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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators...Tags: Executive Branch, Dannel P. Malloy , Transportation Industry, FBI, Government
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Party bus was operating illegally at time of fatal fall
The Kansas City StarA rolling bachelorette party had just gotten underway two weeks ago when the bus hit a bump rounding a curve, double doors flew open and passenger Jamie Frecks tumbled to her death beneath Interstate 35 traffic. Frecks and her 16 friends might never...Tags: Gymnastics, Justice System, Lawyers, Dwayne Johnson, Ray LaHood
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Police, prosecutor embrace proposed alcohol limits
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.The question of "How many is too many?" may change if a National Transportation Safety Board's recommendation moves forward. The NTSB recommended last week that all states lower the legal limit for a driver's blood-alcohol content by more than a third,...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Justice System, Transportation Industry, Physiology, Lawyers
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Lower legal limit for alcohol debated
The Leader-TelegramA proposal by the National Transportation Safety Board to reduce the legal limit for alcohol consumption by motorists to .05 has tavern owners worrying the measure could stymie business. In a report issued Tuesday, NTSB officials noted more than 100...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Bars and Clubs, Transportation Industry, Laws, Dining and Drinking
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US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport
ReutersNEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Industry, Bombardier Incorporated, U.S. Airways
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Passengers in Wall Street ferry crash file 37 lawsuits
ReutersBy Lisa Barron May 17 (Reuters) - Passengers aboard a high-speed commuter ferry that crashed while docking near Wall Street in January have filed 37 lawsuits against boat owner Seastreak LLC, seeking as much as $45 million each. The 37 claims were filed...Tags: Transportation Industry
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Letters to the editor: Drunken driving, Ramirez, and conspiracy theories
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board proposed lowering the legal limit for a driver's blood alcohol from .08 percent to .05 percent. This is about two beers in an hour for a 155-pound woman. While one can argue whether or not that is too...Tags: White House, Marco Rubio, Elections, Health Care Reform (2009), Voting
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More than 20 injured as commuter trains collide outside N.Y.
NEW YORK -- A train derailment and collision during evening rush hour injured 20 to 25 people, but none of the injuries are life-threatening, police in Fairfield, Conn., said Friday as emergency workers began scouring the mangled wreckage blocking the...
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County MADD backs lower DUI limit, but not waiting for change.
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.Although the National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for a national move to lower the legal blood alcohol content limit for driving to 0.05 percent. But some locally question how effective such a move might be in keeping drunken drivers off...Tags: Drunk Driving, Transportation Industry, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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EDITORIAL: America's on the wrong end of DUI standards
The News TribuneThe Washington Legislature has been wrestling lately with ways to bring down drunken driving fatalities. Now it has another option to look at. The people charged with making the nation's roads less deadly, the National Transportation Safety Board,...Tags: Washington Legislature, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Transportation Industry, U.S. Military, Motorvehicle Accidents
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EDITORIAL: What is drunken driving?
The Akron Beacon JournalThe sharply lower threshold for drunken driving recommended this week by a federal safety board has renewed the national discussion about reducing traffic fatalities involving alcohol. Such a discussion is worthy. Congress established the current standard...Tags: Interior Policy, Transportation Industry, Highway Transportation, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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EDITORIAL: We Can Decrease Highway Deaths ��� If We Want To
Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.What exactly is the acceptable death rate on American highways? That's a rather blunt way to ask a question that most of us don't like to consider but that the National Transportation Safety Board is tasked with answering. We know things like slower...Tags: Drunk Driving, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Transportation Industry, Highway Transportation, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
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