Deaths on roads reach record low (BBC News)
The number of annual road deaths in the Thames Valley areas fall to their lowest level since records began.
Barrett touts drop in fire deaths (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
A drop in fire-related deaths in Milwaukee should assuage critics of cuts implemented in recent years at the Milwaukee Fire Department, Mayor Tom Barrett said Monday.
Iraq still deadliest place for journalists despite big decline in deaths there during 2008 (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists says Iraq remains the most lethal place for working media members despite a two-thirds decline in deaths there in 2008.
589 Wisconsin traffic deaths in '08, lowest number since 1944 (Wisconsin State Journal)
Perhaps because of high gas prices in the summer and bad weather in the winter, fewer people died on Wisconsin's highways last year than in any year since World War II. But not content to rest on that success, the state Department of Transportation announced Monday it is launching a $300,000 campaign to bring down the number of deaths even further. The campaign is being funded entirely with ...
Fewer deaths reported on Genesee County roads in 2008, but officials not ready to say it's due to safer driving (The Flint Journal)
GENESEE COUNTY, Michigan -- It appears that Genesee County roads were significantly less deadly in 2008, according to preliminary data from state and local agencies. But it remains to be seen whether the decrease in road deaths is a statistical...
Quebec woman arraigned on murder charges in deaths of her three kids (Barrie Examiner)
SAGUENAY, Que. - A Quebec woman has been formally charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children. Cathy Gauthier-Lachance, 36, who [...]
Manatee deaths in Florida rise in '08 (Florida Today)
TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials say 337 manatees died in Florida last year, a slight rise from 2007 but still below the five-year average. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says watercraft strikes accounted for 90 deaths.
Quebec woman charged with murder in deaths of her three kids (Hamilton Spectator)
The Canadian Press SAGUENAY, Que. — A Quebec woman was formally charged today with first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children.
TRIAL IN FDNY DEATHS (New York Post)
Two tenants and a building manager who allegedly constructed a deathtrap by dividing up a Bronx tenement go on trial today in the deaths of two firemen. The "Black Sunday" fire of Jan. 23, 2005, claimed the lives of Curtis Meyran, 46, and John...
Fewer Crashes, More Deaths During This New Year's Holiday (KSPR Springfield)
During this New Year’s holiday, the state Highway Patrol investigated fewer crashes, but more traffic deaths. More than twice as many people died on Missouri roads this year compared to last New Year's counting period.