Attention bikers – motorcycle riders accounted for 11 percent of all national highway deaths in 2006. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released preliminary figures that show 4,810 motorcycle highway fatalities last year, the highest share ever for motorcyclists.
A medical malpractice insurance company claims it does not have to pay any damages that may be awarded to the families of deceased former patients of a Murray doctor charged in their deaths.
President-elect Barack Obama's daughters have been promised a puppy for the White House — President Bush's dog, Barney, demonstrated his technique for dealing with the media Thursday…sinking his teeth into Reuters TV White House correspondent Jon Decker. Call it a case of biting the hand that covers you.
A 20-year-old man who caused a fatal crash while talking on his cell phone last year in Salt Lake City was sentenced Monday to probation and 500 hours of community service. Theodore Andrew Jorgensen was not ordered to serve any jail time in connection with the March 18, 2007, death of 17-year-old Lauren Mulkey, in part because the victim's mother preferred an alternative.
