Helter-Skelter On The Street
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The scammers who couldn't shoot straight have been led off in handcuffs.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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By Reid Magney, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--Hear the schwoosh, schwoosh, schwoosh!   The thwap, thwap, thwap of spinning brushes, flushing and washing months of grime and salt off cars.   The howling air making wipers chatter and water skitter on windshields.
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Blog: A San Francisco Craigslist posting offers to divert peoples' attention so others can cut in front of them in line.
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By Jacqueline L. Urgo, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jun. 17--ABSECON, N.J. -- Kim Bannister walks out her front door and sighs.   Her concrete driveway is covered with large pools of stinking bird excrement and rotting crab shells.
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The Agile Iconoclast goes solo Column  The streets of London are busy, especially at lunchtime. Strolling along dodging the slow-moving pedestrians occasionally makes me wonder: how do these people ever get anywhere? And how do they cope with the glacial slowness of taking all day just to reach the far street corner, without their heads exploding from the anticipation?â¦
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There are two homes for sale in my neighborhood. One has curb appeal, the other does not. Both are the same four-bedroom model.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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As parking spaces go, it's nice enough. While it's outdoors, the smooth brick paving is immaculate.
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By KRISTEN DAVENPORT, PHOTO BY JANE PHILLIPS
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Motorist surveillance goes orbital Analysis London Mayor Ken Livingstone wants to clean up the capital's air. But at what cost to motorists?â¦
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A less-than-futuristic surveillance system in San Francisco.
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By Tony Henderson  A machine which cleans roads and other surfaces by blasting out up to six gallons of high pressure water a minute was put through its paces yesterday.
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By Matthew Leblanc, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Sep. 12--Nancy Holliday is hoping messy yards like the one near her Columbia home on Jean Rae Drive will soon be a thing of the past.
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By Lisa Gutierrez, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Jan. 31--The good and the bad news on those chemical deicing products you throw down on your sidewalk? Yes, they'll burn up the ice for you.
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Networks of low-res cameras and sensors could monitor urban environments for diverse data -- traffic flow, pollutants, structural integrity -- online. By the Associated Press.
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WESTTOWN, N.Y. - According to New York City's traffic office, Russell Falkena ran a red light on Manhattan's West Side, in his rowboat. Falkena, 46, of Westtown in upstate Orange County, recently received a $50 traffic ticket in the mail for running a light in December.