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Headphone-wearing Pedestrian Injuries Triple As Audiophiles Stop Noticing Onrushing Trains
engadget.com 4 weeks agoThe number of pedestrians injured or killed while wearing headphones has tripled in the last six years: 16 oblivious PMP users were offed in 2004, the number rising to 47 for last year. The research, carried out by Dr Richard Lichenstein at the University of Maryland found that headphone wearers became "inattentionally blind" to dangers such as passing cars and on-rushing trains. That's not us being flip either: 55 percent of the incidents involved locomotives. The majority of victims were male (68 percent)
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Murdoch Wants To Buy Stake In Dodgers
forbes.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoNews Corporation, run by billionaire , has formally entered into the process to buy Frank McCourt?s Dodgers, according to the Journal. .?s Fox unit is interested in buying a 15% to 20% piece of the MLB team. The move by ., which owned the Dodgers from??1998 to 2004, is seen as an effort to keep ...
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