After four long months of surgeries and rehabilitation, Spokane Police Sergeant Rick Dobrow – who was critically injured last September in a collision with a minivan while on his motorcycle – is back on the job.
On Tuesday, September 26th, 2006 at just after 5 p.m. the “Officer Down” call went across the airwaves. Sergeant Dobrow [...]

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The race for the biggest Alberta roadside attraction has just gotten one cool contender.
Towns across the province already boast a host of the world’s “biggest,” including a hulking perogy, a towering kubasa and a massive Ukrainian Easter egg.
But the town of Fairview has a big idea that has nothing to do with food.
The town of [...]

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It’s not just a mode of transportation. It’s machine art. Or rather, Machineart, a company that has collaborated with eCycle, Inc. to produce three hybrid motorcycle concepts designed to evoke “lightness and the image of an advanced vehicle.”
Operating much like the hybrid cars that seem to be all the rage these days (although slowly getting [...]

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Former Rep. Bill Janklow will emerge from his manslaughter probation Monday with a clean record, more than three years after he sped through a stop sign in a Cadillac and killed a motorcyclist.
But the 67-year-old‘s political career is through.
Janklow told The Associated Press he did not want to comment about the end of his probation.
His [...]

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A recent editorial piece in the Pensacola News Journal caught my eye. Not so much for the editorial, although it was interesting enough, but for the comment that was posted in response.
The author admits that he knows little about motorcycles, describing the subject bike as “one of those bikes where you have to lean over.” [...]

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