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Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered

Victims of '88 DUI bus crash in Ky. remembered
By BRUCE SCHREINER and JOAN LOWYAssociated Press RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) - Quinton Higgins lost his best friend when the church bus he was riding in 25 years ago was turned into a fireball by a drunken driver on a Kentucky road, in what remains the nation's deadliest alcohol-related highway crash.

Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash In The Moses Lake Area

Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash In The Moses Lake Area
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - A 28-year-old Moses Lake man died on Monday from injuries suffered during a motorcycle crash.Jonathan Jones was driving a 1983 Honda Nighthawk northbound on 22nd Avenue Northeast east of Patton Boulevard around 5:25 p.m. Monday, May 13. While going through a sweeping curve

Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash In The Moses Lake Area

Man Dies In Motorcycle Crash In The Moses Lake Area
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - A 28-year-old Moses Lake man died on Monday from injuries suffered during a motorcycle crash.Jonathan Jones was driving a 1983 Honda Nighthawk northbound on 22nd Avenue Northeast east of Patton Boulevard around 5:25 p.m. Monday, May 13. While going through a sweeping curve

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads

Big 4 cellphone carriers unite on anti-texting ads
By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The country's four biggest cellphone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving, uniting behind AT&T's "It Can Wait" slogan to blanket TV and radio this summer. AT&T, Verizon

GM says supercomputers to keep recalls in check

GM says supercomputers to keep recalls in check
By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) - General Motors Co. says a new supercomputing data center and a fledgling shift to bring software development in-house should help it limit the size of future safety recalls. The Detroit automaker, which formally opened the giant data storage center

GM says supercomputers to keep recalls in check

GM says supercomputers to keep recalls in check
By TOM KRISHERAP Auto Writer WARREN, Mich. (AP) - General Motors Co. says a new supercomputing data center and a fledgling shift to bring software development in-house should help it limit the size of future safety recalls. The Detroit automaker, which formally opened the giant data storage center

Nearly half of high schoolers text while driving

Nearly half of high schoolers text while driving
By Denise MannHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 13 (HealthDay News) -- Close to half of U.S high school students text while driving, a habit that dramatically increases their risk of getting into a potentially fatal car crash, a new study shows. Teens who reported texting while driving were more

2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks

2 new diseases could both spark global outbreaks
By MARIA CHENGAP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) - Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials - a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France,

AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly

AP IMPACT: Cars made in Brazil are deadly
By BRADLEY BROOKSAssociated Press SAO PAULO (AP) - The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in

Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book

Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
By DAVID SHARPAssociated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window,