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Only 30 U.S. metros have worse drivers than Austin, according to a ranking by Allstate insurance. The report compiles collision data from policy holders in 200 cities. Austin came in 170th worst, with motorists getting in an accident every seven and a half years on average. The insurer calculated that Austin motorists are 34 percent more likely to get in an accident than the national average.
Brownsville drivers were ranked the safest in Texas and 36th best nationwide, averaging an accident every 10.8 years. They are 7.6 percent less likely to get in an accident than the national average. Drivers ...
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9/2/2010
An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosi...
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9/2/2010
The head of the National Hurricane Center says the center of Hurricane Earl is undergoing a change and its powerful winds are going to extend farther out from the eyewall.
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The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs was freed from jail Thursday, city Correction Department records show.
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Germany's central bank said Thursday that it will request the dismissal of a board member whose comments stereotyping Muslims and Jews drew outrage at home and abroad.
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