With the robotic murmur of a GPS in the background, Gregg Marshall sat in the passenger seat of a car Thursday night, trying to explain the benefit of flying his surging Wichita State team halfway across the country to play a nonconference game Saturday against Davidson . Read full article > >

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Rail commuters preparing to return to work after the Christmas break face fare rises of up to 11% from Monday, watchdog Passenger Focus says.

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DETROIT — As Northwest Airlines Flight 253 approached U.S. airspace on Christmas Day 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the passenger in window seat 19A, began his final preparations for death, a federal prosecutor said at the opening of the Nigerian defendant’s terrorism trial here Tuesday. Abdulmutallab, now 24, went to the bathroom, where he purified himself with water, brushed his teeth and applied perfume to his body, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel said in his opening statement before a jury of nine women and three men. Read full article > >

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Before going to sleep, Jeff Halpern would lay his workout clothes next to his bed, pack his hockey bag and sticks into the trunk of his BMW and put a bowl of cereal on the passenger seat. It was summer 2010, and the veteran center was in search of the step he had lost after a decade in the NHL and, along the way, surgery on both knees. Read full article > >

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Washington Capitals center Halpern gains a step

Before going to sleep, Jeff Halpern would lay his workout clothes next to his bed, pack his hockey bag and sticks into the trunk of his BMW and put a bowl of cereal on the passenger seat. It was summer 2010, and the veteran center was in search of the step he had lost after a decade in the NHL and, along the way, surgery on both knees. Read full article > >

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Higher passenger numbers increase quarterly revenues by 8% at budget regional airline Flybe.

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Flybe sees passenger numbers rise

Citroen are recalling more than 20,000 of its C3 Picasso cars because of concerns the brakes can be applied from the passenger side.

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Some disabled passengers are being left stranded on trains or waiting on platforms despite requesting assistance from rail firms, says a Passenger Focus survey.

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Disabled passenger service ‘poor’

Stagecoach’s half-year profits rise 43%, driven by higher passenger numbers on both its rail and bus operations.

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Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was shot from another car, possibly an SUV, not from the street or sidewalk. Though there are still no suspects and no motive for the murder, police believe Chasen was shot through her passenger-side window from another…

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A motorbike rider dies and his passenger is seriously hurt in an accident on the A83, police have said.

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Motorcyclist dies in A83 accident