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'Cool' car rules could affect radios, phones | detnews.com | The Detroit News California's latest requirement for the auto industry -- advanced window glazing to keep vehicles cooler, A.K.A., the "Cool Car" -- could prevent drivers from making phone calls, listening to satellite radio or using...

If the FMCSA can figure out a way to hardwire this into a Black Box, they're gonna, you betcha. The Smart Cap Originally designed for miners by Australia's CRC Mining Corporation, the hat monitors a driver's brain waves for signs of fatigue. If the hat determines the driver is sleepy, it...

Most people are on the 5GB plan, where anything over the 5GB's will cost you $.25 per megabyte. The new plans will cost you only $.05 per megabyte over the 5 GB limit. Your old plan will continue to reflect the higher charge unless you call them and tell them you want to change plans to the new...

This reads like a feature story from The Onion, or like a news story from Saturday Night Live Weekend Update, but it's not. It's real. Oddly Enough | Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - A British store is launching a range of underpants for left-handed men, an innovation it says will save them both...

Here we go again.... U.S. senator promises look into cellphone-cancer link | Technology | Reuters "Iowa senator Tom Harkin, newly empowered to investigate health matters as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, promised on Monday to probe deeply into any...

We all know about out Credit Score, but few know what an ID Score even is. I heard about this company (ID Analytics) a few years ago when someone I know started working in home health care, checked her own ID Score, and found that she was almost certainly an early victim of identity theft. ID...

This might come in handy for those who carry HAZMAT. After clicking the link, you should Bookmark the page. Online HAZMAT Routing with PC Miler Route Types: Practical Route Shortest Route National Route Avoid Toll Fifty Three HAZMAT Routing Types: Disabled (no hazardous material)...

In Memphis, TN the price of a single pack of Pall Mall cigarettes will cost you roughly $23 quadrillion dollars. Other brands a similarly priced. WREG News Memphis Video From: Glitch hits Visa users with more than $23 quadrillion charge - CNN.com "Can I buy Europe on Pump 4?" :D For the...

Thought texting while driving was dangerous? A teenager was walking while texting, and fell through an an open manhole into a Staten Island sewer The 15 year old was walking with a friend along Victory Blvd. when she suddenly dropped out of site. Department of Environment Protection (the...

‘Individual mandate’ to buy health insurance is key to universal coverage MSNBC television is unashamedly leftist, but the dot com version is generally even handed. However, here's a story that disappeared from the "headlines" after only a few short hours and was quickly relegated to the...

It's Gooey. It's Gross. It Kills. Beware . . . Rock snot arrives in New England

Snow Line Columbia River Just east of Portland, OR (March 8, 2009 - 12:23PM) Ya think? Somewhere around Jordan, OR near the Idaho border (March 8, 2008 - 7:17PM) Wired Wild Granite Peak somewhere south of McDermitt, OR (March 8, 2009 - 8:20PM) Not the J in Tampa Tooele, UT southern tip...

To save money, more than 20 Michigan counties have decided to turn deteriorating paved roads back to gravel. Montcalm County estimates that repaving a road costs more than $100,000 a mile. Grinding the same mile of road up and turning it into gravel costs $10,000. At least 50 miles of road have...

Through July 1, 2009, Autozone has a special on Mobile 1 oil. 5 quarts, plus a Mobile 1 oil filter - $29.99 Limit 2 of these specials per person per day. This includes Mobile 1 0W-40, for you Sprinter fans. Regular price on the oil is $6.99 per quart, and the oil filter is $12.99. One...

The other day in another thread we were talking about bias. Well, it was mostly me, of course, but others chimed in. Everyone has a bias, usually many, manifested in different ways, just like everyone is prejudiced to one degree or another. We can't help it. Education, experience, beliefs, they...

Cheers! Crew drinks up recycled urine in space. HOUSTON - At the international space station, it was one small sip for man and a giant gulp of recycled urine for mankind. Astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from...

Congress Considers National Bottle Deposit, Bag Tax The highlights: “Our environment is literally choking on plastic bags,” Moran said. “Equally disturbing, as these plastics break down, toxic chemicals are being released into the environment…Some environmentalists believe we may be witnessing...

From the New York Times, by David Segal, NYT: Cities turn to fees to fill budget gaps - The New York Times- msnbc.com It's fascinating. A few snippets below... After her sport utility vehicle sideswiped a van in early February, Shirley Kimel was amazed at how quickly a handful of police...

Your feel good story of the week. :) From the Discovery Channel Online - Dog Overboard Found Four Months Later April 6, 2009 -- A pet dog that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia has been reunited with its owners after surviving alone on an island for four months, reports said...

It's Baseball Time in the Nations Capitol! Come see the Jim Bowden Memorial Outfield Collection, featuring Adam Dunn and a cast of thousands! (Reds fans will think that's really funny)