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...under 21 and was widely known to impair reflexes since long before the emergence of the automobile. Text messaging, on the other hand, is not only relatively new and fashionable but also marketed for its convenience. Yet the fact that the dangers of texting while driving are not always clear provides the most compelling reason why an aggressive informational campaign to expose them is necessary...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Bring Texting to a Standstill | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...Diet Dr. Pepper drinks. FlyBy chatted them up before they took off Monday, and they said they'd be back near the corner of Dunster St. and Mass. Ave. on Wednesday starting at 11 a.m. No word on whether they'll be back later in the week, though, so clear your schedule. Free drinks > that course you're shopping...

Author: By Christian B. Flow | Title: Free Dr. Pepper Wednesday | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...will make clear, as he has before, that the time for action is now. On Sept. 7, at a fiery Labor Day rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, Obama offered a sneak peek. "Debate is good, because we have to get this right," he told the crowd. "But in every debate there comes a time to decide, a time to act. And Ohio, that time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amid Signs of Movement on Health Care, Obama Readies His Speech | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...these genes, two - clusterin and CR1 - are known to interact with the amyloid protein that builds up in the brain of Alzheimer's patients and eventually causes nerve cell death and cognitive problems. Clusterin may be involved in helping to clear away the amyloid that forms in the brain; but another variant of the gene may also allow amyloid to form fibrils, the sticky protein arms that further anchor amyloid plaques to nerve cells, much like a spider web ensnares prey. In late-onset Alzheimer's, it's possible that the body cannot balance these two functions of clusterin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breakthrough Discoveries of Alzheimer's Genes | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

...advantages of a so-called 4-10 schedule are clear: less commuting, lower utility bills. But there have been unexpected benefits as well, even for people who aren't state employees. By staying open for more hours most days of the week, Utah's government offices have become accessible to people who in the past had to miss work to get there in time. With the new 4-10 policy, lines at the department of motor vehicles actually got shorter. Plus, fears that working 10-hour days would lead to burnout turned out to be unfounded - Wadsworth says workers took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Four-Day Workweek Is Winning Fans | 9/7/2009 | See Source »

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