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Patience -- Not One of my Virtues

Laverne H. Bardy | Posted 06.04.2013 | Fifty
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Laverne H. Bardy

Today I spent what felt like a year at the Motor Vehicle Agency. If I'm ever given a choice of going back there or scrubbing gas station toilets, I'll choose the latter.

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The Spiritual Lesson In Renewing A Driver's License

Rev. Malcolm Boyd | Posted 06.12.2013 | Religion
Read More: Dmv, Spiritual Journey, Driver's License, Prayer and Meditation, Spiritual Practice, Driving Prayer, Religion News
Rev. Malcolm Boyd

My California Driver License was expiring shortly, so it needed to be renewed. In my case, this required my successly passing a test. I plunged into my new and demanding task.

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DC's Role in Driving the Immigration Reform Debate

Michael Shank | Posted 04.12.2013 | DC
Read More: David Catania, David Grosso, Jim Graham, Washington, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Yvette Alexander, Immigration, DC City Council, Jack Evens, Pew, Michael Shank, Dmv, Anita Bonds, Kenyan McDuffie, Mayor Vince Gray, New Mexico, Lindsay Schubiner, Phil Mendelson, Utah, Illinois, DC News
Michael Shank

Presently, 25,000 undocumented immigrants in D.C. cannot obtain a driver's license from the DMV. To continue denying D.C. resident's access to ID and driving privileges entrenches discrimination by fettering freedom of movement, and creates a permanent subset of second-class residents.

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Driver's Ed: How the DMV Could Make Teens Learn About Money

Adam Levin | Posted 05.07.2013 | Business
Read More: Driving Test, The Today Show, Jean Chatzky, Money, Financial Literacy, Georgia Consortium for Personal Financial Literacy, Financial Education, Dmv, Financial-Questions-Driving-Test, Business News, Council for Economic Education, National Consumer Protection Week, Nan J. Morrison, Gao, Personal Finance, Business News
Adam Levin

Before teenagers get their driver's licenses, every DMV in the country should include questions about basic financial literacy on their driver's test.

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Study Shows Unlicensed Drivers Are The Most Hazerdous

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 01.17.2013 | Latino Voices
Read More: Immigration-Groups, Dmv, Latino-Politics, Undocumented Immigrants, Drivers Licenses, Undocumented Immigrant, License, Latino Voices News

SAN DIEGO -- Immigrant advocates are welcoming a California study that found unlicensed drivers are the most hazardous motorists on the road, saying i...

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Racism & Diversity in America

YingYing Shang | Posted 03.09.2013 | Teen
Read More: Asian Americans, Dmv, Racism, Racism Stories, America-Melting-Pot, Racial Profiling, America Diversity, Teen News
YingYing Shang

I had my most appalling experience with racism at the DMV, in the attempt to earn my driver's permit.

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A First For Women On Wheels

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 01.12.2013 | Business
Read More: Car Drivers, Men Drivers Licenses, Dmv, University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Women Drivers Licenses, Auto Owners, Drivers Licenses, Ap, Transportation, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Women have passed men on the nation's roads. More women than men now have driver's licenses, a reversal of a longtime gender gap b...

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New Jersey Bans Smiling In Driver's License Photos

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.24.2012 | Business
Read More: Dmv, Video, New Jersey, Driver's License, NJ Driver's License Smiling, Velvet Jones, Phildelphia Inquirer, New Jersey Driver's License, New Jersey Driver's License Smiling Ban, Business News

Even if there was something to smile about while living in New Jersey, the residents better not do it while they're having their driver’s license ph...

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Is This License Plate Obscene?

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 08.28.2012 | Weird News
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Is this license plate obscene? The Santa Fe Motor Vehicle Division thinks it is, but one man in New Mexico is fighting the department with a little th...

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It's Ashton vs. The DMV

Posted 06.20.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Dmv, Ashton Kutcher Dmv Lawsuit, Reality TV, Video, Katalyst Media, California Dmv, Trutv, Jason Goldberg, Ashton Kutcher, Ashton Kutcher Lawsuit, TV News

Ashton Kutcher is battling with the DMV, and it's not over long lines and cranky workers. According to The Wrap, Kutcher's company, Katalyst Media, is...

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The Waiting Game

Jerry Zezima | Posted 07.30.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Dmv, Stamford Advocate, Port Jefferson Station, Humor, Books, Cecil B. DeMille, Stamford, New York, DMV Stress, New York DMV, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

As a motorist who has been driving (people crazy) for four decades, I am used to sitting in traffic for hours at a time.

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Regrettable Vanity Plates: 'NO-TAGS,' Meet 'SAUCED'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 02.17.2012 | DC
Read More: Dmv, Bad License Plates, Cars, Video, Vanity Plates, District of Columbia, Knowshon Moreno, Denver, DC News

WASHINGTON -- WRC-TV/NBC4 brings news of Danny White, a D.C. resident whose vanity license plates got him some $20,000 in parking tickets. White's ...

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DC DMV Offers HIV Tests And Gift Cards

AP | By JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 01.22.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Dmv, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

WASHINGTON -- At one Department of Motor Vehicles' office in the nation's capital, motorists can get a driver's license, temporary tags and something ...

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WATCH: Transgender Woman Arrested After Topless Protest

Posted 11.16.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Topless DMV Protest, Dmv, Department of Motor Vehicles, Transgender, Transgender Issues, Andrea Jones, Tennessee, Gay Voices News

A Tennessee-based transgender woman says she went topless in the parking lot of a local DMV in an effort to fight for her rights. As WATE.com is r...

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Rick Perry Attacked Over Confederate Flag Issue

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Rick Perry Confederate License Plate, Texas Confederate Flag Plate, 2012 Elections, Elections 2012, Confederate Flag, Department of Motor Vehicles, Sheila Jackson Lee Perry, Confederate License Plate, Rick Perry, Texas, Dmv, Perry Sheila Jackson Lee, Sheila Jackson Lee, Video, Sons of Confederate Veterans License Plate, Rick Perry 2012, Texas Dmv, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Politics News

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) criticized Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is running for the Republican nomination for president, for "fooling around wi...

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Does This Car Seat Smell Bad To You?

Jody Melto | Posted 11.23.2011 | DC
Read More: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Dmv, Child Passenger Safety, Car Seats, Parenting, Car Seat Expiration, Car Seat Installation, National Seat Check Saturday, DC News
Jody Melto

Bring up the topic of car seats with some people in the over-40 crowd and prepare to hear stories of how they faced vehicular peril without the aid of a plush, ergonomically designed, high-priced Barcalounger.

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David Lohr

Tennessee Says 'F-U' To Tofu-Loving PETA Member

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Dmv, Video, Weird News, Pets, Peta, Tennessee, Whitney Calk, Murfreesboro, Weird, License Plates, Weird News News

The Tennessee Department of Revenue, Taxpayer and Vehicle Services Division rejected a PETA employee's proposed personalized license plate -- "ILVTOFU...

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Dancing at the DMV: How to Transform Drudgery into Joy

Julie Genovese | Posted 07.23.2011 | Healthy Living
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Julie Genovese

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Robert Keller Crashes Car At DMV After Completing Driver's Test

Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Robert Keller, Dmv, Pennsylvania, DMV Crash, Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania, DMV Car Crash, Comedy News

Robert Keller, 34, was so close of passing his driver's test when he made the ultimate error. Keller plowed through the Department of Motor Vehicle...

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Frank Bruni Driver

New York Times | FRANK BRUNI | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Frank Bruni, Dmv, Frank Bruni Driver's License, Driving, Drivers Licenses, Home News

ONLY three times in my life have I been so scared that I trembled -- legs quivering, hands jittering, heart out of control. The first was at 12, when ...

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Friday Talking Points [132] -- The DMV? Really?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Last week, this column took a week off, due to an extended trip into the desert for the Netroots Nation convention. But now, we turn our sights back ...

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Non-English Speakers Struggle To Get Up To Speed As States Try To Keep Them Off Roads

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Dmv, License Test, Language, Immigrant, Driver's License, Non-English Speaker, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

Nine states currently offer an English-only written driver's license test and at least three others - Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee - are actively p...

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Virginia is for Drivers

Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Traffic, Teen Driver, Dmv, Virginia, Driver's License, Katie Couric, Arlington-Virginia, Beltway, Family Court, Healthy Living News
Tamar Abrams

When you're a progressive Democrat living in the Commonwealth of Virginia, you have a lot of 'splainin' to do. The motto "Virginia is for Lovers" may ...

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Homeless in Columbia: Photo ID and the Silent Voting Bloc (VIDEO)

Paul Bowers | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
Read More: Welfare, Social Security, Voter Fraud, Photo ID, Voting Problems, Andre Bauer, Legislation, Government, Elections, Dmv, Andre Bauer Stray Animals, Birth Certificate, Homelessness, Driver's License, South Carolina, City Council, Poll Tax, Voting, Columbia, Salvation Army, Strom Thurmond, Dhec, College News
Paul Bowers

If you're used to instant gratification, homelessness might not be for you. I found that out during our three days on the streets, and it became especially evident later when I walked (literally) through the steps of obtaining a photo ID.

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Underwear bombers and workers rights

Eve Tahmincioglu | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Dmv, Collective Bargaining, Obama, Post Office, Demint, Unions, Tsa, Workers Rights, Business News
Eve Tahmincioglu

I don't know about you, but I would feel more confident in airport security employees if they had a voice in the workplace. Right now, the employees ...

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