pessimism at Washington fiscal summit on grand bargain chances
At Pete Petersons Washington fiscal summit lawmakers and experts voiced deep doubt that a grand bargain to close the deficit can emerge this year. Representatives Ryan Van Hollen Sperling Portman and Murray weighed divided government and debt limit timing as Obama pushes tax and benefit reforms amid ongoing gridlock.
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Distracted driving deaths underreported in study
National Safety Council analysis of 180 fatal crashes from 2009 to 2011 shows strong cell phone use evidence often not coded in the NHTSA database. In 2011 only half of such crashes were recorded as phone related, with even lower figures in 2009 and 2010.
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