After excessively violent events, shoot ’em up games regularly come under scrutiny. In Norway, several first-person shooter games actually disappeared from the market for a while after the…
Okay, so many of my eldest son’s friends are getting to that age (14, 15, and 16). I had two parents ask me about the new teen driving laws in Alabama. One asked if my son had started driving,…
We’ve all seen those coin-sized batteries. They’re called “button batteries” and they power all sorts of devices from hearing aids to remote controls. As these little…
Over 10 million people age 12 or older are estimated to have driven under the influence of illicit drugs in the prior year, according to a 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. While…
Texting and driving is only dangerous if someone else is doing it. That appears to be the attitude of a lot of drivers. In recent survey by the National Highway and Safety Administration (NHTSA),…
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has sobering news for parents – emergency department visits for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) among children and…
Although the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not keep statistics on non-crash, non-traffic fatalities, an organization started by a passionate mother of two children does….
The father of two teenagers says that his sons may have been smoking the synthetic drug “spice” before they were killed by a train in Mebane, N.C. It’s a horrible loss for the…
I remember hearing about the problem after Hurricane Floyd and then again after Hurricane Katrina. We’re bound to see it again in the wake of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The…
Fall in North Carolina means many things: stunning autumn vistas on the Blue Ridge Parkway; seasonal allergies; frost on the pumpkin; not too much longer until basketball season; and more deer on…
Last week the Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., and the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Class I recall of approximately 131,300 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with…
You’ve probably heard the old saw, “Offense sells tickets; Defense wins games!” Not in baseball. At least not according to a new analysis by a University of Delaware professor….
