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States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travelRoad safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel. This is due to the 85% rule, which ties speed limits to the speed of the 15th-fastest vehicle out of every 100 traveling a road in ideal conditions. Critics say this approach encourages speeding. Ohio is among the states considering new guidelines that focus more on safety. But supporters of the rule say it provides... #Activism #Business #California #North Dakota #Ohio #Politics #Texas #Washington #Wisconsin 2025-8-16 9:00pm AP News https://apnews.com/author/jeff-mcmurray 2,000 words Rated 2025-8-19 4:57pm - sethherr
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The AI Reporter That Took My Old Job Just Got FiredA local newspaper in Hawaii experimented with AI-generated presenters to engage and boost its readership. After two months, the bots have been shelved. #Artificial Intelligence #Business #Media 2024-11-21 2:00am WIRED Guthrie Scrimgeour 1,000 words Rated 2024-11-26 4:29pm - sethherr
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How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid TransitAt $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach. #Business #City #Government #Infrastructure #Los Angeles #New York 2023-10-30 6:00am Bloomberg 3,000 words Rated 2023-11-5 10:46pm - sethherr
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Reading the Yield CurveInfallible Recession Indicator? Noisy Signal? Both? #Business #Education and schools #Finance 2023-8-23 6:06am Capital Gains Byrne Hobart 1,000 words Rated 2023-8-27 2:56pm - sethherr
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One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technologyExcessive heat continues to bear down on sections of the US, a reminder of the impetus for the The Inflation Reduction Act, the significant climate legislation that turns one year old on August 16. #Business #Canada #China #Climate Change #Europe #Inflation Reduction Act #Renewable energy 2023-7-23 5:11am AP News ISABELLA O'MALLEY, MICHAEL PHILLIS 2,000 words Rated 2023-8-23 12:15pm - estew |
Gym, spa, beauty equipment: Leaked documents reveal hidden details of Putin's 'ghost' trainA train used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to travel away from the public eye has a secret gym, Turkish bath and cosmetology suite on board, a brochure and blueprints leaked to the Dossier Center and shared with CNN reveal. #Business #Europe #Vladimir Putin 2023-7-9 11:47pm CNN Matthew Chance, Mick Krever 1,000 words Rated 2023-7-10 4:27am - Jaog
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Apple Is Taking On Apples in a Truly Weird Trademark BattleApple, the company, wants rights to the image of apples, the fruit, in Switzerland—one of dozens of countries where it’s flexing its legal muscles. #Apple #Business #Farming 2023-6-18 11:00pm WIRED Gabriela Galindo 1,000 words Rated 2023-6-23 4:51pm - &e
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