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Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks
By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want to get to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, you're probably better off not driving. The hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the nation's capital Monday are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle. And no matter

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks
By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want to get to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, you're probably better off not driving. The hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the nation's capital Monday are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle. And no matter

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks
By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want to get to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, you're probably better off not driving. The hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the nation's capital Monday are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle. And no matter

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks

Inaugural transit options all have drawbacks
By BEN NUCKOLSAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - If you want to get to the National Mall on Inauguration Day, you're probably better off not driving. The hundreds of thousands of people spilling into the nation's capital Monday are encouraged to travel by rail, bus or bicycle. And no matter

Miss America journeys from small town to big city

Miss America journeys from small town to big city
By HANNAH DREIER and GREG MOOREAssociated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - From a hometown of 26,000 people to an adopted home borough of 2.6 million, Miss America's story includes a journey from a small town to the big city - but it doesn't start there. Mallory Hagan, 23, moved from Alabama to New

'Smart' potty or dumb idea? Wacky gadgets at CES

'Smart' potty or dumb idea? Wacky gadgets at CES
By RYAN NAKASHIMA and BARBARA ORTUTAYThe Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - Some of the weirdest gadgets at the International CES show are designed to solve problems you never knew you had. Are you eating too fast? A digital fork will let you know. Is your toddler having trouble sitting still on the

NYC crane collapses at construction site; 7 hurt

NYC crane collapses at construction site; 7 hurt
By DEEPTI HAJELAAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a 200-foot crane collapsed onto a building under construction near the East River waterfront Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of whom needed to be extricated from underneath the fallen

More anti-Muslim ads go up in NYC subways

More anti-Muslim ads go up in NYC subways
NEW YORK (AP) - The group that equated Muslim radicals with savages in advertisements last year has put up another set of provocative ads in dozens of New York City subway stations. The American Freedom Defense Initiative purchased space next to 228 clocks in 39 stations for ads with an image of

APNewsBreak: Sandy report details NY's storm needs

APNewsBreak: Sandy report details NY's storm needs
By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Floodgates for tunnels, subways and airports as well as a network of safe havens like old Civil Defense shelters should be among quick, simple preventive measures that New York installs ahead of future storms, according to the full report by an

NYC man accused of making 403 phony 911 calls

NYC man accused of making 403 phony 911 calls
By Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a 51-year-old landlord who lived on one of Brooklyn's trendiest corners was so annoyed by street noise that he placed hundreds of 911 calls of bogus tales, including a subway explosion, to bring police to the scene. Police said Louis Segna