Chuffed China basks in glory
Chuffed China basks in glory of Tibetan railway
Mail and Guardian - Sep 25 2:03 AM
Like exhausted but triumphant climbers, pudgy Chinese officials wheezed between smiles atop Kunlun mountain pass before their oxygen-outfitted locomotive whisked them southwards along bare-backed snowy peaks to the Tibetan border.
MBTA buses OK for service
Boston Globe - Sep 24 12:00 AM
A fleetwide inspection yesterday of older-model MBTA buses, prompted by a third fire this month on one of the buses, found no damage in any of the steel-braided diesel fuel lines blamed for the most recent blaze.
Bargain-seekers drawn to India's hospitals
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sep 25 1:37 AM
Bradley Thayer, a retired apple farmer from Okanogan, Wash., traveled 7,500 miles to get his torn knee ligament fixed, and says he paid a third of what it would have cost him in a U.S. hospital.
Business calendar
Poughkeepsie Journal - Sep 25 12:14 AM
Poughkeepsie chamber fundraiser golf tournament sold out The Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation 5th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament to benefit the Richard W. Mitchell Memorial Scholarship and the Eileen Hickey Nursing Scholarship is sold out.
Slidell resident recalls storm's power
The Chippewa Herald - Sep 24 8:05 PM
Carey Williams remembers the odor Hurricane Katrina left behind in the house her family rented in Slidell, La.