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Out-of-Whack Body Clocks Keep Teens Sleepy: Study

Later school start times improve sleep, decrease car accidents

Dec 15, 08 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Sleepy high-school students slumped over their desks just can’t help it, CNN reports. Most school start times play havoc with teens’ circadian rhythms: Teens naturally go to bed later than adults, and need more sleep. A new study finds pushing the high-school start time from 7:30am to 8:... More »

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sleep • high school • car accident • circadian rhythms • teenager • students • start time • tired

 Reeves Wins 
 Paparazzo 
 Lawsuit 

Actor not liable for photographer's injuries

Nov 3, 08 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - A jury has found Keanu Reeves not liable for a paparazzo’s injuries sustained when the actor allegedly hit him with his car, People reports. Photographer Alison Silva said he injured his wrist after Reeves struck him while leaving a parking space, and the mishap left him unable to work.... More »

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car accident • paparazzi • Keanu Reeves • liability • civil lawsuits

OPINION

Speed Limits Aren't Saving Lives, So Make Cars Slower

Government's priorities elsewhere, but cars that can't top 75 would save gas, too

Sep 8, 08 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Speeding contributes to 13,000 US road deaths each year, and, at 30% of traffic fatalities, places only slightly behind alcohol, at 39%, Kent A. Sepkowitz writes in the New York Times. While preventing drunk driving is a complex problem requiring cooperation of motorists, police, and educators, speeding can be... More »

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car accident • drunk driving • speeding • fatalities • road safety • speed limit

Fay Sets Course
for Florida Panhandle

6 deaths tied to storm

Aug 22, 08 12:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Fay is heading west across Florida, having pummeled the southern part of the state with flooding from 20-inch rainfalls and soaked areas farther north, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. Authorities have linked the storm to the deaths of six Floridians, including a 21-year-old woman who drowned while swimming in... More »

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Florida • car accident • severe weather • drowning • death toll • tropical storms • Tropical Storm Fay

 Freeman Leaves Hospital

Weekend wreck left actor, 71, with broken bones, other injuries

Aug 7, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(AP) - Morgan Freeman was discharged today from the Tennessee hospital where the Oscar-winning actor was treated for broken bones and other injuries sustained in a weekend car crash in Mississippi, the AP reports. A spokeswoman for the hospital gave no details other than that Freeman had checked out. More »

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Morgan Freeman • car accident • Tennessee • Mississippi • actor • hospitalization • celebrity divorces

 Freeman in 'Good Spirits'


Aug 5, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Morgan Freeman “has a broken arm, broken elbow, and minor shoulder damage but he is in good spirits," his publicist told People. The actor underwent successful surgery to correct the damage from a car accident Sunday night in Mississippi, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. "He's worried about his... More »

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Morgan Freeman • surgery • car accident • celebrity • Tennessee • Mississippi • actor • hospitalization

LaBeouf's Left Hand 'Crushed' in Crash

Transformers sequel will be altered to include star's injury

Aug 1, 08 8:53 PM CDT
(AP) - Shia LaBeouf's hand was "crushed" in the wreck that flipped his truck last weekend, and he still runs the risk of infection and other complications after a four-hour surgery, his lawyer said today. The actor has been recovering at a Los Angeles hospital since the surgery and "will... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • film • car accident • car crash • injury • movies

Shia LaBeouf Charged With Drunk Driving

Indiana Jones star rolled his car this morning in LA

Jul 27, 08 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police arrested actor Shia LaBeouf early this morning after the 22-year-old rolled his car while attempting a left turn in Los Angeles. LaBeouf was taken to a hospital for injuries to the head, left hand, and knee. No one else was seriously injured. It's LaBeouf's second recent run-in with the... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • car accident • DUI • drunk driving

Victim in Novak Hit-and-Run 'Doing Fine'

'I'm a pretty tough guy,' 86-year-old homeless pedestrian says

Jul 25, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pedestrian struck by Robert Novak's Corvette this week says that other than a dislocated shoulder, he’s “doing fine,” the Washington Post reports. In fact, Don Liljenquist seems more star-struck than car-struck: "Bob Novak is the one that hit me?" the homeless 86-year-old said in a... More »

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car accident • police • CIA leak investigation • Washington • homeless • accident • journalist • hit-and-run • Robert Novak • automobile • Don Liljenquist

OPINION

Surplus Signs Driving Motorists to Distraction

Too much information along roads may be creating a hazard

Jun 11, 08 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Drivers in America are often confronted with a forest of signs reminding them of speed limits and traffic control measures—but the overwhelming information may be making roadways more dangerous, John Staddon writes in the Atlantic. The glut of reminders can take drivers' attention away from the road and dull... More »

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car accident • traffic • highway safety • driving • highways

 Singer's Son
 Runs Over Daughter 

Christian Grammy-winner's youngest killed in car accident in family driveway

May 22, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The youngest daughter of Grammy-winning Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed yesterday when one of her older brothers ran over the tyke in the family driveway, the AP reports. Several family members witnessed the accident that claimed the life of 5-year-old Maria Sue, who died later at... More »

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music industry • car accident • murder • children • Tennessee • accidental death • Nashville • foreign adoptions • Steven Curtis Chapman

 Oops! Brit Plays
 Bumper Cars Again 

Another fender bender for LA's worst driver

May 14, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Almost a month to the day since her last fender bender, Britney Spears rear-ended another car yesterday afternoon, People reports. The poptart, who spent most of her fall from grace aimlessly driving the streets of LA, was out for a midday cruise when she got herself into the latest insurance-swapping... More »

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Britney Spears • car accident • Los Angeles • celebrity

Barrymore Rebounds From Hit-and-Run

Quick-thinking actress gets plate number of the car that hit her

May 13, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Drew Barrymore was on the receiving end of a hit-and-run accident in West Hollywood yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The actress was unharmed, and even managed to tail her assailant and snag his license-plate number. Police are looking for the driver. More »

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Hollywood • car accident • hit-and-run • Drew Barrymore

 Curses! 9 Totally Unlucky Films 

These films have been plagued by more than average bad karma

May 11, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even dramas and spy movies can turn into disaster flicks, either during or after the final wrap. The Los Angeles Times takes a close look at 9 accursed movies.
  1. Quantum of Solace: Anything but peaceful, the disaster tally included one lake-submerged Aston Martin, one stabbed technician, and a totaled
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car accident • list • celebrity • curse • James Bond • stunts • movies

 2 Dead, 21 Hurt in
 Chicago Truck Crash 

Semi barrels into bus stop and train station during rush hour

Apr 25, 08 9:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A speeding semitruck barreled into a Chicago train station today, killing two people and injuring 21—11 critically, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Coming off a freeway in rush hour, the truck hit a bus stop, wedged under a train overpass, and crashed "several steps" up the train platform escalator,... More »

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car accident • car crash • trucks • accidental death • traffic accident

Seinfeld Rolls Vintage Car,
Is Unhurt

Brakes fail, but comic's quick thinking avoids major crash

Apr 3, 08 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s the deal with brake lines? Jerry Seinfeld found his suddenly inoperable Saturday night, leading to a spectacular rollover crash in the swanky Hamptons, the New York Post reports. With the car careening out of control, Seinfeld swerved sharply to avoid sailing into an intersection, and the car flipped—... More »

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car accident • Jerry Seinfeld • brakes • rollover • Fiat • Hamptons

Teens Brake on Driving at 16

Rising costs, tighter laws make many aspiring motorists wait longer for licenses

Feb 25, 08 4:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Turning 16 has long been a rite of passage, but many teens are holding off on that first ticket to freedom: the driver's license. The percentage of 16-year-olds licensed nationwide fell from 43.8% in 1998 to 29.8% in 2006, the New York Times reports. States are tightening underage... More »

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Internet • car accident • driving • driver's license • auto insurance • teenage drivers • driver education • teenager

Storm Snarls NE Flights

Snow falls from Ohio to New England; icy roads kill 5 in Missouri

Feb 22, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A nasty winter storm swept across the country today, forcing major flight delays at New York City airports, closing schools from Ohio to Connecticut, and causing road accidents in Missouri that left 5 dead, the AP reports. Heavy snowfall in the New York metro area grounded 900 flights and led... More »

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New York City • Boston • car accident • Ohio • JFK Airport • Connecticut • Philadelphia • Missouri • air travel • Logan Airport • LaGuardia Airport • Newark airport • travel delays • winter storms • Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

8 Killed in Street Race Crash

At least 3 more injured, including driver, on Maryland speed strip

Feb 16, 08 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - A driver skidded into a crowd of street-race spectators in Maryland this morning and killed eight people, but later told police he was not part of the race, the Washington Post reports. The driver and at least four others were injured in the crash, which also killed the car's passenger.... More »

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Maryland • car accident • police • car crash • street racing • traffic fatalities

5 Joyriders Die After
Car Flies 200 Feet

BMW hurtled off 85-high embankment at end of runway

Jan 26, 08 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Five young men were killed on a joyride in Florida last night when their speeding car careened off a private airstrip, flew 200 feet in the air, hit a large tree, and split in two. Three were thrown from the car and two were partly ejected, but all were pronounced... More »

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Florida • high school • car accident • airport • student • wrestler • BMW

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