Making our rail system safer; that's the goal of a pilot program that New York is testing out.

CSX transportation is trying the program out to increase security in the rail system. With the system, state authorities can pinpoint in real-time exactly what lethal substances are traveling through the state by rail and where.

The other states participating in the pilot project are Kentucky and New Jersey.

The goal is to streamline information and get it into the right hands during an emergency. Officials sitting in a large operations room can track any trains on the CSX system, what they're carrying, where they are and where they're going.

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Seven Simple Steps to Raising Credit Scores

In the wake of the subprime market fallout, lenders are making it tougher for consumers to get a loan. As a result, borrowers are wise to try to raise their credit scores to qualify for loans, secure better loan terms and receive lower interest rates.

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First Lady Talks Up `I Live NY'

New York's first lady met with groups hoping to keep Rochester businesses flush with local employees.

Silda Wall Spitzer met with the groups at The Eastman House. It was all to promote the "I Live New York" summit coming next month.

It's an issue businesses and colleges in Rochester know all too well: coaxing young professionals to stay in the area instead of leaving the state.

"It is our future as New Yorkers because that is where the workers of tomorrow come from," said Silda Wall Spitzer, New York First Lady. “It's where the base of our community comes from. Our volunteers. The people who are part of the civil process and community leaders all come from that next generation."

The "I Live New York" summit is scheduled for September 18 at SUNY Cortland.

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Stratos Announces Second-Quarter 2007 Financial Results

BETHESDA, MD, July 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB), the world's trusted leader in delivering vital voice, data, and IP communication services today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.

Second-Quarter Highlights - Revenue up 8 percent to US$149.9 million from the same quarter a year ago and 4 percent on a sequential quarterly basis. - Segment earnings(x) reach US$23.9 million, up 64 percent from the second quarter of 2006 and 29 percent compared with the first quarter of this year. - Net earnings total US$6.6 million in the quarter driven by strong operating results in the Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) business and an after-tax gain related to the Gulf of Mexico final hurricane insurance settlement. Adjusted net earnings (as described below) total US$7.6 million, or US$0.18 per share, compared with a net loss of US$1.8 million, or US$0.04 per share, in the same quarter of 2006.

Councils to review bridge safety after US collapse

SCOTLAND'S councils have been asked to check all their bridges following the worst bridge collapse in the United States in more than 20 years.

CHAMP CAR: Sunday San Jose Notebook

WHITE LINE WORKS . . . IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF On a track previously known for difficulty in overtaking, todays race produced no fewer than 10 lead changes. While its true several of them took place in the pits, at least three also took place at Turn One, along with a fair number of other passes further down the field. Drivers were quick to credit the white line theory, which saw Champ Car paint a white line down the middle of the track in the braking zone and inform drivers they were to chose one side or the other, but not cross over the line, when a following car was attempting a pass. Well, if the rules are that you cannot block, at least its an easier way for the officials to police, you know, said Oriol Servia. Its black and white. You have to stay on the left side. It gives better racing.