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...help minimize driver distraction. In the next few months, several technology start-ups will release new products for phones that can detect when a car is in motion and automatically log incoming calls and texts much as a personal assistant would. All the products have provisions that allow both incoming and outgoing calls during emergencies...
...Services to Reduce Driver Distraction Key2SafeDriving Parents can set up a password-protected profile that won't allow calls or texts when a Bluetooth device detects that the car is in motion. $99, then $10 per month for Web services...
...backtracking on his original remarks regarding the actions of the Cambridge police, in reality, to arrest a man in his own house is, in fact, stupid--particularly if he is only angry and is nonthreatening. We as a country are in turmoil when the masses are too immature to allow our distinguished and accomplished representatives to openly participate in intelligent, pointed dialogue about the incident. We need to continue a broader discussion of the race and class issues that still plague our society. Alison McDonald, PASADENA, CALIF...
...candidates' victories swell, some fear that heavy disappointment in Abdullah's strongholds may yield protests. While no one foresees the kind of unrest that followed the disputed Iranian election in June, each candidate's lack of an "organized mechanism" to cope with masses of angered, loosely knit partisans could allow the situation to boil over with time, says Haroun Mir, director of the Afghan Center for Research and Policy Studies. "If one group feels left out, it will create problems for everybody," Mir says. Indeed, Abdullah's campaign manager told an Abu Dhabi-based newspaper last month to predict street...
...Troublingly, Ho Chi Minh City is considered the most progressive region in the country in terms of HIV/AIDS advocacy. The government AIDS committee runs public education campaigns and training programs for local officials. Last year, it supported the decision to allow some of the orphans from the Mai Hoa AIDS Center to attend the school's weekly flag ceremony and occasionally sit at the end of the table in some classes, says Le Truong Giang, deputy chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Provincial AIDS Committee. Giang concedes that after last week's unfortunate episode, those efforts were clearly...