Distracted Drivers Kill Thousands Each Year

Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...

Using Social Media as an HR Tool

If you’re a business owner, have you considered the myriad of ways that social networking sites can help you in your hiring decisions? Given the number of individuals using social networks like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, it’s almost foolish not to do a little...

Top 20 Most Popular Social Bookmarking Websites

Over the last couple of days I have been thinking about dear Mr Murdoch's idea about paying for news - well you an me paying to read his news sites. And as I get thinking things become little more confused as time goes on - and this is why went-a-looking on dear old...

Pedestrian hits finally getting notice

Last autumn I wrote an article, http://my.nowpublic.com/health/dont-go-take-walk-saskatoon in which I listed the many pedestrians injured or killed by motorists that summer in Saskatoon.  This spring the carnage resumed.  Finally an article in our local...

Swine Flu Another Victim: Traffic surge crashes swine flu Website

While Reading this News i was laughed and then i worried too... The news is about the Flu Service Website that was went live yesterday and get crashed in 4 min. As they have decided to have load up to 1200...

Philippine tourist traffic up despite global crisis-- DOT

With DOT's target of 3.5 million tourist arrivals this year and five million by 2010, the industry must expand total capacity in terms of physical infrastructure, room accommodations and manpower... "Local...

Shooting victim in Vancouver only had a small X-Acto knife

Update: 11:22am Saturday March 21stVancouver police have released details today the the man they shot at Homer and Dunsmuir Street yesterday afternoon, was armed with only a small X-Acto knife. He refused to drop...

Judge Kicks Notorious Spammer Off Facebook

A judge in California on Monday ordered convicted spammer Sanford 'Spamford' Wallace to stay away from Facebook.  Wallace is accused of flooding Facebook users with unsolicited messages, which appear to...

Finland: Snow Snarls Traffic Around the Country

" Snow and sleet contributed to a spate of road accidents in various parts of Finland on Tuesday morning. The Road Administration issued a warning for poor driving conditions throughout the country. ...

Lawyers strike cripples traffic in New Delhi

Work in the Lower courts across the Indian capital New Delhi and in the neaby areas were affected as the lawyers have announced an all India strike on Wednesday, to protest against the Government inaction towards...

Hacked road signs warn of zombies, raptors ahead

" COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Hackers are messing with electronic road signs in some states, warning of zombies and raptors down the road. Traffic safety officials aren't amused. The latest breach came during Tuesday...

Pretty, and Pretty Dangerous: Ice Storm, December 24 2008

These photos chronicle the beauty of the ice storm that hit the mid-Atlantic region of the US on Christmas Eve. Info on weather stats here: "Ice Storm of Christmas Eve (Day) 2008" @ National Weather Service...

Bikers bring "ghost bike" to the heart of São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil - Aproximately 200 bikers gathered tonight (Jan. 16th) at Praça do Ciclista (Bikers Square), on Avenida Paulista, for a silent protest after the death of Márcia Regina de Andrade Prado. On...

Prepare for ‘traffic chaos’ as rain returns

Like most Vancouverites I am pretty  much over the beauty of a white Christmas and am looking forward to the promised greyness of January in the city.  But it's not over yet... "Vancouver is bracing for...

Thousands of Shoes Block Florida Freeway

A Florida freeway is choked by thousands of shoes that were dumped across the roadway Friday morning. No injuries have resulted from the footwear debris, just delays.  " State troopers are looking for a...

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