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For long, Europe knew about luxury train travel on the Orient Express. The opulence of Orient Express has been recreated in the USA with the GrandLuxe Rail Journeys. Six 1950s railway cars are attached to Amtrak’s California Zephyr that passes...
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A Pennsylvania man has been accused of burglarizing at least three apartments and vandalizing them with spray paint and chocolate pudding _ after police say he was...
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The head of a Philadelphia museum says its sample of Abraham Lincoln’s blood may get DNA testing, but some questions must be answered first.
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Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will provide Congress with a fresh assessment of the country’s fragile economic health that probably will note some recent...
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Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or...
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One of the nation’s largest July Fourth fireworks shows will be held on the Hudson River this year to celebrate the 400th anniversary of English explorer Henry...
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AP, Revere
City councilors just outside Boston say police should be better prepared for large crowds descending on a local beach after thousands of students skipped school and...
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A deputy assistant secretary of the Navy under President Bill Clinton has been sentenced in San Diego to more than three years in federal prison for possessing child...
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The owner of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club says she opposed a $375 million loan blamed for the resort’s financial collapse, but never tried to stop the...
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AP, New York
Dan Barber, a pioneer of the so-called farm-to-table restaurant movement, was named the nation’s top chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.
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A woman is under house arrest for falsely reporting that a man she was stalking was going to hijack a plane in Los Angeles _ a lie authorities say nearly prevented him...
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AP, Pittsburgh
The first U.S. double hand transplant is taking place at a Pittsburgh hospital.
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AP, Washington
Israel’s prime minister on Monday outlined a “triple track” approach to peace with the Palestinians, a strategy that emphasizes political, economic...
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AP, Chicago
In a tearful interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Monday, the parents of a British girl who disappeared two years ago from a Portuguese resort asked their...
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AP, Pomona
Two teenagers have denied in court they planned to bring guns to their California high school and randomly shoot fellow students.
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AP, Chicago
Federal officials say a civilian project engineer has been charged with squeezing an Army Corps of Engineers contractor for a bribe in connection with a $2.5 million...
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AP, Detroit
Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal...
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The Supreme Court says Shell Oil Co. cannot be held responsible for cleanup of a contaminated Superfund site owned by a defunct company simply because it delivered...
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Union workers at The New York Times will accept a 5 percent pay cut through the end of the year to help the newspaper avert more layoffs.
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A massive contract to support U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan received a withering review Monday, as a special panel investigating waste and fraud in wartime...
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State police say a New Jersey dentist was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he fished from a trestle in northern New York.
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AP, Halethorpe
Amtrak has resumed limited train service between Baltimore and Washington after a major water main break but warns that major delays are still expected south of...
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AP, Halethorpe
Amtrak has halted all train service between Baltimore and Washington because of a major water main break in Maryland.
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Washington
Vice President Joe Biden, once a regular rail commuter, says the $1.3 billion for Amtrak in the economic stimulus package will go toward long-overdue projects.
made popular Mar 13 2009
AP, Lorton
Police say a man has been hit and killed by an Amtrak train outside Washington, D.C., after the engineer tried to stop but couldn’t.
made popular Feb 24 2009
AP, Hammond
Two cars on an Amtrak train headed to Chicago have derailed in northwestern Indiana. No passengers or crew were in the last two cars, so no one was hurt.
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AP, Northfield
A 36-year-old woman said she’s feeling stiff and still a bit in shock, but was otherwise OK after her snowmobile collided with an Amtrak train. Authorities said...
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AP, Washington
Joe Biden took the train back and forth each day between Delaware and Washington during his decades in the Senate. So where did the famous Amtrak commuter spend his...
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AP, Chicago
Hundreds of train passengers have been delayed after an Amtrak train leaving Chicago’s Union Station partially derailed.
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AP, Brighton
Amtrak says 10 people were injured when a train slammed into a tractor-trailer that blocked tracks in southern Illinois.
made popular Dec 9 2008
AP, Brighton
Authorities say 10 people are injured after an Amtrak train hit a tractor-trailer in southern Illinois and derailed.
made popular Dec 8 2008
AP, Brighton
Amtrak says at least nine people have been injured after one of its trains slammed into a tractor-trailer on the tracks in southern Illinois.
made popular Dec 8 2008
AP, Washington
Amtrak’s CEO, Alex Kummant, resigned Friday after two years on the job and following unspecified differences with the board of the national passenger railroad.
made popular Nov 15 2008
AP, Washington
Amtrak’s CEO, Alex Kummant, resigned Friday after two years on the job because of unspecified differences with the board of the national passenger railroad.
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AP, Washington
Amtrak Chief Executive Alex Kummant resigned Friday after two years marked by significant growth in ridership and revenue, the national passenger railroad said.
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AP, Washington
Until Hurricane Katrina ripped up the railroad tracks east of the Mississippi, Amtrak’s Sunset Limited ran from Los Angeles to Sanford, Fla. The tracks were...
made popular Nov 8 2008
AP, Washington
For all the thorny free-market issues raised, the big U.S. intervention in banks does have precedents _ from wholesale wartime takeovers of entire industries to the...
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AP, Washington
Amtrak carried a record 28.7 million people last year, with each of its routes seeing gains, the national passenger railroad said Friday.
made popular Oct 10 2008
AP, Washington
A sweeping rail safety reform bill that also includes billions for Amtrak has cleared a key vote in the Senate.
made popular Sep 29 2008
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Vice President Joe Biden announces funding for Amtrak as part of the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Friday, March 13, 2009, at Union Station in Washington.
