Archive for November, 2007

The Nation in Brief: Shotgun blast wounds Rodney King - Kansas City Star

The Nation in Brief: Shotgun blast wounds Rodney KingKansas City Star, MO -10 hours agoHAUPPAUGE, NY | The man with the “GETOSAMA” license plates now wants to get the New York Department of Motor Vehicles into court. Arno Herwerth, a retired …

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10-year ban for popping a wheelie in Miami

Stunt riding (including wheelies), excessive speeding, and concealable license plates will get you a 10 year ban on your motorcycle license, mandatory jail time, and an impounded bike. If the punishment sounds like the medieval practice …
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Ex-policeman fights order to return anti-Osama license plates - International Herald Tribune

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Ex-policeman fights order to return anti-Osama license platesInternational Herald Tribune, France -15 hours agoAP GARDEN CITY, New York: A retired New York police officer filed a federal complaint Wednesday in an attempt to keep his vanity license plates that read …Ex-NY police officer fights to keep anti-bin Laden license platesNewsdayNY Man Fights for Anti-Osama PlatesThe Associated […]

Welcome Canadians!

Anyone who has been near a mall or plaza in the past couple of months has noticed the tremendous increase of Canadian license plates. As long as the Canadian dollar remains near par, this trend will continue. Much has been said recently …
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It’s time to OK plates to honor fallen warriors - Tiffin Advertiser Tribune

It’s time to OK plates to honor fallen warriorsTiffin Advertiser Tribune, OH -Nov 26, 2007Ohio, like many other states, seems to be able to create personalized license plates for a variety of reasons. Buckeye State motorists can obtain plates …

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Ohio student says NO! to the RIAA

These letters tell the university which students the RIAA plans on suing, identifying the students only by their IP addresses, the ‘license plates’ of Internet connections. Because the RIAA does not know the names behind the IP …
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One reader with a wopper of a response!

Those cameras that view your license plates, front and back, serve a few purposes. If a vehicle is stolen, it shows up quick, stolen children etc. and you’re pulled over but more importantly, it records the exact time you entered, …
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Arkansas off ers many special license plates - Saline County Voice

Arkansas off ers many special license platesSaline County Voice, AR -17 hours agoRoger Duren, manager of the state Office of Motor Vehicles, said there were 3.5 million active license plates at the end of last month. …

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"NY Man Fights for Anti-Osama Plates"

… a report that begins, “A retired police officer is seeking a court order to force the state Department of Motor Vehicles to drop its demand that he return vanity license plates calling for the capture or death of Osama bin Laden.”…
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Political correctness gone wild — this time, on Canada’s license

Great story out of Toronto: An ordained United Church minister named Joanne Sorrill wanted to get a personalized Ontario license plate that read REV JO. But this was rejected by the authorities on the grounds that it might promote …
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