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Transportation officials push for lower blood alcohol standards for DUIs
Federal officials recommended that all 50 states lower the legal standard for driving drunk from .08 blood-alcohol content (BAC) to .05, saying it would prevent between 500 and 800 deaths annually, CNN reported on Tuesday. “In the last 30 years, more than 440,000 people have perished in this country due…
U.S. panel seeks ban on all phone use while driving
WASHINGTON — The top US transportation safety body recommended Tuesday that all 50 US states impose a strict ban on the use of cellphones — both hand-held and hands-free — while driving. “No email, no text, no update, no call is worth a human life,” National Transportation Safety Board chief…
Six killed in Nevada train-truck crash
LOS ANGELES — At least six people were killed when a big rig truck hauling gravel slammed into the side of a California-bound passenger train in the high desert of Nevada, officials said late on Saturday. Those killed included the truck driver and a train crew member, officials with the…
Revealed: FBI investigated claim that group threatened de-icing equipment when probing crash that killed Senator Wellstone
FBI files obtained by Minnesota Public Radio published Monday shed new light — and perhaps shadows — onto the life and death of former Democratic Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone, who was killed when his twin-engine plane crashed in 2002. Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) published dozens of FBI files they obtained…
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