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Alarmed by deaths, regulators urge states to lower drunk driving limit
WASHINGTON -- With drunk driving still a stubborn national problem that accounts for one-third of all traffic deaths, federal safety regulators on Tuesday called on states to take a dramatic step: lower the legal limit for drivers’ blood-alcohol...
Tags: U.S. Congress, National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Criminals, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Talk back: Should states lower DUI threshold to 0.05%?
Federal safety regulators proposed Tuesday that the legal limit for drivers’ blood-alcohol content be lowered from 0.08% to at least 0.05%. Drunk driving is a national problem that accounts for one-third of all traffic deaths, The Times Richard...
Tags: National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Industry, Criminals, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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'Biggest Loser': Alex says losing weight at home easier than at ranch
"The Biggest Loser" race sees this happen every season. Someone loses a jaw-dropping amount of weight -- and still goes home. This season, this week, it was Alexandra Reid. The 24-year-old legal assistant from Carrollton, Texas, lost eight pounds --...
Tags: The Biggest Loser (tv program), Entertainment, The X Factor (tv program), Television
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A citizen's required reading for July 4: The Declaration of Independence
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Monster Mash: Skywriting graffiti artist supports street art
Culture MonsterSaber, a graffiti artist in Los Angeles, took to the skies recently in support of street artists and street-art projects. The 2011 MacArthur Fellows include architect Jeanne Gang of Chicago, cellist Alisa Weilerstein, jazz musician Dafnis Prieto and... -
Vacancies give renters room to negotiate
On a recent bright afternoon in Redondo Beach, rent signs baked in the sun outside half the small stucco apartment buildings along the stretch of Beryl Street between Flagler and Harkness lanes.
"I've never seen it this saturated with rentals," said...Tags: Rentals, University of California, Los Angeles, Condos and Houses, Documentary (genre), Research
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The state of working musicians in New Orleans: 'Half the gigs ... and the work pays less'
Pop & HissIt's not hurricanes challenging New Orleans' musicians anymore; it's the economy. Five years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina decimated the city and its music community, but the recession has set a slow pace for its recovery. According to the third....... -
A citizen's required reading for July 4th: The Declaration of Independence (with music)
Top of the TicketAfter all these years do you really know what it says? And a striking special video of the National Anthem by a loyal Ticket reader.... -
The Declaration of Independence, reloaded
When you've spent as many hours unpacking the text of the nation's founding documents as we have, you start to notice how many concerns that were pressing when the United States was founded remain unresolved today. This is obvious with the U.S....Tags: Constitutional Issues, Francis Lewis, Richard Stockton, John Adams, History
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Many moods of New Orleans
Times Staff WriterDay had faded into dusk and dusk into dark when we reached Pirate's Alley, a narrow, cobblestone walkway in the French Quarter. Flickering gas lamps and a pale quarter-moon cast dancing shadows on the walls of the 200-year-old buildings around us....Tags: Arts, Restaurants, Jackson (Hinds, Mississippi), Ash Wednesday, New Orleans
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May 21 Letters:
Find someone else Newport District Supervisor Buzz Bailey is so insensitive that he stated in an official meeting on May 13 that in Isle of Wight "the South will rise again". This man votes on an education budget? No wonder the schools in Isle of...Tags: Fort Monroe, Ku Klux Klan, Isle of Wight (Isle of Wight, Virginia), Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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Police use environment, design to cut crime potential
The Frederick News-Post, Md.Good fences might make good neighbors, but police believe they -- along with other environmental changes -- can also help reduce crime. The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) initiative is all about making simple changes in high-crime...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Crime, Law and Justice, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Criminals
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