Man Asks for Directions, Gets Carjacked

A Columbus man asked for directions early Monday, but the two pedestrians from whom he sought help stole his car instead.

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A pair of alleged burglars in Saxony found themselves headed straight for the police station on Saturday night after stopping to ask a police patrol for directions.

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Top 10 Relationship Issues For Therapy: How many relate to you? (Poll)

It is no easy feat putting two strangers in the same space and asking them to become a single couple when they are both complete individuals with their own perceptions, beliefs, identity, aspirations and behaviour patterns.

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Back That Thing Up Where?!

For a commercial driver, there can be nothing worse than a bad set of directions. Okay, I take that back. Give a commercial driver that drives at night a bad set of directions.

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The so-called kiss man that has showered unwanted attention on women in the southern Swedish town of Lund has been arrested, police confirmed on Saturday.

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The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office wants local business owners to be on alert. JSO has noticed a trend where businesses in the community are falling victim to a scam. A majority of the businesses are restaurants.

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Tennessee prison officials say an inmate who left a work detail at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary farm called 911 after getting lost in the woods.

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Excerpt: Members of a controversial Kansas church known for protesting military funerals plan to picket Caylee Marie Anthony's memorial Tuesday. The Westboro Baptist Church detailed its plans in a recent news statement, which concludes with the phrase: "GOD HATES AMERICA."

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The Google Maps team have released a handy 'Travelling Directions' gadget in time for the holiday period. A lot of people will be doing a lot of travelling over the next two weeks.

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An intoxicated truck driver stopped by a Kaltenkirchen police station to ask for directions after he lost his way, but left the station without his driver's license, police in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein reported on Tuesday.

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Walking directions first became visible to some Google Maps users about two weeks ago, and whatever tests the company conducted apparently went well.  Walking directions are now available to everyone, with Google answering several of the questions that came up.

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'You can't miss it'

I have never liked the words, "You can't miss it," but I have learned to really, really hate them lately.

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People should not exercise less awareness or caution driving with a GPS than they would without one. Traffic experts say drivers need to realize that rules of the road and signs have priority over GPS commands.

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If your GPS device told you to drive off a cliff would you do it?

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This article, based on a report, suggests that GPS devices are routing people through residential area, thereby endangering children.

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A new version of Google Maps introduced this week includes a beta feature dubbed My Location that was designed to simulate the GPS experience on mobile phones and handheld devices that do not include GPS hardware, like Apple's iPhone.

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The Internet-connected pumps, made by Gilbarco Veeder-Root Inc., will come fitted with a color screen and allow travelers to find local landmarks, restaurants, hotels, and more.

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Google and Microsoft are now both offering free versions of dial in 411 services, providing directions to and phone numbers of tons of destinations across the United States. Google's service is called "GOOG 411" and can be reached by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411.

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Writer Eric Benderoff of Chicago Tribune writes, "Here's a smart trick any mobile phone can do: Provide an address, directions or a number for that French restaurant you've been meaning to try....[Y]ou can call a super-fast new service called Dial Directions (347-328-4667, the ca …

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For the Plan's album, Death Cab For Cutie decided to have a different director make a video for each of their songs. This article reviews that album entitled 'Directions.'

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Users call (347) 328-4667 from a cell phone and begin explaining where they want to go, either an address or an intersection. The voice recognition service discerns your intended location and asks where you're coming from.

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You'll never use MapQuest again. With a new addition to its Google Maps service, Google has completely reinvented the notion of online driving directions, letting you adjust routes with a simple drag and drop.

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The iPod's storage is optimized for storing digital music, pictures, and video, but you can use it to store any kind of data that you can put on your computer's hard drive, thus enjoying the flexibility of a small, fast, portable drive and taking advantage of any extra storag …

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Welcome to Managua, quite possibly the only place on Earth where upward of 2 million people manage to live, work, and play—not to mention find their way around—in a city where the streets have no names.

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If I ruled the world, all driving directions would be formatted like this example:

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Google Maps humorous directions from NY to Paris

Go to Google. Click Maps. Get Directions from New York, NY to Paris France. Read Line #23

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