Accidents

Pro Wrestler Buff Bagwell Injured In Car Accident

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Alexis Stevens | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Marcus Bagwell, Buff Bagwell, Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, Ron Gossett, World Tag Team, Accidents, Universal Championship Wrestling, Sports News

Pro wrestler Marcus "Buff" Bagwell remained in intensive care Tuesday night after being seriously injured in a Cherokee County wreck, a wrestling spok...

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The 5 Stages of Household-Repair Acceptance

Deborah Gaines | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Letting Go, Denial, Acceptance, Deborah Gaines, Suburbs, Daily Life, Accidents, Homeowners, Household Repair, Fifty News
Deborah Gaines

There went the money I was putting aside for a family vacation. And what about retirement? That $1,000 was the only thing keeping me from a lonely, penurious old age.

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Sharon Silke Carty

Scientists Debate If Another Culprit Triggered Toyota's Sudden Acceleration Problem: Tin Whiskers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sharon Silke Carty | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Brake Pedals, Recalls, Nasa, Tin Whiskers, NHTSA Scrutiny, Accidents, Sudden Speed, Toyota Sudden Acceleration, Highway Safety, Toyota NHTSA, Toyota Accelerator, Auto Safety, Car Safety, Sudden Acceleration, Nhtsa, Nasa Nhtsa Toyota Report Tin Whiskers, Business News

Even as Toyota has reckoned with a wrenching crisis of confidence, acknowledging reports that some of its best-selling vehicles have been prone to acc...

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Amtrak Crash In Oakland Injures 16

AP | By JOHN S. MARSHALL | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Global Pulse, Trains, Train Travel, Accidents, Train Accident, Train Crashes, Amtrak, Travel News

SAN FRANCISCO -- An Amtrak train crashed into another train unloading passengers in an Oakland station, leaving 16 people with mainly minor injuries, ...

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Hang Up and Drive, Governor Brown

Steve Heilig | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Telephones, Automobiles, Driving, Governor Jerry Brown, Cars, Accidents, Cell Phones, Simitian, Nanny State, Jerry Brown, San Francisco News
Steve Heilig

Jerry Brown flubbed a big one this month when he vetoed a bill that would have significantly increased fines for using a cell phone for talk or texting while driving.

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Accidents Happen. Luckily So Do Miracles.

Karen Latimer | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Raising Children, Miracles, Accidents, Parenting, Children, Personal Story, Safety, Parents News
Karen Latimer

I believe in miracles. I got mine. I am not counting on there being another one in the cards for me, so I will be doing what I should've done before. I am looking for accidents before they happen.

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Turnpike Bus Accident Injures Three

South Brunswick, NJ Patch | Davy James Email the Author | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Accidents, Turnpike Accident, Bus Accidents, Patch, Ny News, Death, New York News

New Jersey State Police are now reporting that the bus driver who had earlier been reported as being killed in this afternoon's accident on the New Je...

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Chinese Bullet Train Recall As Travelers Worry About Safety

AP | By JOE McDONALD | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Travel China, Beijing, Bullet Trains, Travel Asia, Global Pulse, Trains, Accidents, Asia, China, Travel News

BEIJING -- A Chinese bullet train manufacturer announced a recall Friday of 54 trains in the latest embarrassment for a problem-plagued prestige proje...

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Two Killed In Mysterious Car Accident

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Car Accident, Kira, Suv, Kira Goddard, Accidents, Ny New, NY Crime, Death, Video, New York News

Thirteen-year-old Kira Goddard was sitting on her stoop at 2025 Pacific Street with some friends when she noticed an SUV driving erratically. The ...

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Bret Michaels Tony Lawsuit Moved To NY

AP | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Court, Bret Michaels Tony Awards, Crime, Bret Michaels, Tony Awards, Accidents, Injury, Legal, Lawsuit, Celebrities, Arts News

LOS ANGELES -- Bret Michaels' lawsuit over an accident at the 2009 Tony Awards that the singer claims nearly killed him should be heard in New York wh...

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Hiroshima to Fukushima: The Illusion of Control

Joe Cirincione | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chernobyl, B-52, Nuclear Weapons, Fukushima, Hiroshima, Accidents, Earthquake, Japan, Nuclear Reactors, Radiation, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, World News
Joe Cirincione

Hiroshima and Fukushima are of course very different, but the tragedies are fundamentally connected. Both involve our collective deception that we can always control the nuclear machines we invented. We cannot.

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Two Construction Workers Die In Elevator Fall

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accidents, Upper West Side, Construction, Construction Workers, Ny News, Death, New York News

NEW YORK — Two ironworkers died Tuesday morning after they fell from a fifth floor through an open elevator shaft at a church construction site ...

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Honda Recall Announced

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Honda Recall, Brazil, Faulty Pedals, Compact Cars, Automakers, Honda Motor Co., Sales, Unsafe, Accidents, Business News

TOKYO — Honda is recalling nearly 127,000 City and Fit compact cars in Brazil over a gas pedal defect that could cause unwanted acceleration, th...

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Selling Those Helicopter Ambulances in Texas

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liabilities, Accountable, Children, Accidents, Minors, High School, Summer Camp, Ambulance, Legality, Education News
Christine Negroni

Only when schools and summer camps realize their deal with air transport companies could result in an athlete joining the grim accident statistics will they close the door to opportunistic sales people.

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Heroes Among Us Every Day

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Goodness, Davita, True Success, Car Crash, Screen Gems, Heroes, One Tree Hill, Sundance, Tom Morris, Hero, Heroism, Human Nature, Accidents, Utah, Heroics, Healthy Living News
Tom Morris

Wednesday, August 4, 5:40 PM. Outside Screen Gems Film Studios, Wilmington, NC. A large white Toyota pickup truck suddenly accelerated out of the st...

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Pool and Water Safety: A Healthy Respect for the Danger

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fences. Dangers, Accidents, Swimming, Cpr, Children, Accidental Death, Drowning, Pool Safety, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

While the majority of adults were talking to each other at a Fourth of July party I attended, the children were frolicking in the pool. This got me thinking about water safety.

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10 Ways To Prevent Accidents At Home

Health.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Health, Home Accidents, Home Injuries, Injury Prevention, Accidents, Healthy Living News

Ah yes, home. The place where you can chill out, relax, unwind--you name it. But your home can be more hazardous than you think. Nearly 8 million p...

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Toyota: Engines Bad In 270,000 Vehicles, Including Seven Lexus Models

AP | BY SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recalls, Acceleration, Toyota, Prius, Stalling, Suv, Safety, Lexus, Accidents, Cars, Toyota Recall, Stall, Car Safety, Recall, Japan, Car Quality, Business News

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide – including luxury Lexus sedans – have potentially faulty...

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Oprah's Call to Action: No Texting, No Cell Phones, No Kidding!

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Im, Sms, Cell Phone Etiquette, Rules of the Road, No Drinking Pledge, No Phone Pledge, Candy Lightner, Deaths, Smart Phone, Blue Tooth, Illegal, Drink and Drive, Don?T Be a Statistic, Oprah Winfrey, No Cell Phone Zone, Texting Etiquette, Teenager, Madd, Call to Action, Hands Free, Danger, Accidents, Immediate, Disposal, Casualty, Style News
Lisa Mirza Grotts

I am intrigued with the idea of our nation as a whole taking the no-phone pledge. I agree with Oprah that we are facing a serious crisis. In the hands of a driver, a cell phone is a dangerous tool.

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Teen Impaled By Javelin In Freak Accident In Pomona

KTLA | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freak Accident, Accidents, Pomona, Injuries, Javelin, Los Angeles News

POMONA -- A 15 year old boy who was impaled by a javelin during a freak accident over the weekend in Pomona is in stable condition at a local hospital...

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Chinese Doctors Remove Chopstick Stuck Up Toddler's Nose (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chopstick Up Nose, Accidents, Child Injuries, Chopsticks, Children, China, Video, World News

CNN's John Vause reports how doctors in China removed a chopstick from a little boy's brain, after it went up his nose. This boy "isn't the first ki...

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The Real-Time Web Makes Your Life Safer

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Suicide, Accidents, Real-Time-Web, Safety, Technology News
Martin Varsavsky

Is leading a real time online life a risk? Are we safer or less safe if we frequently blog, use Twitter, Facebook, and Google Latitude?

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Mexico Bus plunges off cliff in northern Mexico; 14 dead

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico Bus Crash, Bus Accident, 14 Dead Mexico Bus Crash, Tijuana Bus Crash, Mexico, Accidents, Bus Crash, 14 Dead Mexico Crash, World News

TIJUANA, Mexico — A bus carrying farm workers and their families home plunged off a cliff in northern Mexico on Saturday, killing 14 people and ...

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Wii Accidents: Most Hilarious Wii Incidents Ever (VIDEOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Funny, Video, Wii Accidents Video, Wii Accident Video, Wii, Wii Accidents Videos, Wii Accidents, Bloopers, Slidepoll, Accidents, Stupid People, Funny Wii Accidents, Comedy, Technology News

When you combine video games with physical activity, there's bound to be accidents, based on people fooling around, not paying attention, or being jus...

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Walking And Talking On Phone Dangerous For Seniors

LiveScience | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Elderly, Aging, Cells, Unitasking, Multitasking, Phones, Confusion, Distraction, Accidents, Cell Phones, Anxiety, Seniors, Healthy Living News

For older people, gabbing on a cell phone while walking across the street may increase the chances of being run over, according to a new study...

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