The Night Note: 9/24/09

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DC COUNCILMAN'S AIDE ARRESTED
Ted Loza, 45, is accused of accepting two bribes to promote taxicab legislation. He was arrested at his home at about 7 a.m.  Graham chairs the council's Committee on Public Works and Transportation, which has oversight and authority over the D.C. Taxicab Commission. The council legislated a moratorium on new multi-car cab company licenses in July 2008, making existing licenses more valuable.  According to the indictment, someone with financial interests in the taxi industry bribed Loza with cash, the use of vehicles, trips and more in exchange for Loza's promotion of taxi legislation favoring his financial interests, including the moratorium on new company licenses and Graham's legislation to create a medallion system, which is currently under consideration. (NBC Washington)

HONDA THINKS UNICYCLES ARE IN YOUR FUTURE
It may look a little precarious and uncomfortable to ride, but Honda believe their new 'personal mobility' device could one day be zipping up and down our streets.  The vehicle looks like a very modern unicycle and to ride it you simply lean your weight in the direction you want to go, whether that's forward, backwards or even sideways. It maintains its own balance travelling up to 3.7MPH. The U3-X, which was given a test-run by reporters in Japan today, was designed to be small, safe and unobtrusive enough to mingle with pedestrians or use indoors, according to Honda Motors. 
(The Daily Mail)

DARK AGES TREASURE FOUND
It's an unprecedented find that could revolutionize ideas about medieval England's Germanic rulers: An amateur treasure-hunter searching a farmer's field with a metal detector unearthed a huge collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver artifacts.  The discovery sent a thrill through Britain's archaeological community, which said Thursday that it offers new insight into the world of the Anglo-Saxons, who ruled England from the fifth century until the 1066 Norman invasion and whose cultural influence is still felt throughout the English-speaking world.  "This is just a fantastic find completely out of the blue," Roger Bland, who managed the cache's excavation, told The Associated Press. "It will make us rethink the Dark Ages."
(Yahoo)

5 BARISTAS BUSTED FOR PROSTITUTION
Five Washington state baristas charged customers to touch their breasts and buttocks at an espresso stand where servers wear bikinis to draw business, police said.  The five were charged Wednesday with prostitution. Charging money for that kind of touching falls under the city's definition of prostitution.  The Everett Herald reports the women were charging up to $80 to strip down while fixing lattes and mochas. (MSNBC)

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