Woman Videotaped Falling Asleep While Driving On I-25
Witness Says Drowsy Driver Was Going Up To 70 MPH
DENVER -- An admittedly drowsy driver has been ticketed following an incident that was all caught on videotape.
The woman drove for more than 30 miles in the Denver metro area while she was nodding off.
Christian Pruett and his wife were driving on Interstate 25 on Monday morning when they noticed a sport utility vehicle next to them drifting from lane to lane, and nearly sideswiping their car
The couple grabbed their video camera and photographed the sleeping woman with her head back as her vehicle moved along I-25 at speeds of up to 70 mph.
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In a recent study by Virginia Tech researchers, cameras were installed in 100 cars, most of them the study participants' personal cars, to film driving behavior for a whole year. The study's findings included the determination that drowsy drivers were a factor in about 12 percent of the crashes that occurred during the year. The study showed that drowsiness contributed to 20 percent of all crashes and 16 percent of near crashes. Researchers were concerned by the findings because they believe that drowsiness as a factor in car crashes or near-accidents is under-reported.
"People think drowsy driving means you fall asleep," a researcher said. "All it takes is a lapse of a second or two, and you might not be aware of it. The Virginia Tech research showed that the drowsy driver could be you. It could be me."
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Hooker Mom used baby as drug prop
Hooker Mom used baby as drug prop
Authorities in New York say a woman arrested for prostitution early Monday morning also snorted cocaine off the stomach of her infant son while breast-feeding him between tricks.
Wendy Cook, a 37-year-old from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., was one of five women caught early Monday morning in Schenectady, N.Y., in an undercover sex sting operation.
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Liverpool women 'UK's vainest'
Women in Liverpool are the vainest in the UK - checking their appearance in a mirror up to 71 times a day, according to a new survey. The city topped the poll ahead of London and Newcastle.
The woman also re-apply make-up as much as 11 times a day - which is almost once an hour for an average day.
Rosalind Chapman, from Transformulas International, which commissioned the survey said it proved that British women like to look good.
She said: "British people often get criticised for not being as image conscious as our European counterparts but this survey is the proof that we love to check our appearance and look good."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/m...de/7079197.stm
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Granny banned from sweet handouts
A grandmother has been banned from giving sweets to her grandchildren after a court heard they had suffered dental problems. The grandmother, known as EM, launched a legal battle against her own daughter over access to the four children.
Perth Sheriff Court was told EM would often bring two carrier bags of sweets with her on visits.
Sheriff Daniel Kelly QC granted the grandmother one visit a month on the condition she did not give them sweets.
The grandmother took her daughter to court after contact with the four children was cut off in March 2006.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/7109480.stm
Text service dogs women drivers
Officials in a central Indian state have stopped a text messaging service giving out drivers' contact details after men used it to pester women.
The facility, launched a year ago, was withdrawn after women complained to the Madhya Pradesh transport department that they were being harassed by men.
Under the scheme, anyone could send a text to access a vehicle owner's name, address and phone number.
Officials say most of the information being sought pertained to young women.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7103585.stm
Late Mailer wins 'bad sex' award
Late author Norman Mailer has been announced as the winner of the Bad Sex in Fiction Award for the most awkward description of an intimate encounter. The US writer, who died earlier this year at the age of 84, won for his novel The Castle in the Forest.
Jeanette Winterston and Harry Potter actor David Thewlis were also among those in the running for crude and tasteless literary depictions of sex.
Four hundred guests toasted Mailer's memory at a ceremony in London.
The occasion was also used to pay homage to the renowned American literary figure and the rich variety of his work.
"We sure he would have taken the prize in good humour," said the judges.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7115451.stm
Digital library exceeds 1 million books
Here is a story that hits home...and by home, I mean the forums.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/...igital_library
Hindu gods get summons from court
A judge in India has summoned two Hindu gods, Ram and Hanuman, to help resolve a property dispute. Judge Sunil Kumar Singh in the eastern state of Jharkhand has issued adverts in newspapers asking the gods to "appear before the court personally".
The gods have been asked to appear before the court on Tuesday, after the judge said that letters addressed to them had gone unanswered.
Ram and Hanuman are among the most popular Indian Hindu gods.
Judge Singh presides in a "fast track" court - designed to resolve disputes quickly - in the city of Dhanbad.
The dispute is now 20 years old and revolves around the ownership of a 1.4 acre plot of land housing two temples.
The deities of Ram and Hanuman, the monkey god, are worshipped at the two temples on the land.
Temple priest Manmohan Pathak claims the land belongs to him. Locals say it belongs to the two deities.
The two sides first went to court in 1987.
A few years ago, the dispute was settled in favour of the locals. Then Mr Pathak challenged the verdict in a fast track court.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7132124.stm
Human evolution is 'speeding up'
Humans have moved into the evolutionary fast lane and are becoming increasing different, a genetic study suggests.
In the past 5,000 years, genetic change has occurred at a rate roughly 100 times higher than any other period, say scientists in the US.
This is in contrast with the widely-held belief that recent human evolution has halted.
The research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Professor Henry Harpending, an author of the study from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, US, said: "The dogma has been these [differences] are cultural fluctuations, but almost any temperament trait you look at is under strong genetic influences.
"Genes are evolving fast in Europe, Asia and Africa, but almost all of these are unique to their continent of origin," he added. "We are getting less alike, not merging into a single, mixed humanity."
This is happening, he said, because "there has not been much flow" between different regions since modern humans left Africa to colonise the rest of the world. And there is no evidence that it is slowing down, he added.
"The technology can't detect anything beyond about 2,000 years ago, but we see no sign of [human evolution] slowing down. So I would suspect it is continuing," he told BBC News.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7132794.stm
