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Hartford-based LAZ Parking will now manage three "park and fly" operations at Bradley International Airport that transport airline passengers from parking lots outside the airport to the terminals. The lots, formerly known as FastTrack Airport Parking, will be renamed LAZFLY Airport Parking. LAZ is investing $2 million to upgrade the three locations and is replacing all the old shuttle buses. The lots are at 24, 35 and 110 Ella Grasso Turnpike in Windsor Locks. "LAZFLY's focus is to provide the highest quality customer service to airport parkers while bringing additional resources and a national level of experience to the facilities...

Well, at long last, GingisK and Lazamataz hit it! Um, at the gun range.Weather was clear and windless, the variety of firearms was truly something to behold, and the company was wonderful.GingisK picked me up, and after picking up his illustrious and charming boys, and meeting his lovely and gracious wife (where we all supped on Pizza, one of them affectionally named 'Sam'), we then proceeded to a delightful range slightly east of Lanier Lake in Georgia.I finally got a chance to break in my Glock 22, and discovered that after an initial period of reacquaintence with shooting (in other...

Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Reynolds have separated. "After long and careful consideration on both our parts, we've decided to end our marriage," they say in a joint statement. "We entered our relationship with love and it's with love and kindness we leave it. While privacy isn't expected, it's certainly appreciated."

The Onion, the United States oldest and most revered satirical newspaper, first published in 1756, has announced that they will close their website and cease all publishing activities, effective immediately. Said the owner, "No more satire is possible. Nothing can beat the outrageousness of what comes out of Washington today. In a sentence: We are plum out of satire." Satirical headlines planned by The Onion, such as "Pelosi: Pass Health Care To Find Out What Is In It", "Major Tax Increases To Reverse Recession", and "Obama Bows To Communist Leader", have been superceded by actual news headlines, causing these satirical...

Since my registration on this site, January 15, 2004, I look forward to the New Year and my fifth anniversary with the finest "Red Staters" across the globe. It is this place that exhibits more generosity than every country combined. There is no finer place on the Internet. Never forget it is the coupe de grace of the coupe de tat. I have said it before and I’ll say it again, "Free Republic has some of the finest minds I’ll ever know." There is no better example of generosity and kindness than Free Republic. Since it’s founding, Jim Robinson has...

How to tell if you've been FReeping too longIf some, many or all of the following apply to you, you probably have been FReeping too long. You remember when you had to know basic HTML in order to form a decent post.  You remember when the entire thread had to be 86’d in order to remove a single post.  You remember when if someone forgot to close their italics, bold tags, the entire thread after that point was in bold or italics.  You remember when if a disruptor made a mess of things during the wee hours of the night,...

I kin post again! I kin post again! I'M SOMEBODY!

LONDON — Two ancient Egyptian skulls unearthed in a yard in England have been returned to their native country. And the mystery of how they got from the hot sands of Egypt to the rainy north of England has been solved, investigators said Tuesday. The first skull was discovered by homeowner Matthew McClelland as he did some gardening at his home in the northern city of Manchester a year ago. He called authorities, and they discovered a second skull. An analysis by an Oxford University expert confirmed the skulls were a little more than 2,000 years old.

This is pure vanity, and bribery at that. Laz is important to this site. He's rude, he's crude, he's sometimes lewd. The mods can always ban him again. They surely will. But free Laz for now and I'm in for another twenty bucks. Who's with me?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A substitute teacher was arrested Thursday after students reported watching him use what appeared to be cocaine during a seventh-grade science class, authorities said. Terry John Kappila, 45, of Jacksonville, was charged with felony cocaine possession. He was being held at Duval County jail. Twenty-two students allegedly saw Kappila sniffing a white powder at a computer desk during class, police told The Florida Times-Union for its Friday editions. Two of the students left the classroom to report the alleged drug use, Lake Shore Middle School Principal Iranetta Wright said. "They said, 'Miss Wright, he is doing something wrong...

JACKSONVILLE, FL - It didn't take long for students in the 2nd period 7th grade science class at Lake Shore Middle School to realize something was wrong with their substitute teacher. According to Principal Iranetta Wright, students became so alarmed, they notified school administrators immediately. "Allegations were made by the students that a substitute teacher was in class doing drugs," Wright said. "They said he was sniffing something." The principal talked to students, then the substitute teacher, and contacted police. Terry Kaupilla, 45, was arrested and taken into custody. According to the police report, a bag of cocaine was spotted...

DALLAS -- After Jose Luis Vega was charged with possessing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine in August, several of his relatives sought help from lawyer Cynthia Barbare. They insisted that Vega, an auto mechanic, was an honest, hard-working family man who must have been framed. It wasn't the first time one of Barbare's clients claimed to be innocent. In 11 years as a defense attorney, representing scores of drug defendants, "I hear that kind of thing a lot," she said. But in Vega's case, she and the district attorney's office made a surprising discovery. Lab tests ordered ...

Refering to coke, soda, pop (yuck, that just grates on me like a chalkboard fingernail)..... are there regional differences for "sheetrock" versus "drywall" or "wallboard"? fishtank

Join us this weekend at tracks in the heartland of America. God bless our troops and families and nation. Keep your spirit up, young warriors, and Godspeed.

Downtown Street Closed Due to Suspicious Powder Updated: Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 - 4:54 PM WASHINGTON -- Parts of downtown D.C. are being blocked off Monday afternoon after a potential hazmat situation. D.C. Fire and EMS Spokesman Alan Etter says a powdery substance was found inside of a dumpster outside of the Washington Post building on 15th Street Northwest. Etter says the dumpster was dropped off around 6 a.m. Monday. A powdery substance, along with papers, were found inside. The areas on 15th street between M and L street are now blocked off. A hazmat team is now on the...

Hi everyone. I'm thinking about taking a breather from Free Republic for a little while. Not long, I'm sure. But, I just don't want it to interfere with my job, and I already had that happen once. I'm reading and posting much too much. I think a short sabbatical should help me break this bad habit.See you all soon .... NOT DURING WORK HOURS!

Went down fast when Greenspan began speaking..

Stocks remained sharply lower Monday afternoon as Pfizer's (PFE:NYSE - news - commentary - research - analysis) takeover of Pharmacia (PHA:NYSE - news - commentary - research - analysis) wasn't enough to quell investor paranoia about corporate accounting. A statement from President Bush that the economy was fundamentally strong wasn't helping either. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently down 296 points, or 3.4%, to 8389, while the Nasdaq was falling 25 points, or 1.8%, to 1349. The S&P 500 was behind by 30 points, or 3.3%, to 891, a level it hasn't seen since July 1997.Worries about the financial...