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• Texting Behind the Wheel – Prevalent Among Oklahoma Drivers?

  Jeremy Thurman | October 30, 2009 10:43 AM | 2 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Do you have a teenage driver in your household? Does your teen have a cell phone? Does your teen like to text? As a parent I can say yes to each of the above. So I can empathize with parents...

• High Corn Calls For More Safety While Deer Hunting

  Mike Bryant | October 30, 2009 9:53 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Deer hunting season is just around the corner. Unlike past years, there is high corn still in the field. Which means that other hunters will also be tough to see. So when you are driving deer out of...

• Toyota Floor Mat And Gas Pedal Defects--Do They Cause Wrongful Deaths?

  Claude Wyle | October 28, 2009 10:11 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Federal highway safety inspectors have released new details of a fatal car crash that triggered Toyota Motor Corp.'s largest recall, including a finding that the Lexus ES 350 sedan involved had a...

• Medical Malpractice Reform: A Doctor’s Perspective

  Camryn Hansen | October 28, 2009 6:58 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  If you’re getting mad about the mainstream media’s perpetual refusal to fact-check, telling you that So-and-So says X while another So-and-So says Y but refusing to tell you...

• A Doctor's Perspective on Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | October 28, 2009 10:46 AM | 2 CommentsWashington, DC

  Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. is a brave man. In an article he has penned for the online magazine Salon, Dr. Parikh takes on his colleagues, peers and the American Medical Association and challenges the...

• Motorcycle Safety

  Lauren Kay | October 27, 2009 11:37 PM | 2 CommentsChandler, AZ

  Ah motorcycles. That form of transportation that your mother warned you about, the preferred vehicle of all tough Americans. Motorcycles are almost as much of a personality statement as they are a...

• Cancer Screening Has Risks As Well As Benefits - So Does Life (Part II)

  David Mittleman | October 26, 2009 9:14 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  As I wrote yesterday, for years the message from health care providers and cancer awareness groups has been consistent and clear: early detection through regular screening saves lives. In an...

• House Explosion Injures Two

  Bret Hanna | October 24, 2009 1:09 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Two people were injured Thursday in Cache County after the house they were taking care of was obliterated by an explosion. Mary Sorensen, 23, and her brother Tony, 27, had been staying in the house...

• Wisconsin Sex Abuse Victims Plead With Legislators to Pass Bill Extending Statute of Limitations

  David Mittleman | October 23, 2009 2:47 PM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI

  Madison, Wisconsin—a group of childhood sex abuse victims are urging a Wisconsin legislative committee to support Assembly Bill 453, which would repeal the state’s statute of limitations...

• Blacks Not Allowed in Greenhouse?

  Paul Napoli | October 22, 2009 1:07 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The trendy Greenhouse club, which opened last year, has been smacked with a $1 billion lawsuit after turning away around 100 guests, supposedly because they were black. The incident occurred on...