| Fast rail offering hip personalised travel
E-TICKETS, on-board DVD rentals, events, and even new encounters French rail's new iDTGV trains are testing a new way of travel. Music blares from a speaker in a bustling bar and conversations get louder as customers just out of Paris meetings trickle in, settle down and order drinks. The barman hands over a beer, spilling a little as the brightly-coloured buffet car on the top deck of a customised high-speed TGV train rolls into its three-hour journey to the Mediterranean port city of Marseille. Joined to a regular TGV train, this iDTGV, playing on the French word "idee" or "idea", is operated privately, but owned by the national SNCF rail company and designed as a laboratory for future rail travel. Planned party train on the way The iDTGV was launched in December 2004 and offers cheaper tickets, internet reservations, and services aimed at pleasing passengers, including a soon-to-be launched party train, to help the SNCF better compete with low cost airlines.
Camel picks Giants to end Patriots' run at perfection on Super Bowl ...
She actually picked the Giants a lot when they were losing, including opening day against Dallas," Bergmann said, referring to a 45-35 loss. But take heart, Giants fans: Princess knows a Manning-led champion when she sees one. She chose Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts to win last year's Super Bowl. Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press .
Housejacked: How it Works, Who's Involved, and Who Got Hurt
It's been 6 months since I interviewed longtime Sikeston landlord CD Alcorn about his stolen houses and started digging into an amazing property scheme running rampant in Scott County. In this latest three part series, I'm laying out what I know on the record about how the scheme works, who's involved, and how it's affecting Sikeston's west side. I can tell you I've heard many off-the-record accounts on this, but I can only report to you the facts I've found through court-filed documents and other transactions put into the public record. While I cannot list out the names of everyone believed to be involved in this, the records I've found and the people I've interviewed all point a finger at Century Mortgage and its President, Todd McBride. (*In May of 2007, the Century Mortgage Web site listed offices in St.
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