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February 16, 2005

How blogs change lives

Jeff Jarvis of Buzzmachine is collecting stories of how blogs have changed people lives. The comments are quite interesting including half brothers finding each other through a blog.

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More on the dangers of distracted drivers

Live Science -- Drivers on Cell Phones Kill Thousands, Snarl Traffic. New study finds that 20-year-old drivers using cell phones have the reaction time of a 70-year-old. The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, publisher of the journal of the study, estimated that cell phones caused 2,600 deaths and 333,000 injuries a year in the United States. That estimate is from a 2002 study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Tip: Buzzworthy

Now just put cell phones drivers into an S.U.V. for a real threat.

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