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MADD president Chuck Hurley doesn't deny he would like to see such systems put into service, but says wider use of such technology is 10 years off, and MADD isn't calling for automakers to install it now. Current Breathalyzer technology, he said, would make a big difference almost immediately. In New Mexico, for example, DUI fatalities have been reduced 35% since the state began requiring all convicted DUI offenders to use an ignition interlock device. "Studies have shown alcohol ignition interlocks to be effective in reducing recidivism," concurs Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming Soon: A Breathalyzer in Every Car? | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended on June 30 that the maximum over-the-counter dose of the popular pain reliever acetaminophen be lowered and that the current maximum single dose of the drug be available by prescription only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FDA Advises Lower Dosage for Popular Painkiller | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...have been growing concerns about the non-prescription drug's effects on the liver. The 13-member FDA committee convened specifically to address liver toxicities due to acetaminophen overdose. The group of doctors and patient representatives concluded that the daily maximum dose of acetaminophen should be reduced from the current allowable 4 g and that the maximum single over-the-counter level be set at 650 mg, down from the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FDA Advises Lower Dosage for Popular Painkiller | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

...While its expenditures have been relatively conservative in past years, the Law School remains dependent on endowment revenue for 37 percent of its operating budget. A payout decline of $19 million would represent over 10 percent of the School's current budget, and earlier this spring, the Law School's departments were each directed to cut costs by about 10 percent...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Law School Lays Off 12 | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

Other types of aid haven't been flowing into North Korea as in the past, either. During the decade in which South Korea pursued its "sunshine policy" of engagement with the North, Seoul became a major trading partner and source of aid, especially of much needed fertilizer. But current South Korean President Lee Myung Bak reversed the policy when he took office in 2008, linking economic cooperation with Pyongyang's dismantlement of its nuclear-weapons program. The result is that North Korea is now more dependent than ever on its main patron, China. Nicholas Eberstadt, a North Korea expert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Korea's Other Crisis: An Economy in Tatters | 6/30/2009 | See Source »

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