City Room: Port Authority Seeks Big Toll Increase

City Room: Port Authority Seeks Big Toll Increase


City Room: Port Authority Seeks Big Toll Increase

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT

A $4 toll increase for E-ZPass users could go into effect as soon as this fall on the three major Hudson River crossings.


Iraq agrees to discuss US security role

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:37 PM PDT

Official says "almost unanimous" decision reached to authorise negotiations with US to "boost" capacity of Iraqi forces.


Woods wobbles at Bridgestone Invitational

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Returning to competition for the first time since May, Tiger Woods has a mixed second round at Bridgestone Invitational.


China's Xinjiang 'terrorism' claim questioned

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Experts say state policies towards region's ethnic Uighur Muslims, not "Islamic extremism", at root of violence.


4 Afghans gunned down in anti-NATO demonstration

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Four people were shot dead Friday in an anti-NATO demonstration in southern Afghanistan during an exchange of gunfire that took place amid a protest over civilian casualties, police said.


Officers Found Guilty in Hurricane Katrina Bridge Shootings

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Two people were killed in the shootings, which happened on Danziger Bridge in New Orleans while the city's streets were still flooded.


NASA probe embarks on journey to Jupiter

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:48 AM PDT

The $1.1bn Juno spacecraft will study how the planet was formed in a bid to unlock secrets of the early solar system.


China's Xinjiang 'terrorism' claim questioned

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:34 AM PDT

Experts say state policies towards region's ethnic Uighur Muslims, not "Islamic extremism", at root of violence.


Woods slips back in second round

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:19 AM PDT

Tiger Woods finds the second round harder going in his return to action at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.


VIDEO: Twenty four hours that rocked the markets

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT

Instability on the stock markets has continued, despite better-than-expected US jobs figures, as investors worry about the European debt crisis.


VIDEO: Rebel fighters 'low' on ammunition

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Rebel fighters in western Libya say they are running "dangerously low" of ammunition, and are now using their reserves.


Yes, Congress Is in Session (for a Few Seconds, Anyway)

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Since neither chamber gave permission for the other to adjourn, one representative and one senator must show up every three days, gavels in hand.


Cuba rejects US contractor appeal

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Cuba's Supreme Court rejects an appeal by US aid contractor Alan Gross against his 15-year sentence for crimes against the state.


Sudan blocks South's oil shipment

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:09 AM PDT

Sudan blocks a shipment of oil from the new state of South Sudan, accusing it of failing to pay customs duties.


VIDEO: Leaders on holiday amid the turmoil

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:04 AM PDT

Amid all the financial turmoil, there has been some criticism that so many European leaders are on holiday rather than addressing the crisis.


VIDEO: Nasa spaceship heading for Jupiter

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:46 AM PDT

Nasa's unmanned spacecraft, Juno, launches from Cape Canaveral, beginning its voyage to the planet Jupiter.


Jury Convicts 5 Officers in Post-Katrina Shootings

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 11:33 AM PDT

The case involved fatal shootings of two people on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina, and a cover-up.


Poland's former deputy PM Andrzej Lepper dead at 57

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:44 AM PDT

WARSAW (Reuters) - Andrzej Lepper, a former Polish deputy prime minister and leader of the small, populist Self-Defense Party, died on Friday, police said, and local media said he may have committed suicide.


Turkey Stops Iranian Arms Shipment to Syria

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 10:04 AM PDT

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the country's authorities have intercepted an arms shipment from Iran to Syria. He said an investigation has been launched but didn't elaborate.


Cuba court upholds sentence for jailed American

Posted: 05 Aug 2011 12:59 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence of jailed American aid contractor Alan Gross for trying to set up Internet networks in Cuba, in a damaging decision for U.S.-Cuba relations.


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