The fatality rate on the nation's highways in 2004 was the lowest since record-keeping began 30 years ago, according to a recent analysis by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Following a tsunami scare in along the West Coast in June, state and federal officials are looking into a series of technical errors that delayed the issuing of a tsunami warning in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In response to the disastrous hurricane season, Congress has approved two measures that would offer financial aid to Floridians. One provides $11.6 billion in disaster aid for damage caused by
Despite an increase in fatal work injuries during 2003, that year and the previous one were the lowest ever recorded by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A horrible legal precedent may have been established in a Chicago courtroom on March 8, 2004, in the case of Canty (N5323K)/Walker (N2071L) vs. Segal (N305MM).