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Kids Cause 12% of Driver Distraction, Study Finds
KickingTiresAhh, kids. They're your precious cargo when you're running errands in a car, but they can also be the biggest distraction. From breaking up backseat squabbles between siblings to helping a child reach that toy that dropped on the floor,......Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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Demolition Monday -- end of a tradition, sort of.
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsFirst, welcome all the Spartans fans who are taking time out of their busy day to visit this blog. Appreciate the business and the comments. As you can see, FAU heads into this game (and season) with low expectations,......Tags: Florida Atlantic Owls
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Lessons of the Samuel Burgos toy gun Broward school expulsion
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIt's nice that the Broward school district has lifted the expulsion of 8-year-old Samuel Burgos for inadvertently bringing a toy pellet gun to elementary school. It's not so nice that it took nearly a full year for officials to do......Tags: Murder, Dillard High School, CNN (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes
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America's Next Great Restaurant: The lost recaps, Episode 7
Dining@LargeBob Swank's lost recaps of America's Next Great Restaurant are a bonus feature on Dining@Large. Enjoy. RG Previous episode recaps are available here. Full episodes are available on Hulu.com. Episode 7 – Into the Mouths of Babes In the previous...Tags: Restaurants, Foods and Beverages, Hamburgers, Dining and Drinking, Steaks
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New Gift Idea: Car of the Month
KickingTiresIf you can send a different jar of jelly, box of fruit, or six-pack of beer to a friend or relative each month for a year, why not a car? Automotive journalist Bob Kocher formed the Toy Car Club to......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Chevrolet, Toys, Services and Shopping
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Weekend Athlete: Decathlon Quiz
KickingTiresA reader once asked me if I considered anyone who owns a bike a Weekend Athlete. Answer: No, but it helps. So in the spirit of the U.S. Olympic team trials that recently wrapped up, I present you ???Am I......Tags: Athletes, Vehicles, Audi, Toys, Passenger Cars
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Toy safety deal at hand
The Swampby Jim Tankersley Congressional negotiators have reached a deal on what supporters are calling the most far-reaching set of product-safety reforms in decades. The agreement, announced this afternoon by a congressional conference committee, sets the...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Product Recalls, Dick Durbin, Laws, Upper House
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Bill aims to ban toy-like lighters
The SwampA display of novelty lighters sits on the counter at a Skokie, Ill. Marathon gas station, which sells lighters that have lights on them along with other toy-like designs, July 17, 2007. (Chicago Tribune Photo By David Trotman-Wilkins) by......Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Ron Wyden, Environmental Pollution, Career and Workplace, Toys
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Palin rally attracts monkey-doll man
The SwampWatch CBS Videos Online by Frank James A man holding what looks to be a Curious George monkey doll bearing an Obama bumper sticker around its head was caught on camera at a Gov. Sarah Palin rally today. The CBS......Tags: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Pennsylvania, Toys, Services and Shopping
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'Black Friday:' Three dead so far
The Swampby Mark Silva Some "Black Friday.'' First a temporary maintenance worker died opening the doors of a Wal-Mart to a bargaining-hunting crowd of human wolves. And now two are dead at a Toys "R'' Us. Lay a little blame at......Tags: Assault, Career and Workplace, Crimes, Nassau County Police, Economy, Business and Finance
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'Mike and Mike' to collect toys, given them to tots
Watchdog"Mike and Mike in the Morning," heard locally on 1050 ESPN, will originate Thursday from Toys R Us in Times Square, where their fifth annual holiday broadcast will benefit Toys for Tots. Hofstra???s a cappella group, Sigma???capella, is scheduled to......Tags: Toys, Services and Shopping, Baby Products, Indiana
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Malia, Sasha (Obama?) dolls = progress
The Swamp(Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images.) by Frank James First Lady Michelle Obama has let it be known she's not amused that a Chicago-area company has appropriated her daughters' names for use on its one-foot tall dolls. Ty Inc. maker of......Tags: Babe Ruth, Oak Brook, Sasha Obama, Michelle Obama, Justice and Rights
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