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When seconds count, human psychology and cars' complexity can make it hard to steer to safety
AP Auto WriterDETROIT (AP) — You're driving down the highway and suddenly your car starts accelerating on its own. Knuckles white, going from 60 to 90 miles an hour in a couple of seconds, you do what comes naturally — hit the brakes. But what if the car...Tags: University of Michigan, Toyota Motor Corp., Paul Green, Burger King, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Rep. John Murtha, 1932-2010, 18 terms
The Swampby Mark Silva Rep. John Murtha, decorated Marine and powerful veteran of Capitol Hill, was the first Vietnam combat veteran elected to Congress, a force to be reckoned with in the House, and he was, when all is said and......Tags: U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Corporate Crime
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Wis. Senate committee to hear 'diploma mill' bill
The Wisconsin Senate's higher education committee will hold a hearing Wednesday on a plan that would make it illegal to manufacture and use false academic credentials. The goal of the bill is to crack down on so-called diploma mills, which issue bogus...Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, Wisconsin, Fraud
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Indiana University alumni association head resigns
The president and CEO of the Indiana University Alumni Association is resigning after three years in the position. Thomas Martz gave no reason for his resignation, which is effective at the end of February. University President Michael McRobbie named...Tags: Alabama, Indiana University Alumni Association, Indiana University
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Bugging out: U of Ill. hosts insect film festival
The University of Illinois is bugging out. The university will host its annual "Insect Fear Film Festival" later this month. The free event will feature two classic movies and trailers and scenes from other films. This year's theme is prehistoric...Tags: Festive Event, Movies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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IU Nobel Prize winner to give lecture on prize
An Indiana University professor who accepted the Nobel Prize for economics in December will give an updated version of her Nobel lecture next week. Elinor Ostrom's free Feb. 16 speech at the Indiana University Auditorium is open to the general public....Tags: Awards and Prizes, Indiana University, Nobel Prize Awards
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Bogdanovich highlight's Hillsdale College forum
Director, actor and author Peter Bogdanovich will talk about director Frank Capra at Hillsdale College during a March program on the movies of 1939. Hillsdale's Center for Constructive Alternatives hosts a program March 7-11 about four movies from 1939....Tags: John Ford, Frank Capra Jr., The Sopranos (tv program), Ernst Lubitsch, Washington
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:28 a.m. CST
A winter storm, expected to bring about a foot of snow to Lake Michigan counties, canceled classes as snow plow drivers worked to keep up with the sustained snowfall Tuesday. Campbellsport, West Bend, Hartford, Cedarburg and Grafton school districts are...Tags: Weather Warnings, Trials, Wages and Pensions, Corporate Crime, Justice System
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Pace route cuts hit suburban bus riders
Across the suburbs Monday, some commuters were sharing the pain of CTA riders in the city, even though the cuts to Pace bus service weren't as extensive.
Pace eliminated 15 routes around the region — from Country Club Hills in the south to...Tags: Chicago Transit Authority, Schools, Metra, Transportation, Clubs and Associations
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FIU health students get high-tech training at new health science building
Nurse Kelley Marchette scooped up the newborn baby, his face shining blue. He wasn't breathing. But she didn't forget her training -- she shoved a tube down the newborn's throat and began pumping air into his lungs. Within seconds, the baby boy let out a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Infants, Science, Baseball, Health and Safety at School
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Steven Hayes Took Multiple Doses Of Thorazine and Klonopin In Suicide Try
For days, Steven Hayes pretended to take his daily medication, Thorazine, an antipsychotic drug, and Klonopin, a tranquilizer. He hid the pills, crushed and stored them. On Jan. 30, Hayes ingested the drugs all at once — possibly up to 10 doses &#...Tags: Trials, Crimes, William Petit, University of Connecticut Health Center, Joshua Komisarjevsky
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UConn official urges 6 percent tuition, fee hike
A University of Connecticut official says the school needs to increase the price of tuition, room and board by 6.3 percent for the 2010-2011 academic year, and a double-digit percentage increase may be needed the following year. Chief Financial...Tags: Schools, University of Connecticut, Connecticut
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