| Mystery of missing prom teens solved after 43 years
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 For more than four decades the families of teenagers Cheryl Miller and Pamella Jackson endured the agony of not knowing what had happened to their loved ones. The 17-year-olds set off one late spring evening in 1971 for a party at the end of the school year. They never arrived and the celebrations at a gravel pit in the tiny South Dakota town of Alcester went ahead without them. After ...
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| Greater Anglia goes Dutch again with its second short-term deal
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 The Dutch state railway company that operates trains in East Anglia has been told to shake up services between Cambridge and Stansted and to smarten up its rolling stock generally in return for an extension to its contract until late 2016. Abellio, the train operator and subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen, took on the Greater Anglia franchise from National Express under a short licence from ...
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| Heathrow flight prices 'set to soar' without new runway
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 The average cost of a return flight could rise by as much as £320 by 2030 if a third runway is not built at Heathrow airport. An independent report by Frontier Economics, commissioned by Heathrow, claims that political inaction on a third runway is leading to higher prices for travellers because supply cannot keep pace with demand. It says that passengers are already paying £95 per return fare ...
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| The Koch Brothers Are Trying to Ban an Entire Transit Technology
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 Image: Nashville Transit Think of Bus Rapid Transit as mass transportation done cyberpunk. Can't afford shiny new high-speed rail technology? Carve out a dedicated lane, roll out a ticketing app, and watch the bus beat the traffic. It's a high-tech idea executed with low-tech parts, at lower cost. If a bullet train is the $1,500 Google Glass, BRT is the $300 DIY version. It's the best kind of city hack. Too bad the advocacy group operated by a pair of billionaires just helped shut down one of the most promising BRT startups in the nation. Nashville was poised to become the proud owner of a new BRT line, called Amp. The concept has proved an overwhelming success in a number of cities abroad—Curitaba, Brazil, is maybe the most famous, but there are prominent lines in Argentina and South Korea, as well as right here in the states, in Kansas City and New York. The mayor of Nashville had secured plans to create a $175 million BRT system to increase citizen mobility and help thwart congestion as the city's ...
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| Supreme Court Could Make It Harder For Victims Of Hazardous Pollutants To Get Justice
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 When Tate MacQueen pulled the yellow flyer from his Asheville, N.C., mailbox, his thoughts flew to his young children. The flyer warned of toxic contamination in the well water. "Nothing will raise your hackles like someone telling you that the air you may be breathing or the water you may be drinking is dangerous," said MacQueen, 47, a local high school history teacher. Testing found pollutants in multiple local wells. The presumed cause: toxic chemicals from a CTS Corp. plant. MacQueen and dozens of his Asheville neighbors brought a lawsuit seeking compensation for damage to their ...
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| Mandatory GMO Labeling Bill Passed In Vermont Senate, Could Be Nation's First
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 The Vermont Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would make the state the first in the United States to enact mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically modified crops. "We are really excited that Vermont is going to be leading on this," said Falko Schilling, a spokesman for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, which backed the bill. The bill, approved 28-2 by the Senate, has already passed the Vermont House of Representatives. It now goes back to the House to see if members will approve changes made by the Senate. The law is set to take effect July 1, 2016. The move in ...
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| Dominican Republic Builds Fake Beaches Despite Drought
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 The Dominican Republic is being criticized for building a temporary artificial beach amid a drought. The yearly project is intended for those who cannot afford to travel during Holy Week and will include 12 pools near a boardwalk in the capital of Santo Domingo. Critics say the project should have been cancelled since there is currently water rationing and interruptions in water service. Mayor Roberto Salcedo said Wednesday that water for the pools will come from underground reservoirs his office uses. He estimates 500,000 people will visit the artificial beach. Santo Domingo has 19 miles ...
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