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Mumbai: At least 15 people have been injured in gunfights between two groups in at least three places in Mumbai on Thursday night. Details are sketchy but it is believed that two gangs fired at each other at outside CST Railway Terminus, Hotel Oberoi and the popular Café Leopold restaurant in Mumbai. The first shooting took place near the CST police station

Schumacher turns taxi driver to catch his flight Tue Dec 11, 9:34 AM ET Michael Schumacher can add the unofficial title of Germany's fastest taxi driver to his other achievements after taking over behind the wheel to get his family to the airport on time. The retired Formula One champion drove the cab back to the airport himself after a trip out to the village of Gehuelz, near Coburg in southern Germany, left the family short of time to make their flight home, the Muenchner Abendzeitung newspaper reported. "It was crazy having Schumi driving, with me in the passenger seat,"...

excerptIbrahim Ahmed NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Muslim cab driver who is being charged with attempted homicide after he allegedly tried to run over two college students after a religion dispute stole the cab he was driving and was pocketing the fares, the owner of the cab company told FOX News. Ibrahim Ahmed, a 37-year-old Sunni Muslim from Somalia, tried to run over two college students near Vanderbilt University early Sunday morning after getting into the argument, police said. Ahmed picked up the two fares — college students visiting Nashville from Ohio — near the Vanderbilt campus, according to the incident...

I would be raising hell if this happened to me. can't post link but not surprisingly the airport officials are folding.

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 4, 2006) -- Fifty-two Marines with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, participated in military operations on urbanized terrain training July 26-27 at Central Training Area's Combat Town. The training consisted of instruction on MOUT tactics, followed by live-fire combat scenarios with SESAMS, or special-effect small arms marking system rounds. The rounds, fired out of a special receiver for M-16 rifles and the M-4 carbine, leave a bright, washable liquid on the impact area to display where a target was hit. The intent of the training was to expose the Marines to close quarters...

A gunshot victim fleeing attackers yesterday was hit by a livery cab and dragged for eight blocks in Brooklyn, cops said. The 24-year-old man was shot in the ankle on Nostrand Ave. in Crown Heights at 2:40 p.m. and bolted into traffic near Bergen St., where he was struck by the cab, cops said. The victim, Elijah Greer, was listed in critical condition late yesterday at Kings County Hospital, police said. Livery cab driver Secret Joseph said he was terrified by the sudden gunfire. "There were so many shots I couldn't tell how many \[shots\] there were," said Joseph, who...

José Luis Cano was back at work driving his taxicab this week after surviving a kidnapping that started in San Diego and ended when he escaped the same day from a Tijuana house where he was being held. “It's difficult to describe how I feel,” he said. “I felt powerless, I felt fearful, and when I was in the house I focused on observing and listening to everything so I could get away.” Two men were arrested after Cano escaped and reported the crime to Mexican authorities. It's been a particularly busy week for kidnapping investigators on both sides of...

CAMP TAJI, Iraq (Army News Service, April 6, 2006) – More than 90 days into the Combat Aviation Brigade’s deployment, the number of Soldiers reenlisting and the amount of bonus money awarded to those Soldiers places the CAB’s Retention Office at the top of the Ironhorse Division. Aviation brigade Soldiers have garnered more than $4.6 million in bonus money since the unit deployed in November 2005. According to career counselor Sgt. Preston Williams, the brigade is expected to reach $5 million by next month. Reaching such a significant milestone is a testament to the efforts of brigade and battalion retention...

I read today that the Army is now going to hand out the new "Combat Action" Badge. It was designed similarly to the Combat Infantryman's Badge. The Combat Infantryman's Badge has a musket with a wreath around it. The Combat Action Badge has a similar wreath, but it has a bayonet and a hand grenade in place of the musket. The Army is apparently still trying to hammer out the exact criteria for the new badge. Here is my recommendation: nobody. This kind of reminds me of the Army's decision to make the black beret part of our uniform. It...

Send in the clowns. Here come the clowns. Yeah, the four-day Democratic Party convention will begin at Boston's FleetCenter on July 26, 2004. Oh wait, it's supposed to be a serious event, I guess. Perhaps that's why they imported those hundreds of extra hookers and the Boston Police have instructions to allow them to sell their wares unimpeded. But, darn, it's hard to take this convention seriously when the lead speakers remind me of a Bart Simpson quote: "Didn't do it. Didn't see me do it. Can't prove anything." To start off the show, they've got Hillary introducing Bill Clinton....

The party of the people wants to rip off Boston cabdrivers. BY Sunday, 12:01 a.m. EDT With John Kerry's fund-raising going so well, you'd think the Democratic National Committee wouldn't need to hustle Boston cabbies for a cheap ride--or illegal campaign contributions. But that's pretty much the effect of the DNC's misguided plan to provide subsidized cab rides for delegates at their Boston convention. At issue are the taxi vouchers the DNC wants to give to delegates arriving at Boston's Logan Airport. Under the DNC's proposal, taxi drivers would be required to accept the vouchers, worth $12 per passenger, in...

As Boston police hackney officials and Democratic National Convention hosts prepare to meet cabbies tomorrow to work out a discount voucher plan, one irate driver is exploring a Federal Election Commission complaint. Cab driver Bill Ford, an independent driver who says he's voted for more Democrats than Republicans, objects to what he considers a forced donation to the Democratic Party. The plan now being discussed would require cabbies working the airport to accept discount vouchers and multiple riders. Estimates on the value of the vouchers have been placed at $10 or more, but cabbies said compared to their regular multiple-rider...

A livery driver with a mysterious personal life was seriously wounded yesterday in Queens, becoming the first livery hack shot on the job in more than a year. Police have neither suspect nor motive in the 2:30 a.m. wounding of Michael Goldberg, 36, at 253rd St. and 147th Drive, in Rosedale. But the incident was even more puzzling to his wife, who said she had believed Goldberg was in Kuwait with his parents. Kate Bontoyan, 52, rushed to her husband's side in the intensive care unit at Mary Immaculate Hospital, where he communicated by writing notes. She said he went...

http://miditrax.com/xmasmidis.htm MIDI - I'M GETTIN' NUTTIN FOR CHRISTMAS I had been hiding in a hole...somebody snitched on meI never could get out to bowl...somebody snitched on me They couldn't catch me in my cab...why did someone have to blab...now Teddy's going to rehabSomebody snitched on me Oh, I'm gettin' nuttin for Christmas...Dubya is seeing to thatI'm gettin' nuttin for Christmas...just like all the underground RATS I used the plastic shredder thing...somebody snitched on meSome bad press it would quickly bring...somebody snitched on me They couldn't catch me in my cab...why did someone have to blab...now Teddy's off to rehabSomebody snitched...

By Associated Press October 23, 2003, 2:28 PM EDT CHICAGO -- Jewelry designer Anthony Camargo says he began chasing after the cab when realized he'd left a bag containing samples of his latest collection in its trunk. But the cab -- and the $230,000 worth of jewelry inside -- were nowhere to be found. Luckily, the bag was left in a cab being driven by 26-year-old Mohammed Hussain. On Wednesday, Hussain returned the 42 pieces of ornate jewelry and received from Camargo an undisclosed monetary reward and a pair of sapphire earrings. "What he did was so admirable," Camargo said....

<p>WELLSVILLE, N.Y. -- A man who took a cab more than 200 miles from New York City to western New York didn't get very far after he tried to stiff the driver for $916.50 fare.</p> <p>Police say 23-year-old Jeremy Hartman got out of the cab in the village of Wellsville, where he has relatives, and fled. Police say they found him holed up in a nearby apartment.</p>

<p>NEW YORK — A cab driver from Afghanistan (search) who tried to buy explosives and sought out information on bridges and cruise ships was held without bail Tuesday after a prosecutor said he may be a terrorist.</p> <p>Sayed Abdul Malike, 43, did not immediately challenge Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine Friesen's assertions. His attorney, Heidi Cesare, declined to comment.</p>