Parking Attendants Get Pulled Over
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - It was a sight that would make any flagrant parking meter flouter smile. Police were pulling over parking meter attendants to warn them that their $9,600 miniature Mitsubishi and Subaru were not street legal and did not have proper tags.
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Mayor Bloomberg announced that the number of city-issued parking placards to city employees will be reduced by at least 20 percent. New steps will be taken to reduce misuse of the permits.
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A plan by a group of French students to save a few euros on entry fees to an animal park by hiding one of their number in the boot of their car triggered a full-scale police alert this week after witnesses thought they were seeing a kidnapping.
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Warning lights flashed atop four police cars as the caravan wound its way up the driveway in a procession fit for a foreign potentate. At long last, Azy and Indah had arrived. They even flew through a hurricane to get here.
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WARSAW, Poland - Polish police have busted a gang of thieves who stole cars and then advertised them on the Internet and in local newspapers at discount prices, authorities said Monday.    Authorities arrested four men, detained a fifth for questioning and retrieved 80 stolen cars, the Polish news agency PAP reported...
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Â· Two held after car rams terminal buildingÂ· Passengers jump on burning man
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New York Police arrested more than 900  people late on Tuesday as anti-Bush activists blocked traffic,  staged anti-war protests and harassed Republican delegates on  the second day of a convention to nominate President Bush to a  second term.
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A high-profile probe and a towing scandal are the latest in the city's struggles against crooked deals.
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Officials at the Jockey Club have issued a statement after the arrest of 16 people including Kieren Fallon this morning in connection with allegations of race-fixing.
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MADISON, Wis. - A fraternity member has been busted for apparently finding a unique way to supplement his college income - fake parking tickets...
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A police pursuit of suspected car thieves through the streets of an Israeli city ended with officers reporting another stolen vehicle -- their own.
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14,000 Chechen police patrolled the streets, alongside Russian forces. Outside one polling. station police on 24-hour security shifts, were stopping cars from parking within 15 metres (50 feet) of the building.
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Drivers pulling into garages in downtown Boston are finding their parking tabs rising faster than ever.
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The drive by the F.A.A. is producing tension, anger and occasional shows of defiance among controllers.
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DES MOINES, Iowa - Warning lights flashed atop four police cars as the caravan wound its way up the driveway in a procession fit for a foreign potentate. At long last, Azy and Indah had arrived...
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Vehicle inspections are routine at tunnels and bridges throughout the New York City these days. One recent morning, four police officers at the Queens-Midtown tunnel flagged down a white van in a stream of Manhattan-bound traffic. The driver jumped out and cheerfully opened the back. The officers looked inside, found nothing of interest and waved the van through the checkpoint.
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WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - It wasn't holiday cheer that poured out of two cars, but rather three holiday shoppers who spilled out with tempers flaring over a parking space.  The dispute Sunday led to the arrests and court appearances for two women and a teenager for breach of peace.