Baghdad International Airport , with Wiley in a plastic kennel propped sideways in the open trunk, I worried about what lay ahead. We’d arrive at the airport, and I’d be thrust, I feared, into a role I did …
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"Armed and dangerous" man sought for questioning in taxi murder

PHILADELPHIA – Police in Upper Darby say they want to question a man they call “armed and dangerous” in connection with the Christmas Eve murder of a taxi driver.
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Passenger assaults cab driver after not paying fare

An Austin man was charged with theft and fifth degree assault for hitting a taxi driver after refusing to pay a cab fare. The driver, who works for AB Taxi, was giving the man,
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Man robs Scottsdale bank, flees scene in taxi cab

The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 55 years old with a black or gray mustache and a long ponytail.
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