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NHTSA Maps Strategies for Driverless-Car Safety
KickingTiresA new policy announced today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is intended to steer driverless cars in the safest possible direction. The policy defines the different levels of vehicle automation and summarizes plans for research to...Tags: Lexus, Audi, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Robert Lee Lyles Jr. of Annapolis, former Md. Health Care Commission member
Robert Lee Lyles Jr., who had two careers in his 69 years and excelled at each, died May 27 at his home in Annapolis. A scientist, physician and state policy adviser, Dr. Lyles "was a modern renaissance man with a tremendous curiosity," said Gene Ransom,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Argonne National Laboratory, Annapolis, Medical Specialization, Anesthesiology
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Florida consumers perk up as economy heals
As Florida continues its long march back to economic health, state residents are expressing a guarded optimism that things are slowly but steadily looking up. Consumer confidence in May hit its highest level in more than five years, according to...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, University of Florida, Dwayne Johnson, Religion and Belief, Consumers
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Navy dissects cicada for ultimate undersea noise maker
There’s no end to the public fascination with Brood II cicadas that emerge every 17 years on the U.S. East Coast, so there will be plenty of noise about their noise Monday at the International Congress on Acoustics in Montreal. A U.S. Navy...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Navy, Science and Technology
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Three storm chasers among 10 killed by Oklahoma tornado
ReutersBy Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Allen June 2 (Reuters) - Three storm chasers were among the 10 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, unsettling the highly risky cottage industry of tracking tornadoes and forcing the...Tags: Natural Disasters, The Weather Channel (tv network), Tornadoes, Geography, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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Andrew Greeley dead: Priest, author, critic was 85
Chicago TribuneThe Rev. Andrew Greeley, the outspoken Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and sociologist known for his deeply researched academic appraisals and sometimes scathing critiques of his church, died Wednesday night, several years after fracturing...Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Religion and Belief, Hyde Park, University of Arizona, Culture
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Forward strides for stroke survivors
One night in 1999, a rash of frightening sensations hit Paul Titus all at once. His left arm went numb. His left eye began twitching. He couldn't speak without slurring. Unaware what the symptoms meant, he was slow to call for help. When his...
Tags: Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Stroke, Human Interest
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Letters: Forgetting about Alzheimer's
Re "How to defeat Alzheimer's," Opinion, May 28 I can hardly believe how poorly our priorities are set in this country. The first phase of California's bullet train is funded with $985 million, and the whole project will cost untold billions....Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, Viral Diseases and Infections, HIV, Epidemics and Plagues, AIDS
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Big asteroid sails by Earth
An asteroid nine times the length of the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner is swanning past Earth on Friday, giving astronomers their first chance to study the big rock with big radar telescopes. Called the QE2, the asteroid isn't one of the potentially...
Tags: Astronomy, Elizabeth II, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Science
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Run for the Dream Half Marathon participant uses races to raise money for cancer research
Briana Kirby first started running as a hobby. But, after losing her mother to colon cancer in August 2012, Kirby is finding that running is allowing her to share her mother's story and raise money for cancer research. Kirby, an Old Dominion alum,...Tags: Elections, Medical Research, Road Running, Politics, Sports
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Mars-bound astronauts would face huge radiation exposure
Astronauts heading to Mars would face exposure to a deluge of radiation, in some cases as much as NASA policy permits, according to new data from the Curiosity rover. The space agency limits astronauts to a 3% increased risk of fatal cancer. This...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Travel, NASA, Orion Space Mission, Trips and Vacations
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Hunters for Amelia Earhart plane wreckage excited by sonar image
ReutersBy Malia Mattoch McManus HONOLULU, May 31 (Reuters) - A team of researchers seeking to solve the mystery of aviator Amelia Earhart's 1937 disappearance say a sonar image taken from just beyond the shore of a remote Pacific island could be a piece of...Tags: Kiribati, Science and Technology
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