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New App Keeps Tabs on Texting Drivers
KickingTiresTexting while driving has become a nationwide epidemic, one that the developers of a new smartphone application hope to eradicate. The Vehawk app tracks a driver's cellphone usage during a trip and sends notifications to the account holder (most likely......Tags: Trips and Vacations, Labor Legislation, Apple iPhone, Travel, Chad
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Deep thoughts on hand sanitizers
Dining@LargeNote to self: Next time there's a pandemic on the horizon, buy stock in Purell.I just got home from the gym, where they have installed a touchless hand-sanitizing machine next to the water fountain. I discovered this the same day......Tags: Health
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Feds: Distracted Driving an 'Epidemic'
KickingTiresCalling distracted driving an ???epidemic,??? the Obama administration convened a two-day meeting to figure out how to get a cell phone and text-happy nation to leave their handheld communication devices alone in the car. Last year, 5,870 people were...Tags: Services and Shopping, The New York Times, Vehicles, Barack Obama, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Government Bans Texting While Driving in Federal Fleet
KickingTiresThe Obama administration banned federal employees from texting while driving in government vehicles in an executive order issued today. The new rule came out of a two-day meeting on distracted driving convened by the administration. It says it will...Tags: Services and Shopping, NPR, National Government, Government, Vehicles
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'Dancing With the Stars' recap: tango, paso and hustle
Reality CheckSorry for the delay on tonight's Dancing With the Stars recap. I'm in a different time zone than usual, which is throwing a wrench in things. (Also, I'm posting from an unfamiliar -- and small -- computer, which is messing......Tags: Entertainment, Melissa Joan Hart, Kelly Osbourne, Dancing, Dance
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Stoney River Legendary Steak's surprising soft opening
Dining@LargeThe soft opening is a relatively new phenomenon in the restaurant business. When I first started reviewing, new restaurants didn't want a review right away, but they definitely wanted to get the word out they were open. Now some owners......Tags: Steaks, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Health, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Obama: 'Getting grey... difficult year'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, with 20 nations in his passport this year, stepped on to the Great Wall of China this week. "It gives you a perspective on a lot of day to day things that don't amount......Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, National Government, Government, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama
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Obama's pastor (new) problem: Apology
The Swampby John D. McCormick and Manya Brachear Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Thursday was forced to again apologize for the remarks of a Chicago pastor and friend backing his candidacy who spoke from the pulpit of Obama's longtime South......Tags: New Hampshire, Elections, Political Candidates, School Supplies, Hillary Clinton
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Of Top 10 Tuesday, salsa lessons and dengue fever
Dining@LargeSo it's decided. Tomorrow's Top 10 will be foods that were difficult to eat the first time you encountered them (until you got direction from someone else). This is in honor of Gailor, whose original idea it was, and who......Tags: Education, Schools, Health, Diseases and Illnesses
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CarsCast Weekly: 10/3/08
KickingTiresWhat's up on CarsCast Weekly this week? Gas shortages plague the Southeast, and with the economic downturn, Stephen explains how you can live more frugally. Also, Lindsay has stories on the Chevy Volt and a suburb in Portland, Ore., that......Tags: Services and Shopping, Hybrid Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, Health
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President Bush: 'Economic turmoil'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush has gone to Peru. But Bush, making his last scheduled trip abroad as president, has not gotten away from the economic crisis that has beset his nation and many others near the close of his......Tags: Contracts, Government, Economic Organization, Employees, Trade Policy
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SoS: Hype is here
Spin CycleThe press release describing Gov. Paterson's State of the State address has a catchy, all caps title: "IN FIRST STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS, GOVERNOR PATERSON OUTLINES PLAN FOR A STRONGER NEW YORK: TALKS OF CONFRONTING FISCAL CRISIS HEAD ON......Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, Energy
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