American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protection
American Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labor struggles.
 Metro's Expo Line Begins Test RunsAfter multiple budget increases and construction delays, officials began test runs on the long-awaited Expo Line Monday and announced the train could start running as early as November. |  Venezuela acquires 1,800 antiaircraft missiles from RussiaRussia delivered at least 1,800 shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles to Venezuela in 2009, U.N. arms control data show, despite vigorous U.S. efforts to stop President Hugo Chavez's stridently anti-American government from acquiring the weapons. |  Colgate Accused of Stealing Thousand-Year-Old ToothpasteA legal dispute between the U.S. and India over a herbal toothpaste was leaving a bitter aftertaste between the two countries Thursday, with Colgate Palmolive accused of filing a bogus patent. |  Construction rolling along on Orange Line extensionVacant buildings are coming down and a new bridge is going up along Canoga Avenue as part of the $216 million extension of the Orange Line between Canoga Park and Chatsworth. |  NYC taxi drivers rip off passengers by $8.3 millionNew York City taxi drivers have been caught out overcharging passengers by $8.3 million in the past two years. The drivers were found to have been setting their meters at double rate and at least 1.8 million rides were wrongly charged. |  UK to launch 250 MPH high speed train serviceThe British government announced on Thursday that it was planning to build a $45 billion high speed rail corridor between the cities of London and Birmingham, and eventually to link to the northern cities of Manchester and Leeds. The train's 250 mph speed c... |  Ohio Lands $400 Mln Stimulus for Passenger TrainOhio will get about $400 million in federal stimulus money to establish a passenger train service linking its major cities, putting the state at the center of a developing national rail system, Gov. Ted Strickland said Wednesday. |  American Airlines files for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protectionAmerican Airlines' parent company is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to unload massive debt built up by years of accelerating jet fuel prices and labor struggles. |
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