Shia LaBeouf Alleges Rape During His Art Performance, Smashing Pumpkins Sell 'F*ck You Anderson Cooper' T-Shirts Featuring Cats In Bowties, Yes, You Can Afford This Watch, Taxi Medallions Have Been The Best Investment In America For Years. Now There's Uber., The Peer-Review Scam, New Antimicrobial Edible Films Increase Lifespan Of Cheese | | | | | Friday, November 28, 2014 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MORE LIKE 'LOOSE CHANGE CAB' | | Taxi Medallions Have Been The Best Investment In America For Years. Now There's Uber. | | washingtonpost.com | | In New York, taxi medallions have topped $1 million. In Boston, $700,000. In Philadelphia, $400,000. In Miami, $300,000. Where medallions exist, they have outperformed even the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index. In Chicago, their value has doubled since 2009. Now, however, a market built on restricted supply is showing cracks. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Read more on Digg.com → | | | | | | SPIRITED AWAY | | | | A Red Cross volunteer carries a child just disembarked from a crippled freighter carrying hundreds of refugees trying to migrate to Europe, at the coastal Cretan port of Ierapetra, Greece, on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris | | | | | | | |