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Distracted Driving More Dangerous for Novice Drivers
2014-01-11 21:21:16| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The findings from a newly-released distracted driving study that monitored 151 licensed U.S. drivers - 42 novices and 109 experienced drivers reveal that the things that allow a driver to talk - such as dialing or reaching to get to a ringing phone are the real danger. For the novice driver, dialing a phone is more dangerous than retrieving text messages, and reaching for an object while driving is more likely to produce an accident than eating behind the wheel. Even experienced drivers face a dangerously-high risk of getting into an accident while manipulating a cell phone. READ MOREThe Article Distracted Driving More Dangerous for Novice Drivers appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Cybercrooks developing dangerous new file-encrypting ransomware, researchers warn
2014-01-07 13:24:32| InfoWorld: Top News
A team of malware developers is preparing to sell a new ransomware program that encrypts files on infected computers and asks victims for money to recover them, according to a volunteer group of security researchers who tracked the development of the threat on underground forums in recent weeks.
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An astonishing, dangerous cold snap is about to descend on the U.S
2014-01-04 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: For days, it`s appeared on computer model maps in the form of deep blue and purple shades. Now it`s about to get real and up close and personal. Some of the coldest air in years, if not decades, is poised to pour into the U.S., with mind-boggling low temperatures. Basically a large whirlpool in the atmosphere originating at the north pole -- in geek speak known as the polar vortex -- is diving into the Lower 48. The polar vortex (as simulated by the circulation at 500 mb in the GFS model) dives...
Heavy snow, dangerous cold snarl travel in northeastern U.S
2014-01-03 03:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions hammered the northeastern United States on Friday, causing more than 1,000 U.S. flight delays and cancellations, paralyzing road travel, and closing schools and government offices. The first major winter storm of 2014 brought bone-chilling temperatures and high winds from the lower Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, with nearly 2 feet of snow falling in some areas of Massachusetts. Much of the U.S. northeast saw heavy snowfall and...
Dangerous Building
2013-12-30 23:16:27| PortlandOnline
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