Jaywalking

How to Cross the Street -- A Beginner's Guide

Lesley Ryder | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: How To, NYC Survival, New York Cab Drivers, NY Around Town, Jaywalking, Humor, Cab Drivers, Humor and Satire, Crossing the Street, New York News

Welcome to NYC! Whether you're a tourist in town for a few days or a fresh-faced aspiring yuppie in for the long haul, there are a few tips and tricks to learn that will make your stay more enjoyable.

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WATCH: Georgia Mom Convicted In Son's Jaywalking Death Will Seek New Trial

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Trial, Jaywalking, Georgia, Raquel Nelson, Jaywalking Mom, Atalanta, Crime News

ATLANTA -- A woman convicted of vehicular homicide after her 4-year-old son was struck and killed by a van as they jaywalked across a busy Atlanta-are...

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(WATCH) Georgia Mom Weighs New Trial Offer In Son's Jaywalking Death

AP | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Video, Probation, Drunk Driver, Hit and Run, Today Show, Atlanta, Jaywalking, Georgia, Marietta, Justice, Raquel Nelson, Crime News

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Georgia woman spared jail time for her vehicular homicide conviction in the death of her 4-year-old son, who was struck by a van as...

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WATCH: Ga. Mom Could Get 3 Years For Son's Traffic Death

Marietta, GA Patch | Michael Jacobs | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Trial, Jail Time, Georgia Hit and Run, Convicted Mom, Crime, Hit and Run, Vehicular Homicide, Jaywalking, Jaywalking Death, Video, Crime News

The Marietta mother convicted of vehicular homicide in her 4-year-old son’s jaywalking death says she isn’t focusing on the possibility that she w...

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WATCH: Mom Convicted After Son Killed In Hit And Run

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Video, Hit and Run, Vehicular Homicide, Marietta, Jaywalking, Georgia, Georgia Crime, Raquel Nelson, Crime News

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Georgia woman received a year of probation on Tuesday in the jaywalking death of her 4-year-old son, but the judge also made the un...

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Grieving Mother Faces 36 Months In Jail For Jaywalking After Son Is Killed By Hit-And-Run Driver

Radley Balko | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Wrongful Prosecution, Crime, Jaywalking, Atlanta Crime, Caylees Law, Child Death, Raquel Nelson, Crime News

We need to start holding prosecutors accountable for bringing unjust charges like those just brought against an Atlanta mother -- even if they may technically be legally permissible.

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WATCH: NYC Intersection Filled WIth Reckless Commuters

Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: New York City Traffic, Ron Gabriel, Ny News, Bike-Wars, New York City Transit, Jaywalking, Three Way Street, East-River-Ferry, Nyc Goes Three Ways, New York News, New York News

Bike wars, road rage, jaywalking--it's no secret New Yorkers are aggressive and often reckless commuters. But we had no idea just how hazardous we wer...

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'Opa!' It's All Greek to Me!

Alex Pattakos | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Greeks, Jaywalking, Greece, Greek Culture, Greece Culture, Greek Histories, History of Greece, Greek History, World News

We recently conducted some impromptu "jaywalking" interviews -- similar to those that you've probably seen on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno -- to find out more about what people know about all things Greek.

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White Sox GM Kenny Williams Ticketed For Jaywalking

AP | GREGG BELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago White Sox, Sports, Jaywalking, Kenny Williams Jaywalking, Kenny Williams, Chicago News

SEATTLE (AP)--Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams has been given a ticket for jaywalking by the Seattle Police Department. Williams was ...

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Joe Wright's The Soloist Exploits the Skid Row Community

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LA Times, Ben Hong, Safer City Inititiative, The Soloist, Steve Lopez, Poverty, Los Angeles Community Action Network, Incarceration, LA CAN, Jiulliard School of Performing Arts, Jaywalking, Downtown Los Angeles, Atonement, Los Angeles, Lamp Community, Mental Illness, Casey Huran, Skid Row, Homelessness, Federico Fellini, Gary Foster, Lawlessness, Los Angeles Times, Pride and Prejudice, Joe Wright, Nathaniel Ayers, Gentrification, Sci, Entertainment News

Instead of telling the tales of the homeless, the film portrayed them as a Fellini-esque monolith -- a tainted Gomorrah teeming with decadence and dereliction.

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Tools

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Greed, Law Enforcement, Worldcom, S&L, Epa, Enron, Obama Administration, Republican Conservatives, Jaywalking, Fda, Bernie Madoff, Tools, Security and Exchange Commission, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Economic Corruption, Politics News

Society does not work when it takes for granted the system's corruptibility. Make laws to protect society and expect them to be enforced.

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Beating the Jaywalking Rap

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jaywalking, Crime, Police, D.C., Washington, Washington Dc Crime, How to Fight Traffic Tickets, Washington DC, Politics News

While gunshots ring out and drug deals are executed just blocks away, DC's police officers spend entire days nabbing pedestrians who cross streets a little too soon or a little too late.

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