NEW STRATEGY: Every Roll A Toll Road. “Despite the privacy issues, DC officials insist that tolling is necessary for making up for the shortfall in gasoline tax revenues. The proposed mileage tax would solve this problem by increasing motorist taxation levels by a factor of ten. The additional revenue would be diverted to spending on buses and rail service. . . . ‘Vehicles would be fitted with a GPS transponder device similar to an E-ZPass, perhaps as part of the registration process,’ Orr an

“Pilot” October 23rd, 2009 There has been much talk of late about whether or not NBC, in crafting a new strategy that actually creates programming that people are interested in watching, will be looking to their corporate sibling USA in order to discover the elusive secrets. The cable channel has been on a roll of late, with successful procedurals like Monk and Psych have been joined by Burn Notice and Royal Pains. Their shows vary in quality (I much like Burn Notice, but became burnt o

BY NICK YINGLING Historical intrigue! Puzzle-solving skills! GPS units? No, its not the latest in the National Treasure franchise. ( Nic Cage lovers can only wish!) Instead, it’s a fun new game called “ Spy in the City ” from the International Spy Museum, in Washington, DC. This AP piece helps debrief new agents on this new interactive mission assignment. Part geocaching game and part tour through historical landmarks, this is a new strategy we may see more museums adopting as they tr