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Oklahoma City, Tulsa Among Top in Deficient Spans

Tulsa and Oklahoma City are among the top cities in the nation for having structurally deficient bridges. A national study released Wednesday shows Tulsa is the worst area in the nation among cities of its size when it comes to …

Study: Tree Thinning Didn’t Slow ’10 Boulder, Colo., Fire

A study of a devastating Colorado wildfire says advance work to create fire breaks had little impact on the behavior of the blaze but did provide safe transpiration routes. The 2010 Fourmile Canyon Fire west of Boulder was the most …

Texting Study Finds Slower Driver Response Times

New findings from a Texas study show texting while driving is more dangerous than previously thought. Reading or writing a text message behind the wheel can more than double a driver’s reaction time, according to a study released Wednesday by …

New Mexico Researcher to Study Monsoon Affects on Wildfires

A researcher working at the Jornada Experimental Range in southern New Mexico has been awarded $400,000 for her part in a large study on summer rainfall patterns. The study will look at how changes in the amount and timing of …

Study: Bikes Hurt 1,000 Pedestrians a Year in New York

Injuries caused by bicyclists are far more common than previously thought, with an average of 1,000 pedestrians hurt annually in New York state alone, a new study shows. New York City accounted for about half of those injured. One quarter …

Study: Crash Trends in Gulf Oil and Gas Ops Flights

A new study by the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds that helicopters servicing drilling platforms and vessels in the Gulf of Mexico crash on average more than six times per year,resulting in an average of 5 …

Study Warns US Must Develop Cyber Intelligence

A new study warns that the U.S. must develop cyber intelligence as a new and better coordinated government discipline that can predict computer-related threats and deter them. The report by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance says the dramatic expansion …

Study: Only 1 in 5 Medical Malpractice Cases Pay

Only 1 in 5 malpractice claims against doctors leads to a settlement or other payout, according to the most comprehensive study of these claims in two decades. But while doctors and their insurers may be winning most of these challenges, …

Study: South Carolina’s Most Deadly Roads Are Rural

Narrow, twisting rural roads with their low shoulders and scarcity of law officers on patrol are the most dangerous highways in South Carolina according to an analysis released Tuesday. “They are probably going to remain the killing grounds for years …

Study: Red-Light Cameras Reducing Crashes in Texas

Red-light crashes fell 25 percent at hundreds of Texas intersections after traffic cameras were installed, researchers said Monday in what was called the first statewide study of its kind. The Texas Transportation Institute suggested its findings again showed the effectiveness …