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Driven to Distraction: Texting Raises Crash Risk 23 Times, Study Finds

Jul. 27, 2009
The study videotaped long-distance truck drivers behind the wheel for 18 months, and found that texting was riskier than any other distraction.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch