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What to Do If You See a Distracted Driver
KickingTiresTexting and other electronic usage cause up to 25% of all car crashes, according to a report by the Governors Highway Safety Association, a nonprofit group working to improve traffic safety. Put another way, nearly 5,500 vehicular-related deaths can be......Tags: Highway Transportation, Politics, Science and Technology, Electronics, Disasters and Accidents
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Daily News Briefs: May 22, 2012
KickingTiresGas mileage tops drivers' lists as the "most important consideration" for their next car, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports. Two-thirds of consumers expect their next car to get better mileage than their current one ??? which they......Tags: Highway Transportation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tesla, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Super Bowl
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Liberal activists plan Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach rallies
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe Awake the State group of liberal political activists is planning rallies around the state on Tuesday to mark the start of the 2012 legislative session. Gatherings are planned for Broward and Palm Beach counties. In Fort Lauderdale, the event......Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Politics, Rick Scott, Palm Beach County, Government
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Mitt Romney plans campaign rally in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsUpdated at 4 p.m. with new location. The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, plans a midday Thursday rally in West Palm Beach. The former Massachusetts governor narrowly won last week???s Iowa caucuses and decisively won...Tags: Politics, Elections, West Palm Beach, Mitt Romney, Palm Beach County
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Firefighters, governor part of Palm Beach County's Tallahassee lobbying swing
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsFirefighters and the governor are adding some extra attention to Palm Beach County???s annual lobbying push in Tallahassee. Palm Beach County government and business leaders have converged on Tallahassee today for a lobbying swing intended draw the...Tags: Pam Bondi, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Fort Lauderdale, Mike Haridopolos, Personal Weapon Control
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New Boynton Beach Mayor could be appointed later this month
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsBoynton Beach city attorney Jim Cherof sent commissioners a recommended timeline in proceeding with filling the mayoral seat during Jose Rodriguez???s suspension. On Thursday, Rodriguez was charged with unlawful compensation or reward for official...Tags: Child Abuse, Politics, Abusive Behavior, Public Officials, Elections
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Cars.com News Briefs: Feb. 10, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Former Utah governor and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman joins Ford's board of directors, Automotive News reports. Ford sought Huntsman, whose career includes ambassadorships to China and Singapore, for...Tags: Jon Huntsman, Jr., Best Buy Co., Inc., China, Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars
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No candidates step forward for Boynton Beach's District 2 seat this week
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsIt's been only two days since Woodrow Hay was appointed Boynton Beach's interim mayor, but no candidates have stepped up to fill his vacated District 2 seat. City Hall closes Fridays and, by the end of the business day......Tags: Politics, Rick Scott, Boynton Beach, Government
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Private prisons are a bad idea
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf you repeat something often enough, people start to believe it. And so it was with the buzzword "privatization," which took hold in Florida during the Jeb Bush era. Private companies could always do things smarter, better, cheaper and more......Tags: Privatization, Company Privatization, Politics, Jeb Bush, Prisons
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Cars.com News Briefs: Feb. 15, 2012
KickingTiresRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the son of former Michigan governor George Romney, defended his 2008 column in the New York Times opposing Detroit's autos bailout with an op-ed in yesterday's Detroit News. Calling the $85 billion bailout ??...Tags: Dodge, Chrysler Group LLC, Jeep, Land Rover, Manufacturing and Engineering
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State pension plan ruling a victory for Florida worker rights
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe pattern of shoot-first-ask-constitutional-questions later has again come back to haunt Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature, this time with the 2011 law requiring government workers to contribute three percent of their salaries toward the...Tags: Pompano Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, McNab Elementary School, Career and Workplace, Florida Legislature
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Jeb vs. Rubio -- Let the VP parlor games begin
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsNow that Mitt Romney has finally emerged as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, it's time to move down the checklist to the media's next favorite obsession: divining who his running mate will be. Marco Rubio, the telegenic Cuban-American...Tags: Politics, Marco Rubio, Elections, Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney
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