
Dec 19 - By Anne Gearan, AP National Security Writer
The merchant who buttonholed the top U.S. military officer at a street market on the outskirts of Baghdad wasn't worried about car bombs or infiltrators in suicide vests.
Oct 25 - By Associated Press
Chicago is cashing in on its much-criticized parking meter deal.

Sep 18 - By Daisy Nguyen, Associated Press Writer
Activists across the nation parked themselves curbside Friday, taking up spaces reserved for cars and transforming them into mini parks with sod, potted plants, lawn chairs and even barbecues to raise awareness about how the auto has won the battle over public space in big cities.
Aug 18 - By Associated Press
Paul McCartney will perform at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium while the Texas Rangers play next door.

Jun 29 - By Kate Brumback, Associated Press Writer
Rescuers used dogs, listening devices and thermal cameras to scour a collapsed parking deck near downtown Atlanta Tuesday to make sure no victims were in the debris while crews used cranes to lift out crushed cars.
Jun 7 - By Associated Press
The Los Angeles Dodgers will allow fans to park for free during the team's June 16-18 series against the Oakland Athletics.
May 10 - By Catherine Tsai, Associated Press Writer
Parking lots have a lot to do with economic recovery. Really.
Apr 22 - By Ben Dobbin, Associated Press Writer
A woman drew a maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison Wednesday for ramming her car into a crowd during a fight in a tavern parking lot, killing a man and injuring four women.
Feb 13 - By Associated Press
Police said two roommates began fighting over a parking space on Thursday night, and the dispute ended when one man bit off the other's earlobe. Officer Kevin Krebs said it appeared that the victim came home and parked in a spot preferred by his roommate, starting the fight.
Dec 30 - By Erin Conroy, AP Business Writer
Sit back, relax and let your car parallel park itself — without a single scratch or ding to your bumper.
Nov 11 - By Greg Bluestein, Associated Press Writer
Mayor William Floyd pulled up to a parking space, dialed a number into his cell phone and watched as two hours of paid time flashed on the meter in front of his car.

Nov 11 - By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Writer
Officials are proposing new rules that would greatly expand bicycle parking in apartment and office buildings around the city, the latest step in a plan to make New York one of the most bike-friendly places in the nation.

Sep 20 - By Sarah Karush, Associated Press Writer
Alice and Jeff Speck didn't have a car and didn't want one. But District of Columbia zoning regulations required them to carve out a place to park one at the house they were building.
Sep 15 - By Associated Press
A wealthy gold trader was charged Monday with paying one of his workers to arrange the stabbing death of the businessman's estranged wife, authorities said.
Aug 26 - By Peter Jackson, Associated Press Writer
In the race to determine who should be Pennsylvania's chief law enforcer for the next four years, the discussion has lately swirled around the most minor of offenses — an expired parking meter.
Jul 29 - By Ron Word, Associated Press Writer
Employees with concealed weapons permits can keep guns locked in their cars at work in Florida, but businesses are allowed to prohibit customers from bringing firearms on their property, a federal judge has ruled.
Jul 24 - By Associated Press
Portland police are not above the parking laws, even if they're hungry.

Jun 3 - By Jeff McMillan, Associated Press Writer
In this densely populated city, residents compete for jobs, apartments, subway seats, taxicabs, even treadmills in the gym.
May 23 - By Associated Press
There's at least one city left in the United States where you just have to feed a penny into the parking meters: Sycamore, Ill.
Apr 29 - By Associated Press
A man described as a violent gang member has been charged with murder in a shooting that followed a party for the authors of a biography on rap artist and producer Dr. Dre.
Feb 16 - By Chris Kahn, AP Energy Writer
Federal officials are considering plans to cut down several trees at Grand Canyon National Park to add hundreds of parking spots and ease traffic at the popular South Rim.
Dec 14 - By Associated Press
When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000.

Oct 12 - By Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press Writer
Parking in tight spaces is a cinch with a new display from Nissan showing a panoramic bird's-eye-view of what's surrounding a car — a feature that the Japanese automaker says is a first for commercially mass-produced vehicles.

Oct 7 - By James Hannah, Associated Press Writer
When Maureen Birdsall took her disabled, 92-year-old grandfather to a California hospital, she lost the only available handicapped-parking spot to a woman in a red corvette.
Jul 27 - By Associated Press
A suburban parking official is threatening to auction off a Marine Corps recruiter's car tied to nearly $5,000 in unpaid tickets, part of what the city claims is the Corps' roughly $94,000 tab.