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...admit, most of that driving takes place above the federal speed limit of 55 mph for highways. Knowing this, it should not surprise you to learn that little made me happier than the news that the federal speed limit had been abolished...
...bill. Another reason: the popular bill, which passed the House without opposition and the Senate on a 80-16 vote, is likely to withstand a veto anyway. In a few weeks, reports Austin bureau chief S.C. Gwynne, workers will begin posting signs raising the state speed limit to 70 mph over 77,000 miles of Texas highways. A number of like-minded Western states are giving motorists freer rein: Kansas, Nevada and Wyoming will raise the limit to 75 mph, while Oklahoma and South Dakota will set theirs at 70. The best state for Unser wannabes? Montana, where the only...
...game was also notable for the weather--20 mph winds blew across the length of the field. That can make it very difficult, especially playing against the wind...
...fire was 60 percent contained by midday and officials hoped to have it fully contained tomorrow. Wind gusts of 40 mph that drove the flames carlier had died down...
Churning sustained winds of 125 mph, Hurricane Opal reached the Florida panhandle just after 6 p.m. EDT east of Pensacola. More than 55,000 frightened people have already crammed onto U.S. 29 and Interstate 10; thousands of others who waited too long to evacuate were trapped in their homes. At least one person, a 76-year-old woman, was killed when a spun-off tornado destroyed her mobile home. Opal is the ninth and by far the strongest hurricane of the season, one of the roughest ever. State officials compared it Hurricane Camille, which killed 256 people in Mississippi, Alabama...