Blog Posts in April, 2015
Posted on Apr 30, 2015 By David Thomas
DRIVER DISTRACTION AMONG TEENS A study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety that was released on March 25, 2015, found that distracted driving was a factor in 58% of moderate to severe ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2015 By David Thomas
TOTAL RECALL After weeks of uncertainty about the source and extent of contamination, on April 20, 2015, Blue Bell Creameries recalled all of its products. So began the removal of eight million ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2015 By David Thomas
E-CIGARETTE USE TRIPLES IN TEENS On April 16, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control released the results of a study showing that e-cigarette use among teens tripled over a one-year period. From 2013 ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2015 By David Thomas
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began April 20, 2010, bears the distinction of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The events of that night were tragic in ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2015 By David Thomas
The Esmond family went on what seemed like an idyllic trip: a vacation to the U.S. Virgin Islands, staying in a luxury villa on the beach. But soon after arriving at their villa, the whole family ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2015 By David Thomas
A lot of rain has been falling in Georgia and the Southeast as a whole this spring. Forecasts of heavy rains and thunderstorms seem to be a weekly occurrence. All of this water accumulating on already ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2015 By David Thomas
Everyday seems to bring new revelations about the mental state of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, who investigators say deliberately downed that plane, killing himself and all ...
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