Rat's Pecans Nearly Cause Car Accident
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ARDMORE, Okla. - An unlikely culprit was to blame for a stuck throttle and a near traffic accident. Carol Windham was forced to run a red light Wednesday when her gas pedal stuck down after she hit the brakes.
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It&#39;s widely known that being stuck in traffic can stress drivers out, but a new study now suggests it also increases the risk of a heart attack in susceptible people.
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By Beccy Tanner, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Mar. 9--On any given night, three major crow populations move about and roost in Wichita. And where crows gather, a nasty by-product threatens public health.   Crow poop.   Cars have been bombed.
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WASHINGTON -- Fairfax, Va., police Sergeant Pat Wimberly sees it at least once a month: A pedestrian steps into traffic and gets hit, and the outcome is always one-sided. ''Whoever designed and implemented the human body never intended that to happen," Wimberly said.
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Rural roads are being traveled by more and more people, leading to an increase in fatal wildlife-related crashes.
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WATERBURY, Conn. - A Naugatuck man who tried to help out at a highway accident scene ended up a victim when one of the people involved in the accident, made off with his car.
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SEATTLE - A car plunged 25 feet after crashing through a downtown barrier Monday, but the driver suffered only minor injuries thanks to a well-placed trash bin. His sedan landed upside-down atop the bin, its trunk accepting the brunt of the impact.
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By Cassondra Kirby, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 27--RICHMOND -- An Eastern Kentucky University chemistry professor who was transporting lab chemicals in his car was involved in an accident yesterday morning that resulted in the closing of a Richmond gas station and two roads.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - It's best not to get between a predator and its prey - especially when they're in the passenger seat of your golf cart. Water plant worker Mitch Walter would offer that bit of advice and bears the scratches of one who speaks from experience.
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By Walter Griffin, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 15--BELFAST -- Emergency officials estimated that approximately 1,000 gallons of gasoline spilled on Route 1 Wednesday night when a fuel tanker truck was forced off the road and rolled into a ditch.
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People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars.
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The risk of suffering a heart attack triples in a traffic jam, according to a study by German scientists. The researchers found that an hour of exposure to the particles
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If you think being stressed while stuck in traffic can give you a heart attack, think again. A new study says you&#39;re more likely to suffer a coronary from the pollution caused by traffic.
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A study published today finds that the amount of time people spend in traffic could actually increase their risk of suffering a heart attack.
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When a snowplow driver spraying salt on frozen roads in Hyannis cracked the window of a parked car in March, state highway officials knew whom to blame. They looked up records from the Global Positioning System satellite network and found which contractor was plowing the road at that time.
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Concerns are raised that the trawler which ran aground on St Kilda could carry rats, posing a threat to sea birds.
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EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - A school bus driver suffered cuts Tuesday when a wild turkey crashed through the windshield of her bus on Interstate 84. The bus was carrying 36 fifth graders and four adults on a field trip from Windham when the bus struck the bird at about 9:35 a.m., state police said.