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Drunk driving: Why is MADD among critics of lower alcohol limit?
The National Transportation Safety Board is proposing that the legal limit for a driver's blood-alcohol content be reduced from 0.08 to 0.05. Critics say it's the wrong focus for anti-drunk driving efforts.
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Texting and driving: Cell rivals join campaign about dangers of own product
Cell phone companies are banding together in an ad campaign that aims to educate teens and adults on the dangers of texting and driving.
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Energy Voices California urges record $2.5 billion fine for natural gas blast
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. could face a record fine for a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb. Officials hope it will help prevent future accidents while some warn that rising natural gas demand is outpacing investment in energy infrastructure.
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747 crash mourned: Video of Americans killed in Afghanistan
747 crash mourned: US families mourned the deaths of seven Americans in a 747 cargo plane crash in Afghanistan. New video adds information about the crash.
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USA Update Dreamliner completes crucial test flight. How big a deal?
The FAA still needs to approve the results of the test flight and certify the battery system. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has been grounded since mid-January because of smoldering batteries.
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Two dead after small plane crashes into Indiana home
Two passengers on the small jet died as a result of the crash near South Bend, Ind., Sunday afternoon.
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Boeing: Two weeks to wrap up 787 battery tests
Boeing shows off its fixes to keep its 787 batteries from burning, including nonconductive tape and a glass shield. Boeing hopes to finish its battery testing in two weeks and get its grounded 787 Dreamliners flying again.
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Donte Stallworth burned in hot air balloon crash
Donte Stallworth and his girlfriend were injured in a hot air balloon crash Saturday morning in Miami. Donte Stallworth has "some burns, but he's going to be fine," said his agent.
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NTSB: Dreamliner battery fire more serious than first thought
NTSB released new documents indicating that a battery fire on a 787 Dreamliner took an hour and 40 minutes to extinguish. The smoke reduced visibility to zero and the heat was so intense it melted a stainless steel casing for Dreamliner's lithium-ion batteries, according to the NTSB.
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New Mexico plane crash: High winds blamed
New Mexico plane crash proves fatal for family of four. An Angel Fire, New Mexico, airport official said the pilot lost control of the single-engine plane during takeoff due to high cross winds.
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Hot air balloon crash: Despite risk, adventure tourism on the upswing
Hot air balloon crash in Egypt leaves 19 dead. A woman on a hiking trip in Hawaii swept away and drowned. Adventure vacations have serious consequences, some like the balloon crash and hiking trip happened recently, but the industry is growing.
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Energy Voices Boeing plan: Fix batteries to get Dreamliners flying again (+video)
Boeing plan includes redesign of lithium batteries as well as Dreamliner battery compartment to reduce risk of fires. Boeing plans to lay out its proposal to the FAA.
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Carnival Triumph could have made port much sooner, lawsuits allege
New lawsuits allege that the Carnival Triumph debacle involved a string of mistakes, including ignoring mechanical warnings and dangerously delaying the ship's return to port.
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Cruise ship drama: How to survive on an 893-foot life raft
Tourists turned survivors got back to basics and formed a temporary colony onboard the paralyzed Carnival Triumph.
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'Sweet Home Alabama' sung as 'horrible' cruise ends
The CEO of Carnival apologized as some 3,100 passengers disembarked from the cruise ship Triumph late Thursday and early Friday. Passengers praised the crew and criticized the deplorable conditions during the five days on the ship.
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Carnival Triumph passengers have fewer rights than air travelers (+video)
As the Carnival Triumph inches toward port, attention is turning to what rights its passengers have. But the cruise industry receives less oversight than the airline industry.
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12 cruises canceled on troubled Carnival cruise ship (+video)
The company's announcement on Wednesday came as the Triumph was being towed to a port in Mobile, Ala., with more than 4,000 people on board, some of whom have complained to relatives that conditions on the ship are dismal and that they have limited access to food and bathrooms.
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Next for Carnival Triumph cruise passengers? A 2-hour bus ride and $500.
Carnival Triumph passengers will get a full refund, a free cruise, and now a $500 check. Upon arrival in Mobile, Ala., cruise ship passengers will get the option of boarding buses directly to Galveston, Texas, or Houston, or spending the night in a hotel in New Orleans,
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How bad are conditions aboard crippled cruise ship? (+video)
Carnival president contradicted reports of unsanitary conditions aboard the stranded cruise ship Triumph. Carnival said the cruise ship has running water and most of its 23 public restrooms and some of the guest cabin bathrooms were working. Passengers were sleeping on the deck.
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NTSB chair Deborah Hersman: Future of auto safety lies with technology
Deborah Hersman of the National Transportation Safety Board sees collision-avoidance technology as the future of auto safety. As for a move from NTSB to a post in Obama's cabinet? She declines to say.
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Deborah Hersman for Transportation secretary? She ducks comment.
Deborah Hersman, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, is a top candidate for the cabinet post, reports say. But she wouldn't comment directly at a Monitor breakfast Wednesday.
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NTSB chief: Don't write off Boeing 787's battery just yet
Deborah Hersman, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, says the investigation is ongoing into the cause of two battery fires on board Boeing 787 Dreamliners, but avoided categorically calling the lithium-ion batteries unsafe.
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Japan airline replaced 787 Dreamliner batteries 10 times due to problems (+video)
All Nippon Airways says problems with the lithium ion batteries prompted the airline to replace them 10 times. The NTSB wants more info about the 787 batteries from Boeing.
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Energy Voices Boeing 787 batteries clear first test. Focus shifts to monitoring system. (+video)
Boeing 787 batteries seemingly passed first inspections this week as US and Japanese officials came up with few answers in their cursory examinations of the Boeing 787's battery fires. The company's outsourcing strategy and a weak permitting process may have contributed to the Boeing 787's glitches.
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New York City ferry crash injures dozens
Questions remain following the collision Wednesday morning of a ferry into a dock in Manhattan. The ferry had recently undergone an overhaul, but officials said it was too soon to tell if the engine and propulsion work played a role in the crash.
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