Distracted driving is linked to 5,000 traffic deaths and 500,000 injuries a year, and now the U.S. Transportation Department wants commercial truck and bus drivers to hang up those hand-held cell phones when they’re behind the wheel. Many big transport companies already prohibit cell phone use by their drivers. The proposed rule could take effect in a few months. Source Link
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” will soon be no more. The U.S. House and Senate have passed a repeal of the 1993 law that prohibits openly gay men and women from serving in the military. The Pentagon still needs to create policy and training procedures before the change can take effect sometime next year. Source Link
Weather forecasters say if you have snow on the ground now, there’s a good chance you won’t have to dream of a white Christmas this year. Much of the upper third of the nation is snow-covered, and forecasts do not call for any major warm-ups that would prevent a white Christmas from the Rockies through the Great Lakes and into the northeast. Source Link
