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72 percent of adults are text-messaging now, study says
More American adults have taken to texting in the past year, but teens still take the crown when it comes to using their phones for text-messaging, with 87 percent of them doing so, according to a new study. Among adult cell phone users, 72 percent of them now send ...
Bed bugs may bite insurers, but won't dog industry
Bed-bug infestations in the United States have multiplied at an alarming rate in recent years. A recent survey of almost 1,000 pest exterminators found that 95% of the firms had dealt with a bed-bug infestation in the past year. That was up from 25% of firms in surveys conducted ...
Should cars warn when there's a child inside on hot days?
Safety advocates are urging Congress and regulators to force carmakers to install warning systems that would prevent distracted parents from leaving children in cars, preventing heatstroke deaths. At least 41 children have died already this year in hot cars, more than any previous year at this point. August was ...
U.S. regulators see Dodd-Frank's help on systemic risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. banking regulators see new powers under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law helping avoid a repeat of 2008's frenzied sale of Wachovia and the wreckage that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers. A commission investigating the causes of the financial crisis was told on Wednesday that the legislation, ...
