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...

Loan Reveals Two Spins on Democracy

Most political news in Vancouver has been swirling around the $100 million loan that is reportedly been authorized as a bailout cushion to either Millennium Development Corp (the company building the Olympic...

Harper, Layton willing to let Green leader debate

" 'Debating about the debate' a 'distraction': NDP leader Green Party Leader Elizabeth May accused Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Jack Layton of threatening a boycott were she allowed to take...

Ontario: Driven to Distraction on Wired Driving Ban

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorNow I am not one who thinks we need more "unesseScary laws", but perhaps this is a law which needs implementing thanks to Modern Technology, meant to make life easier,...

Build the cubicles higher: colleagues slow you down

New brain research suggests having people around us at work makes us less productive.  Apparently, some of our more emotionally intelligent neurons are distracted because they empathize with what others are...

Fugitive's wife jailed for money-laundering scam

"The wife of a fugitive traveller and a pub landlord have been jailed for their involvement in a £1.6m money laundering fraud used to buy a controversial piece of land in Northampton, UK. Mary Connors, aged 40, had £1.3m in cash and properties confiscated which she and her...

People driving themselves to distraction with text messages

Statistics into the amount of time that young drivers have their eyes off the road may be exaggerated if observations of non-drivers sending text messages is any indication."Research for Australia's National Roads and Motorists Association found that young drivers had their...

Traveling Man, Laptop, Smart Phone or Plain Note Pad, What works Best?

Can you Tech Tool be a distraction? Are you checking your e-mail rather than paying attention to what is going on? What works best?

My letter to the editor was so good they just stole the idea and even used my...

Here they go again, making criminals out of people who actually do have common sense."Vermont may drive distraction from drivers"BARRE -- Put down the flute and keep your eyes on the road.And forget about sipping that cup of coffee on the way to work, or smoking a cigarette...

Caught on Camera: $12,000 Distraction Robbery - Video

FT. LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale police are asking for the public’s help in finding distraction thieves who were caught on camera stealing from a convenience store in a heist that netted the thieves up to $12,000 dollars. The theft took place in October at the convenience...

Next on menu for Starbucks? It's hot food

According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...

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