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The European Union has been accused of imposing a "tax on the disabled" after it passed a new law which will place mobility scooters in the same tax bracket as Formula 1 cars.
Kids gain mobility with special bikes courtesy of the Kalamazoo Chapter of AMBUCS
The Kalamazoo Gazette
Kaitlyn Newman is an outgoing, spunky 8-year-old with a huge grin. But until Wednesday night, the Vicksburg girl had never ridden a bike. "She used to watch other kids riding bikes," said her Mother, Tina Newman. "She would just cry every time she saw one."
Dream holiday turned sour after mobility scooter damaged
York Press
IT was supposed to be a dream holiday but a York family s Mediterranean cruise turned sour after ship staff allegedly caused hundreds of pounds of damage to their mobility scooter and refused to foot the full repair bill.
Stephen Hawking says 'disgraceful' EU tax ruling will hit the disabled
Daily Telegraph
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Israel rearms Azerbaijani army
PanARMENIAN.Net
The Israeli defense company Elta Systems Ltd will cooperate with Azerbaijan in the field of satellite systems.
Crane fire slows Sydney traffic to a crawl
Sydney Morning Herald
The damaged crane - now just 84 tonnes of immobile metal - is now stranded on Homebush Bay Drive at Concord West and has blocked two northbound lanes, a situation that will persist until 10pm when the RTA can move it.
Dragonfly designed to get tourists buzzing
CHCA News
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'Heat' and repeat: 'Public Enemies' feels very familiar
Tallahassee Democrat
Remember Michael Mann's "Heat" (1995)?
News Brief 06-30
The Ponca City News
Master Gardeners Annual family picnic at Cann Garden on Thursday, July 2 at 6:30 p.m. Members are invited to bring something from their garden to share. All master gardeners and their family members are welcome.
Revisiting the 'golden age of bank robbery'
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The 1930s gangster movie is back.Does anybody care? "Public Enemies," set in the "golden age of bank robbery," when the likes of Baby Face Nelson, Ma and Pa Barker, and Bonnie and Clyde were looting and shooting across the land, is the first A-list Depression-era crime pic since Brian DePalma's "The Untouchables."
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