Feb 28th, 2010 · Last week, American and Mexican officials met in Washington to ramp up efforts to combat illegal drug use and the problems it causes. Some of those issues are all too visible in the U.S., where addiction touches the lives of millions, as well as in Mexico, where thousands of soldiers, police, prosecutors and civilians have been murdered in the battle between the government and drug traffickers. Liane Hansen speaks with Gil Kerlikowske, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, about recent efforts to stem the flow of drugs from Mexican by decreasing the demand in the U.S.
Keywords: Drugs · director · Americans · civil · Washington · Mexico · Mexican · Soldiers · illegal · Liane Hansen · prosecutors · Traffic
Feb 17th, 2010 · Since Arizona deployed speed cameras on highways statewide, traffic deaths are down and the cameras have helped raise millions in revenue. But disgruntled drivers have harassed camera company workers — and the hostility has even been implicated in a shooting death.
Keywords: company · deaths · Cameras · workers · revenue · Traffic · Highway · Arizona · Driver · disgruntled · hostility
Feb 16th, 2010 · A prominent Ukrainian woman arrived at an airport near Paris, and was driving into the city when her car got stuck in traffic. A thief seized the opportunity to pull open the car door and make off with the lady's handbag. She told the BBC that her purse contained jewels, rings and earrings worth more than $6 million.
Keywords: city · lady · Paris · airports · BBC · Traffic · Ukraine · doors · daughter · Handbags · thief
Feb 12th, 2010 · Winter storm warnings spanned the Gulf Coast states early Friday as the snow crawled east out of Texas, where it left the Dallas area with more than a foot of snow, nearly 200 traffic accidents and hundreds of canceled flights. Snow, ice and sleet closed parts of Interstate 49 in central Louisiana early Friday.
Keywords: accidents · Texas · Louisiana · Traffic · Gulf Coast · Dallas · snowfall
Jan 20th, 2010 · International calling over traditional phone lines is down but traffic is soaring on Skype — the free Internet-based calling service. Skype's traffic is projected to grow more than 60 percent in 2009.
Keywords: services · Traditional · Traffic · Internet · 2009 · Pie · Skype
Jan 15th, 2010 · The massive medical aid response to Haiti has got United Nations traffic managers worried that medical do-gooders will be creating logjams. The U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says the medical field hospitals already in the pipeline — from France, Israel, Belgium and others — are enough for now.
Keywords: Israel · hospital · manager · France · Haiti · U.N · Disaster · medical · United Nations · pipeline · Traffic · Relief
Jan 15th, 2010 · Haiti's international airport in Port-au-Prince is struggling to accommodate planes filled with supplies, relief workers and volunteers. There's no electricity, the air traffic control system is down, and pilots who've flown in to the airport say the damage from the earthquake is severe.
Keywords: Haiti · airports · workers · supplies · electricity · earthquake · Traffic · Relief · volunteers · chaotic · au Prince
Dec 24th, 2009 · A major winter storm was sweeping through the nation's midsection Thursday, causing flight delays and cancellations and snarling road traffic from Texas to Minnesota.
Keywords: national · road · Texas · Traffic · Christmas · nightmare · Minnesota · midsection
