Toyota was fined a record $16.4 million by the United States Department of Transportation for failing to promptly disclose problems with their accelerator pedals sticking on certain models. When a manufacturer becomes aware of such a potential safety issue, they have five business days to notify...
Jack Roush's plane crash Tuesday night July 27, 2010 leaves the NASCAR team owner seriously injured but in stable condition. Reports indicated that Roush was flying an aircraft when his plan slid off the Wittman Regional Airport's runway in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Roush was attemping to...
On Thursday, January 6, 2010, a pair of incendiary devices blew up at Maryland's Department of Transportation's headquarters in Hanover and at the Jeffrey Public Safety Building, a state government building in Annapolis. The first explosion occurred at the Jeffrey Public Safety Building at 12:30...
A pair of Los Angeles Department of Transportation traffic officers have apparently had cameos in a porn film while on duty per reports from NBC4 LA. The video includes footage was filmed and available on a popular subscription only, adult website. The footage includes the adult film star engaging...
Before everyone had a cell phone and the capacity to record video on the fly, a police beat down was, by sheer chance, caught on tape in Los Angeles on March 3, 1991. Public fury about racism and police brutality erupted when a portion of the video showing several LAPD officers Tasering, kicking,...
The Oconee County sheriff's department responded to a call in Bernwood Circle near Seneca, South Carolina for was was an apparent buglary. When Seneca Police Department officials arrived on the scene, they found twenty four year old Noah Smith naked, drugged, and with a rodent in his derriere....
Here’s a look at 15 of the verifiable stupid laws from across this great land, on all levels: state, city and county.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, was the site of a massive rockslide which closed a 17 mile stretch of Interstate 70. The rockslide occurred at approximately midnight on Sunday, March 7, 2010. The rockslide occurred west of the Hanging Lake Tunnel in Glenwood Canyon along the Rocky Mountain range,...
The War in Iraq has been one of the most significant events of the last decade. Journalists, both those embedded with military units and those who have undertaken their own investigations, have contributed defining and sometimes harrowing images of incidents as they have unfolded. These photos,...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has hit Toyota with a $16.4 million fine, for failing to promply disclose the issue of sticking accelerator pedals in certain Toyota vehicles. Under federal law, auto manufacturers have five business days to notify the D.O.T. of issues impacting vehicle safety;...
