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0Study: You're more likely to be poisoned to death than die in a car crash 1325458860
Car crashes kill thousands of Americans every year. In fact, in 2010 alone 32,885 vehicle occupants died as a result of an accident. In the past, auto accidents held the top spot in injury deaths here in the U.S., but that statistic has changed. The New York Times reports that a study by the ...
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Report: Mexican police seize armored F-350 'narco tank' with machine gun turret 1306617600
If you saw this gussied-up Ford F-350 in the U.S., you'd probably look around for a film set and production signs for Death Race 4000 – or at least the camera crew from Storm Chasers. South of the border, however, these "narco tanks" aren't film fantasies – they're wheeled ...
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More Chrysler factory workers caught enjoying "the plant" at Jefferson North 1297029900
What is it about working at the Chrysler Jefferson North facility (pictured above) that drives employees to get high? Controversy has bubbled up again in the form of a new report of auto workers at the factory smoking pot during their lunch break. The last report came in September 2010 when a ...
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NHTSA reports drug involvement in fatal crashes has risen 1291221060
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has revealed that the number of fatal traffic incidents in which drugs were found to be present in the driver's system has increased over the past four years. In 2005, 15,363 drivers fatally injured during a traffic incident were tested ...
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Report: Dakar imposters busted with 800+ kilos of cocaine in faux rally truck 1271338260
Smugglers are, by nature, a crafty bunch. Slaves to the market forces of supply and demand, drug runners risk liberty and limb to pedal their life-ruining wares around the world. Doing so requires a healthy helping of creativity, so it should come as no surprise that an Ibiza-based drug ring ...
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NHTSA: Drunk driving is down, but 16.3% of nighttime drivers are on drugs 1247777700
Recently, the U.K. began to consider a law that would address drivers under the influence of drugs, and was looking at using a device that would act like a breathalyzer for narcotics instead of alcohol. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration might want to make the same recommendation ...
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Drive-thru X-Ray machine made for cars, bomb-sniffing dogs upset 1224676680
The U.S./Mexican border at San Ysidro, California, is one busy place. In 2005 alone, more than 17 million cars and 50 million people passed through -- making it the world's busiest land border crossing. In an effort to speed things up, officials have unveiled a drive-through X-ray machine. From ...
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10-year-old crashes van while driving drunk parents home 1223580540
Reality shows and the Internet have not created a more ridiculous world, they have only promoted the outrageous things that are already going on. You're a dad in Tennessee who's had 15 brewskies and an unknown quantity of other liquor, your female company is under the influence of something and has ...
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NASCAR to "crack" down on drugs with random testing in 2009 1222035600
Moonshine may be the poison historically associated with NASCAR, but when Craftsman Truck Series racing driver Aaron Fike was arrested for heroin possession over a year ago, it opened a whole new can of worms for the racing league. After getting himself suspended from racing, Fike admitted he had ...
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Chinese authorities bring out the drug-sniffing dogs for Mazda Taiki 1208775480
So you're a customs officer in Beijing, and out of the trailer you're inspecting is hauled a... a what? The Japanese people who have accompanied it, who claim to be from Mazda, also claim that it's a concept car. Frankly, it could also be a submarine, or it might eat people -- or it could be an ...

