Pullman porters honored at National Train Day event
AP via Yahoo! News - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 17:20 GMT
Eugene Bowser remembers earning nearly $20 a month working long shifts serving liquor and food to customers as a Pullman porter in the 1940s and 1950s, a time when trains were the lifeblood of American travel.

Lawmakers work to ease taxes
phillyburbs.com - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 12:43 GMT
In Fairless Hills Monday, Congressman Murphy touted a plan for property tax deductions.  

Sound Transit reports continued increase in ridership
Tacoma Daily Index - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 17:31 GMT
Sound Transit has reported huge ridership increases on Sounder in the first quarter of 2008. According to the agency, the month of March posted the biggest gains, with a year-to-year increase of 29 percent.

Man killed while trying to steal copper from live wire
WTOC 11 Savannah - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 15:10 GMT
Savannah police say a homeless man was electrocuted after apparently trying to steal copper from wires on a utility pole.

Talk About Travel
Washington Post - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-12, 20:47 GMT
Post travel editors and writers field questions and comments. On the itinerary this week: off-the-beaten-path sightseeing in Boston; tips on making those travel dollars stretch this summer; and a luxurious weekend at the Keswick Hall resort in Virginia.

Local briefs
Chico Enterprise-Record - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 21:46 GMT
Knee surgery covered in seminar CHICO -- Dr. Charles Wilhite will discuss treatment of the painful knee, with a focus on the "arthritic joint," during a free seminar 6-7:30 p.

Marvin Kitman: Why Cablevision Bought Newsday
HuffingtonPost - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 19:18 GMT
With the Cablevision purchase of Newsday, it's one less newspaper to harp on all the mistakes Jim Dolan has made in running the New York market's beloved franchises.

3 arrested in thefts at shipping firm's lot
The Star-Ledger - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 05:54 GMT
LINDEN: Police arrested three men for stealing car stereos and a power saw inside a shipping supply company parking lot, Detective Lt. Raymond Tyra said yesterday.

In Print, Online and in Life, 6 Connects Ultra-Affluent Americans to Extraordinary Experiences [press release]
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 21:41 GMT
McMurry Inc. today unveiled a revolutionary new media experience called 6 that connects luxury brands with ultra-affluent Americans. Set to launch in fall 2008, 6 offers advertisers the ability to connect with a highly desirable affluent audience -- 100,000 American households with an average net worth of more than $25 million -- in print, online and in life.

Two hurt when train hits truck
Port Clinton News Herald - 0 KB- Found: 2008-05-13, 13:33 GMT
News Herald reports