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High gas prices drive down traffic fatalities
Posted by: euser
August 26, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded. The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon.

And the number of people killed in U.S. traffic accidents that year topped 36,200.

This year, gasoline climbed over $4 a gallon, and the traffic death toll - according to one study - appears headed to the lowest levels since Kennedy moved into the White House.

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Authorities: Tire failure may be behind Nev. crash
Posted by: Matthew Terry
August 18, 2008

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tire failure may have caused a casino worker shuttle bus crash that injured 29 people, a Nevada Highway Patrol officer said Monday.

It's still early in the investigation, but officers have found evidence of tread separation on the left front tire of the full-sized bus, Trooper Kevin Honea said.

Three people remained in critical condition Monday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, including the driver, said spokeswoman Tammy McMahan.

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Lawsuit claims hospital lost part of man?s skull
Posted by: euser
August 07, 2008

GALVESTON - The emergency removal of part of Marvin Simmons' skull saved his life when his brain was swelling during a stroke.

The problem is that once it was removed, he never got it back.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in the 122nd District Court against the University of Texas Medical Branch on behalf of the 53-year-old Galveston man claims the hospital lost the 8-inch by 4-inch piece of skull and canceled three surgeries to replace it before admitting the mistake.

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Private medical data exposed
Posted by: Sam Nicholson
August 01, 2008

Georgia's largest health insurer sent an estimated 202,000 benefits letters containing personal and health information to the wrong addresses last week, in a privacy breach that also raised concerns about potential identity theft.

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