City Pedia Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. 1992 Los Angeles riots - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riots

    On the evening of March 3, 1991, Rodney King and two passengers were driving west on the Foothill Freeway (I-210) through the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley. [27] The California Highway Patrol (CHP) attempted to initiate a traffic stop and a high-speed pursuit ensued with speeds estimated at up to 115 mph (185 km/h ...

  3. Barney and Betty Hill incident - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill_incident

    About one mile south of Indian Head, they said, the object rapidly descended toward their vehicle, causing Barney to stop in the middle of the highway. The huge, silent craft hovered about 80 to 100 feet (24 to 30 m) above the Hills' 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air and filled the entire field of view in the windshield.

  4. Battle of Remagen - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Remagen

    They were trucked from Meckenheim, 21.8 kilometers (13.5 mi) to the northwest, into Remagen along roads jammed with hundreds of jeeps, trucks, ambulances, and tanks. Driving on both sides of the road, the trucks crawled past tanks burning by the side of the road and dead bodies everywhere.

  5. Health impact of light rail systems - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_impact_of_light...

    Moreover, bicycle access to light rail transit can increase physical activity, as people will generally bicycle three to five miles to transit, as opposed the one‐half mile distance the average person is willing to walk. Research also shows that less time spent driving results in a reduced stress level, resulting in a higher quality of life.

  6. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic

    Left-hand traffic ( LHT) and right-hand traffic ( RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively. They are fundamental to traffic flow, and are sometimes called the rule of the road. [ 1] The terms right- and left-hand drive refer to the position of the driver and ...

  7. Battle of Malvern Hill - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Malvern_Hill

    —Lieutenant Charles B. Haydon of the 2nd Michigan Infantry, personal diary The Malvern House Malvern Hill, a plateau-like elevation in Henrico County, Virginia, provided an impressive natural military position about two miles (3.2 km) north of the James River. The hill rose some 130 feet (40 m) to its crest to form a crescent about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length and 0.75 miles (1.21 km) wide ...

  8. Does staring at screens ruin your eyes? - AOL

    www.aol.com/article/2014/02/27/does-staring-at...

    We've all grown up thinking that sitting too close to the television is damaging to our eyes ... but that might not be the case. Technology spawns lots of confusion ... and a few affectionately ...

  9. Mile 81 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mile_81

    Mile 81 is a novella by Stephen King, originally published as an e-book on September 1, 2011. The publication also includes an excerpt from King's novel 11/22/63 , published two months later. It has also been collected in the 2015 short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams .