International Business News - Road http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher convicted of waving a gun and threatening another driver won't be going to jail. A Hamilton County judge on Thursday sentenced Thomas Howell to two years' probation and 100 hours of community service on his conviction for aggravated menacing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/ohio-preacher-71-avoids-jail-in-road-rage-case.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:33:09 EDT When Travis Watkins was asked a few years ago to devise a college engineering project that would help people with disabilities, the first person who came to mind was his father, who once cherished walks along the beach. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/120921-off-road-wheelchairs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/fla-college-turns-academics-into-business-venture.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/fla-college-turns-academics-into-business-venture.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:48:57 EDT Talk about audacity. A year ago, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and at least a few others in the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination seemed to agree on one thing: She was the big favorite; he might just be a flash in the pan. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/115524-road-to-denver.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/for-obama-improbable-path-to-the-dem-nomination.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/for-obama-improbable-path-to-the-dem-nomination.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:31:07 EDT Republicans lugged money, fame and promise into their race for the presidential nomination. One of them carried his own bags, tooled around New Hampshire with a few volunteers, flew commercial and won. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/mccains-campaign-nourished-by-humble-pie.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:32:07 EDT Talk about audacity. A year ago, Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and at least a few others in the crowded race for the Democratic presidential nomination seemed to agree on one thing: She was the big favorite; he might just be a flash in the pan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/obamas-improbable-path-to-the-nomination.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:33:42 EDT Republicans lugged money, fame and promise into their race for the presidential nomination. One of them carried his own bags, tooled around New Hampshire with a few volunteers, flew commercial and won. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080824/humble-pie-nourished-mccains-campaign.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:40:08 EDT An analysis of the state-by-state race to 270 electoral votes between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/a-look-at-the-electoral-college-map.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:51:57 EDT Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in the state-by-state battle for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, flirting with the magic number ahead of their back-to-back nominating conventions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/obama-leads-mccain-in-hunt-for-270-electoral-votes.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:49:43 EDT Staring at a multibillion-dollar road-funding shortfall, a North Carolina panel on Thursday began discussing a host of tax increases to generate money for road and bridge construction and maintenance. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/nc-looking-at-tax-increases-for-road-construction.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:44:37 EDT Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if not for where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110572-roosevelt-road.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/road-proposal-riles-activists-in-roosevelt-country.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/road-proposal-riles-activists-in-roosevelt-country.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:27:11 EDT Plans to turn a secluded Badlands trail into a major road and river crossing might not have created such a stir if not for where it is: near the ranch where Theodore Roosevelt helped conceive the American conservation movement. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110325-roosevelt-road.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/road-proposal-riles-activists-in-roosevelt-country.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/road-proposal-riles-activists-in-roosevelt-country.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:30:45 EDT New Orleans housing advocates and legal rights groups urged Louisiana officials on Wednesday to rescind deadlines that could deny aid to thousands of applicants in the Road Home program for Hurricane Katrina victims. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/advocates-call-for-lifting-katrina-aid-deadlines.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:04:13 EDT Fifty battered Russian army trucks and armored personnel carriers roared without warning down the highway toward the country's capital, making it clear that a day-old cease-fire would not keep Russia from moving freely through Georgia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108443-georgia-russia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/russian-feint-toward-tbilisi-shows-truce-fragile.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/russian-feint-toward-tbilisi-shows-truce-fragile.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:27:45 EDT Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said the FBI interviewed him as part of a federal probe into alleged improprieties in the awarding of highway construction contracts under his predecessor's administration. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/ky-governor-says-state-cooperating-in-fed-probe.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:46:46 EDT A 71-year-old Cincinnati preacher has been convicted of aggravated menacing, after another motorist said he waved a gun and cursed at her. Thomas Howell could get up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charge when he's sentenced Sept. 4. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/ohio-preacher-71-convicted-in-road-rage-case.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:18:29 EDT Kentucky road planners are scaling back construction projects across the state in favor of smaller, less expensive versions, Gov. Steve Beshear said. The plan is to aim for more new roads and bridges with less money, Beshear said Monday. And, under the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's new approach, future projects may not have as many lanes or as much flair as some might like, Beshear said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/ky-governor-seeks-to-scale-back-road-construction.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:21:07 EDT Smokey Bear was unfair. The Forest Service said Tuesday it has canceled a public service ad in which the iconic bear warned that sparks from off-road vehicles could start a wildfire. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/forest-service-pulls-smokey-bear-ad.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:34:03 EDT San Francisco's chief homicide investigator says a man and his two sons were gunned down in June because of mistaken identity and not road rage as originally suspected. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/police-3-killed-in-mistaken-id-not-road-rage.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:58:28 EDT The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97028-road-rage-killing.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/killings-turn-focus-on-san-francisco-sanctuary-law.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/killings-turn-focus-on-san-francisco-sanctuary-law.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:42:18 EDT A group that advocates motorized recreation is asking the Forest Service to withdraw a public service ad featuring Smokey Bear. The group says the ad sends the wrong message that riders operating off-road vehicles in a legal manner can start forest fires. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/off-road-group-says-smokey-bear-is-unfair.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:55:22 EDT