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...driving your car, talking on your cell phone, adjusting your radio and drinking a Coke in a thunderstorm," says Kevin High, manager of the trauma program at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville and president of the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association. "Now do it in a helicopter that doesn't have advanced avionics because the company doesn't want to spend the money. That's how you get into trouble...
...today, as an estimated million or more people throughout the country demonstrated the impact of the recession and government policies to deal with the downturn. Scores of flights were canceled, countless schools, post offices, and even courts closed, and armies of commuters endured long slogs to work as public transport services suffered disruption of varying severity...
...Indications Thursday that work stoppages in some transport systems like the Paris Metro were less severe than expected additionally emboldened officials to repeat pledges they'd stay the reform course. "I don't think you can zap and change policies constantly," said Budget Minister Eric Woerth Thursday. "We must remain level-headed during this very, very stormy period...
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...assessment report left no base uncovered. It noted that there are "scenarios of concern": the use of Iraq-style improvised explosive devices, Mumbai-style armed assault and hostage-taking, and suicide bombing. It said law-enforcement agencies should be watchful for lone offenders, attacks on soft targets (hotels, restaurants, transport, etc.) near the Capitol and explosives placed in "heavily trafficked areas...