Today’s Headlines
Cellphone Ban Could Get Costly (Times) Driving a Car Doesn’t Keep You Safe! (Emerald City) Another Danger for Highway Commuters: Signs That Ruin Christmas (Freeway Blogger via LAist) Governor Defends Ban on Offshore Drilling (Times) It’s Dump the Pump Day in LA (Daily News) Progressive Insurance Holding $10M Competition to Design 100MPG Car (News) Woman … Continued
7:45 AM PDT on June 19, 2008
- Cellphone Ban Could Get Costly (Times)
- Driving a Car Doesn’t Keep You Safe! (Emerald City)
- Another Danger for Highway Commuters: Signs That Ruin Christmas (Freeway Blogger via LAist)
- Governor Defends Ban on Offshore Drilling (Times)
- It’s Dump the Pump Day in LA (Daily News)
- Progressive Insurance Holding $10M Competition to Design 100MPG Car (News)
- Woman Injured in Crash with Cop Car (Daily News)
- 7 Injured in 5 Vehicle Crash in Long Beach (Times)
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