Short yellow light times at intersections have been shown to increase the number of traffic violations and accidents. Conversely, increasing the yellow light duration can dramatically reduce red-light violations at an intersection.
Some local governments have ignored the safety benefit of increasing the yellow light time and decided to install red-light cameras, shorten the yellow light duration, and collect the profits instead.
Read more »BAGHDAD - Iraq's government moved Sunday to restore discipline within the ranks of the security forces, sacking more than 1,300 soldiers and policemen who deserted during recent fighting against Shiite militias in Basra.
Read more »A new Harris Interactive poll finds that over half of Americans — 54 percent — say they tend not to trust the press, “with only 30 percent tending to trust the press.” More Americans (41 percent) trust “Internet news and information sites” than they do the mainstream media. Radio tends to do best among Americans as 44 percent say they tend to trust it.
Read more »His first year as New York’s governor has had some ups and downs, but Eliot Spitzer has maintained a reputation as a rising star. In some circles, it’s not unusual to hear talk about Spitzer as a likely presidential candidate at some point in the future. It’s probably safe to say we won’t hear that kind of talk anymore.
Read more »Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive, the research group that filed the Freedom of Information request in 1992 that led to the documents’ becoming public, said he was initially underwhelmed by them because they contained little about the agency’s foreign operations. "Reading these memos is like sitting in a confessional booth and having a string of former top C.I.A. officials say ‘Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned.’ " Mr. Blanton said.
Read more »Is it possible, after the precedent is set with air travel, the same will be applied to motor vehicle travel?
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The report examined evidence submitted by the United States on Feb. 15 that stemmed from the laptop of an Iranian technician with access to Teheran's nuclear program. The agency said some of the documents were "relevant to nuclear weapon R&D." But the report did not deem any of the evidence as proof of an Iranian nuclear weapons program.
Read more »Debunks the 'lesser of two evils' mentality, written by Alan Stang. Alan Stang was one of Mike Wallace's original writers at Channel 13 in New York, where he wrote some of the scripts that sent Mike to CBS.
Read more »NEW YORK — William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right's post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82.
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