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“Did you fill up before midnight?” one Beijing taxi driver called out to another Thursday night, making sure they all hit the Chinese capital’s petrol stations before the clock struck 12.
The taxi drivers are affected by a 16-pc increase in petrol...
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This undated photo released by the Cumberland County Prison shows Stephen Shoemaker, 33 of Shippensburg, Pa. Shoemaker was scheduled to appear at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2008 for sentencing on a 2007 drunken-driving conviction, but doesn’t have a...
