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Maybe, just maybe, we are getting closer to the point when we all keep our cell phones and BlackBerrys and computers (yes, computers) tucked away while we drive. Crazy notion, right? Well, read this article in today's New York Times all the way through, and you'd be made of heartless steel to not think twice before multitasking at the wheel again.

The research couldn't be more clear: Talking hands free is just as distracting as talking with a device cradled to your ear, talking (even hands-free) is more likely to lead to an accident than driving drunk, texting while driving ups the chance of an accident, and talking while driving is not as productive as you think it is. And for everyone who will tell you they can text/talk/dial while driving and not take their eyes off the road, there are far too many stories now of drivers who did just that and caused accidents which killed kids and adults in other vehicles. Read More »

I took my second trip to Las Vegas last weekend. When I emerged from the quiet calm and dark of the plane into the brightness of the city at 10:30 p.m., it wasn't the late night lights that startled me. It wasn't even the overstimulating ding of slot machines that got to me or even loud laughter of the college kids flooding the casinos over spring break. I was completely taken aback by the smoke.

How could I have forgotten about the smoke? Read More »