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Man Passes Out in Cab— Carrying Tons of Meth

Kate Schwartz — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:31:18 CST

Today's dumb criminals lesson: If you're going to take a cab ride while loaded down with almost half a million in drugs, stay conscious. A 25-year-old Chicago man found himself in hot water after flagging down a cab on Christmas, chatting on his phone for a while, then passing out....

UK Cabbie Moonlights as ... Taliban Fighter

John Johnson — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:38:41 CST

Talk about deflating the mystique of the Taliban: "I work as a minicab driver," one fighter in northern Afghanistan tells the Guardian . He spends most of the year in East London but travels to Afghanistan for a few months to join the fight—and he's apparently not alone. "There are...

New York Cabs Accused of Jacking Tourists' Fares

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:58:08 CDT

Dozens of New York City taxi drivers have been arrested on charges of quietly doubling the rates that thousands of passengers should have paid. Officials say tourists and residents unsuspectingly overpaid hundreds of thousands of dollars in all. City officials said today that the 59 drivers were among far more...

Sherpas Navigate Big Apple Canyons

Colleen Barry — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:49:37 CST

When a 10-year civil war drove tourists and climbers out of Nepal, the Sherpas who catered to them also left in droves, and many wound up in New York driving cabs. The taxis offer not only a livelihood but also fewer risks. "I stopped extreme climbing for my own safety,...

NYC Cabbies Begin Strike

Sam Gale Rosen — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:40:00 CDT

A 2-day strike by New York taxi drivers protesting an order to install new technology began today, with the union claiming up to 95% participation by the city's estimated 20,000 cabbies, to the mayor's prestrike estimate of 30%. The city instituted an emergency fare structure to encourage cab sharing...