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Uber driver charged with sex assault on Chicago passenger

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Uber Service Superior to Taxis Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

BRIAN WISE: Uber, taxi war a roadblock to American innovation and free market ‘share economy’

By Brian Wise

Supporters of Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party (AAP) hold placards during a protest after a woman was allegedly raped by a taxi driver in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The Indian capital on Monday banned taxi-booking service Uber after a woman accused one of its drivers of raping her.(AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)

New Delhi bans Uber after alleged rape by driver

By Katy Daigle - Associated Press

This Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, file photo taken in Newark, N.J., shows smartphones displaying Uber car availability in New York. Uber is offering car service in 250 cities in 50 countries now, up from 60 cities in 21 countries just a year ago. Uber hasn’t released its financial figures to the public, so valuing the company is pure guesswork. (AP File Photo/Julio Cortez)

Surge pricing: Uber’s $40B valuation. Worth it?

By Bernard Condon and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

This Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, file photo taken in Newark, N.J., shows smartphones displaying Uber car availability in New York. Uber is offering car service in 250 cities in 50 countries now, up from 60 cities in 21 countries just a year ago. Uber hasn’t released its financial figures to the public, so valuing the company is pure guesswork. (AP File Photo/Julio Cortez)

Surge pricing: Uber’s $40B valuation. Worth it?

By Bernard Condon and Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

A Nevada judge shut down Uber ride-sharing company.

UBER TRAVEL: Nevada becomes first state to shut down Uber

By Lark Gould

In this Nov. 24, 2014 photo, Lyft driver, Angie Palmer, speaks during a rally in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmaker Rep. Dan McCay is working on a bill proposing statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Rick Egan) DESERET NEWS OUT; LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; MAGS OUT

Utah lawmakers could enter ridesharing debate

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Actor Ashton Kutcher attends a special screening of "No Strings Attached" in New York on Jan. 20, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ashton Kutcher: Nothing wrong with ‘digging up dirt on shady journalists’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LARK GOULD: Uber, Airbnb eye business travelers

By Lark Gould

FILE - In this June 11, 2014 file photo taxi drivers gather after a protest drive against the competition from Internet and mobile applications designed for calling cabs in Berlin, Germany. Berlin taxi drivers are now celebrating a decision by authorities to ban the ridesharing service Uber from operating in the city. The Berlin Taxi Drivers' Association said Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, that the move means its members aren't put at a disadvantage by having to abide by rules that Uber doesn't. (AP Photo/dpa, Joerg Carstensen, File)

Regulators advised against granting Uber a license

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 file photo, New York City taxis drive through New York's Times Square. The car-hailing service Uber is taking on New York City's taxis, temporarily dropping some of its prices by 20 percent starting Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Georgia cab drivers, owners sue Uber ride service

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**FILE** Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou in San Francisco on Jan. 4, 2013. Fed up with traditional taxis, city dwellers are tapping their smartphones to hitch rides from strangers using mobile apps that allow riders and drivers to find each other. Internet-enabled ridesharing services such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar are expanding rapidly in San Francisco, New York and other U.S. cities, billing themselves as a high-tech, low-cost alternative to cabs. (Associated Press)

Kentucky prepares to regulate ride sharing

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**FILE** Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou in San Francisco on Jan. 4, 2013. Fed up with traditional taxis, city dwellers are tapping their smartphones to hitch rides from strangers using mobile apps that allow riders and drivers to find each other. Internet-enabled ridesharing services such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar are expanding rapidly in San Francisco, New York and other U.S. cities, billing themselves as a high-tech, low-cost alternative to cabs. (Associated Press)

Lyft gets temporary OK to operate in Pittsburgh

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**FILE** Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou in San Francisco on Jan. 4, 2013. Fed up with traditional taxis, city dwellers are tapping their smartphones to hitch rides from strangers using mobile apps that allow riders and drivers to find each other. Internet-enabled ridesharing services such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar are expanding rapidly in San Francisco, New York and other U.S. cities, billing themselves as a high-tech, low-cost alternative to cabs. (Associated Press)

Northern Virginia cab companies ask judge to halt Uber, Lyft operations

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Cellphone Cab Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

OBENSHAIN: Removing Virginia’s barriers to ridesharing

By Mark Obenshain

**FILE** Lyft passenger Christina Shatzen gets into a car driven by Nancy Tcheou in San Francisco on Jan. 4, 2013. Fed up with traditional taxis, city dwellers are tapping their smartphones to hitch rides from strangers using mobile apps that allow riders and drivers to find each other. Internet-enabled ridesharing services such as Lyft, Uber and Sidecar are expanding rapidly in San Francisco, New York and other U.S. cities, billing themselves as a high-tech, low-cost alternative to cabs. (Associated Press)

Virginia DMV halts ride-sharing services

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

State regulators orders Lyft to stop operating

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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, part time Lyft driver Brittany Cameron sits on the hood of her own vehicle, which she uses to give rides, and which is adorned with Lyft's trademark pink mustache, in downtown Denver. Lyft is a transportation network company whose mobile-phone application facilitates peer-to-peer ride sharing by enabling passengers who need a ride to request one from drivers who have a car. Internet companies like Lyft that connect riders to drivers with a few taps on a cellphone app will be regulated in Colorado with legislation soon to become law, putting the state at the forefront of a push to try to legitimize the flourishing tech startups. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Rules for Uber, Lyft to become law in Colorado

By IVAN MORENO - Associated Press

Free ridesharing deal continuing in Omaha, Lincoln

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