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Sandy Spanos is only 58, but now she could lose her house and be unable to pay for treatment for her cancer, which she was diagnosed with two years ago because the reform will leave her and her husband in hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. Mrs. Spanos invested in three taxi licenses so she could enter retirement comfortably with a good superannuation, but she said it has all been ripped from her. “What did I do wrong?” She asked news.com.au. The Victorian government wants to deregulate the taxi industry by abolishing taxi licenses and introducing a single registration...

The New York Taxi and Limousine Commission just sold two taxi licenses at auction for the record price of $705,000, according to the NY Post. An aluminium plate on the hood of a yellow cab, the taxi medallion is a license to legally pick up passengers that informally hail cabs from the sidewalk. This privilege is reserved for the 13,237 licensed yellow-cab operators. This system works very well for those that are in the system, much like a cartel or a medieval guild. It benefits those that are in the system at the expense of other drivers that might want...

2/8/2010 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) -- The Pacific Air Forces commander presented a medal to a member of the "Greatest Generation" during a ceremony here Feb. 5. Doris Avery accepted the Noncommissioned Officers' Association World War II Veterans Medallion for her service as a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II in the PACAF Courtyard of Heroes from Gen. Gary North. The medallion recognizes World War II veterans who displayed valor, sacrifice and fidelity during service. Lieutenant Avery received her commission into the Army Nurses Corps in 1943. After completing air evacuation school, she...