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CNN.com – Your e-mails: Diesel, scooters, lifestyle changes among the ideas

20. April 2006

CNN.com – Your e-mails: Diesel, scooters, lifestyle changes among the ideas – Apr 20, 2006: “(CNN) — Gas prices are soaring. The average price of a gallon of regular gas, $2.83, is 27 percent higher than last year, according to the motorists’ organization AAA, and the peak vacation driving season is still ahead. CNN.com asked […]

Obituary: Lawrence Grodsky / Top American expert on motorcycle safety

20. April 2006

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Thanks to 2strokebuzz for bringing this to our attention (illnoise is on FIRE baby!). This one is a pill that’s hard to swallow. Imagine thesafest biker in the USA… well, he’s gone off to that highway in the sky after being hit by a deer. Even harder to swallow was that he predicted it just […]

KHOU.com | News for Houston, Texas | Local News

20. April 2006

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KHOU.com | News for Houston, Texas | Local News: “Crude oil prices hit another record high Wednesday, translating into higher gas prices and sending many drivers searching for relief. Some have found relief in those little scooters you may have seen buzzing around. Right underneath the busy downtown freeways, Matthew Creede preaches about alternative transportation. […]

LA Weekly – Factory of Talent

20. April 2006

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I posted this just because it mentions another “famous” person on a Vespa. LA Weekly: “Shepard Fairey. You knew him before you knew him. If you lived in a major city, or just one where he had friends, he silently infiltrated your existence with a sticker slapped on the back of a no-parking sign, or […]

The Daily Cardinal – Moped owners must buy permits to park on campus next fall

20. April 2006

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Man… this blows for our fellow riders at UW Madison. If you click on the title link you’ll see a picture to go with the story… and no moped in sight… just a Spree and some other skinny scooter that I don’t recognize. I’m sure they meant Scooters and mopeds and nopeds… and anything that […]

Chron.com | LETTERS: Free market vs. scary lies

20. April 2006

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This was a hot topic just a week ago here at The Scooter Scoop and during my morning ritual of a glazed donut, 3 cups of coffee and a $2 cigar I ran across this Viewpoints letter from the Houston Chronicle. GREAT stuff. I wish you’d see MORE articles like this in the news. Educate […]