Almost half of teenagers admit to text messaging while driving according to a new survey by the American Automobile Association. So far, only Washington state has enacted a law banning text messaging while behind the wheel.
Jul 31, 2007
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Dangers of Texting While Driving |
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4 Bodies Found, Ocean City Mom Charged |
A Maryland district court judge has denied bail for a woman charged with the murder of a small infant. The bodies of three other babies were also found on her Ocean City property.
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'Exorcist' Dies After Being Tasered by Police |
An Arizona grandfather is dead after struggling with police officers responding to a report of an exorcism being conducted on a young child.
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Time to Pay More for That Starbucks Fix |
Caffeine junkies now have to pay up even more at Starbucks, which has boosted its prices on coffees, lattes and frappuccinos by three percent - about nine cents a cup nationwide.
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Harley-Davidson Marks 20 Years on NYSE |
Jim Ziemer, CEO of Harley-Davidson, discusses the company's quarterly earnings and retail sales with MarketWatch's Larry Kofsky.
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Cambodians get creative on rickety rail system |
Left with an extensive French colonial rail system, but only a handful of trains which survived war in the 1970s, Cambodians have adopted a DIY approach and built their own locomotives out of bamboo and farming equipment. The government warns they are dangerous and has tried to ban them, but with no alternative the system is flourishing.
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Electric Dragsters Aim for Gas-Powered Records |
Straddling a sleak, orange motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck revs the engine, but there's no roar. Pollacheck's bike runs not on gas or methane, but on electricity. He's one of many "amp heads" that are lighting up the drag strip.
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AOL Study: Americans Addicted To BlackBerry Email |
(Denver) They're doing it in bed, in the bath and in the back of cars. America's CrackBerry addiction has got worse. A survey by AOL and Opinion Research of 4,025 Americans found that almost 60 percent used gadgets in bed, Karlyn Tilley reports.
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De Niro, Pfeiffer Launch Fantasy Epic 'Stardust' |
Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, and Charlie Cox all gathered on the Paramount lot in Hollywood on Sunday for the premiere of their latest film, 'Stardust.' The film opens August 10.
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Superbad, Resident Evil Wow Comic-Con Crowds |
The four-day pop-culture celebration Comic-Con wrapped up Sunday at the San Diego Convention Center. It featured presentations by nearly every major movie studio and TV network on their upcoming releases.
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Xanadu: From Bad Movie to Good Musical |
"Xanadu," the jaw-droppingly awful 1980 film that sank Olivia Newton-John's movie career yet couldn't kill roller disco, has been turned into a fast, funny little stage musical at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre.
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Former Players, Coaches Remember Bill Walsh |
Former San Francisco 49ers Steve Young and Jerry Rice, former 49er assistant coach Bill McPherson and Stanford Head Coach Jim Harbaugh remember three-time Super Bowl champion coach Bill Walsh, who died Monday.
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Michael Vick Breaks His Silence |
Michael Vick speaks out publicly for the first time, as one of his co-defendants admits to dog fighting charges and agrees to cooperate with prosecutors. AP Correspondent Jason Bronis has the latest developments from Atlanta.


