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Teenaged boys on bicycles rob two female drivers of horse-drawn carriages downtown. It happened Sunday around 9 p.m. at two separate locations – one near Broadway and Kiener Plaza, another at Broadway and Washington.

Washington - The Tennis Channel has taken its carriage complaint against Comcast to the Supreme Court. “We are seeking Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit’s decision in our case because the lower court strayed from longstanding federal discrimination law to invent an arbitrary and unfair standard for deciding cable carriage complaints," Tennis Channel said in a statement. "The ruling ignores Congress’ intent to ensure a diverse, competitive media marketplace and eviscerates the FCC’s congressionally assigned responsibility to regulate program network competition in the public interest. "“In doing so, the lower court reversed two-and-a-half years of repeated conclusions by the...

Driver Charged With Following Too CloselyThe man, whose horse-drawn carriage was smashed in downtown Atlanta when a car ran into it and sent multiple people to an area hospital, wants the driver of that vehicle to apologize to his horse. "I felt like I was shot out of a cannon," Donald Borchardt told Channel 2 Action News Action News reporter Linda Stouffer. Borchardt said the crash left him with seven broken bones and a chipped neck. Driving the carriage was something he did part-time because he loves horses and people. Now he needs weeks of full-time recovery. "I have a...

An Arizona man and his two horses are seriously injured after the man's out-of-control stage coach tore through the streets of Mesa Fire, Ariz., MyFoxPhoenix.com reported. Dave Johnson of Mesa Fire told the site that a 75-year-old man hitched four horses to a carriage and was taking a ride when a barking dog spooked the horses, MyFoxPhoenix.com reported. The front two horses began galloping, dragging the two horses in the rear along with the stage coach for a distance of 75 feet, the site reported.

NEW YORK (AFP) - A New York City tourist attraction, the carriage horses lined up at Central Park may soon become a thing of the past if the City Council adopts a proposal to ban it as a tradition cruel to animals. Council member Tony Avella, a Democrat, introduced the bill in mid-December and Council President Christine Quinn has yet to include it on the board's agenda on an unspecified date, said Avella's press office. The Horse and Carriage Association of New York representing carriage horse owners has the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who considers the quaint transport an...

NEW YORK (AP) - The horse-drawn carriages that clip clop around Central Park could be banned under City Council legislation to be introduced at the urging of animal advocates who say the horses are treated inhumanely. Councilman Tony Avella, who plans to introduce the bill next Wednesday, said the horses that have entertained tourists and New Yorkers for decades are exposed to cruel conditions and are at risk of injury or death as they weave through city traffic. In September, a horse died after it was spooked by street musicians with drums and bolted down Central Park South. It was...

Romance health alert splits sexes Whose mental health is this helping? Getting married may be bad for men's health but good for women, according to a study. Researchers found that men who get hitched are more likely to suffer mental health problems than those who simply live with their partners. The opposite is true for women - but they do best without any relationship. The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggests men who stay single are most likely to suffer from depression. Researchers at Queen Mary University in London questioned over 4,000 men and women...