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Honest Cabbie Returns $100,000 in Jewelry and Cash [VIDEO]

A New York cab driver has won the praise and affection of one of his passengers by returning jewelry and cash that had been left in the back of the cab. The owner says his jewelry is worth more than $100,000.

Muslim Cabbie Stabbing: Mosque Madness Blowback?

(Aug. 25) -- A New York man has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime for "slashing" a cab driver with a knife "across the neck, and then on the face from his nose to his upper lip." The man, 21-year-old Michael Enright, was visibly drunk. Police say he asked the driver if he was Muslim and, some time after...

Cops: Cabbie Stabbed After Fare Asked, 'Are You Muslim?'

(Aug. 25) -- Authorities say a New York City cab driver is recovering after being brutally stabbed by a passenger who first demanded, "Are you Muslim?" The attacks occurred as New York is in the midst of a contentious debate over plans to build an Islamic community center and mosque a few blocks from the site of the...

Taxi Driver Gets the Tip of a Lifetime: $370,000

(June 16) -- Taxi driver Don Pratt said he took it with "a pinch of salt" when a longtime customer said she would "look after" him in her will. But the salt took on a very sweet taste when he learned she meant exactly what she said -- to the tune of $370,000. Pratt, 65, spent 20 years taking Mary Watson on countless...

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A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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