Robert Hight scorches Heartland Park dragstrip for world Funny Car speed record, The Topeka Capital-Journal

Robert Hight scorches Heartland Park dragstrip for world Funny Car speed record, The Topeka Capital-Journal

Robert Hight scorches Heartland Park dragstrip for world Funny Car speed record

Funny Car driver Robert Hight set a national record Friday with a run of Three.826 seconds at 337.66 mph during the very first day of the NHRA Menards Heartland Nationals at HEartland Park Topeka. (Chris Neal/The Capital-Journal)

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Road Accident: News, Photos, Latest News Headlines about Road Accident – The Indian Express

Road Accident: News, Photos, Latest News Headlines about Road Accident – The Indian Express

Road Accident

Thane: Tribunal awards Rs five lakh to parents of chick who died in accident

The judge observed that had the deceased been alive and grown up, she would have certainly contributed to her family’s future income. The tribunal worked out the compensation at Rs Four.50 lakh for the loss of future income of the family and Rs 50,000 for the loss of love and affection and the funeral cost. Read More

Railing Myanmar – s Leisurely Trains is a Travel Treat, TravelPulse

Railing Myanmar – s Leisurely Trains is a Travel Treat, TravelPulse

Railing Myanmar’s Leisurely Trains is a Travel Treat

PHOTO: Train rails through Myanmar are best described as sleepy. And we could all use a nap. (photo via Flickr/Clay Gilliland)

Taking a train rail through Myanmar seems to cover all manner of the travel spectrum. It could be plodding or romantic, depending on your general outlook and time on mitt. Read More

Richmond News & Weather, Petersburg, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Central VA

Richmond News & Weather, Petersburg, Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Central VA

Brazilian tourist stabbed in NYC had arrived hours before

Fresh YORK (AP) — A Brazilian tourist who was stabbed in a busy area near Fresh York City’s Central Park says he had been in the United States f…

9-year-old found with life-threatening injury on Henrico railroad tracks

Authorities in Henrico County are investigating after a 9-year-old boy was found suffering from a life-threatening injury on the CSX railroa…

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Research shows cellphone use may not cause more car crashes

Research shows cellphone use may not cause more car crashes

Research shows cellphone use may not cause more car crashes

For almost twenty years, it has been a wide-held belief that talking on a cellphone while driving is dangerous and leads to more accidents. However, fresh research from Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics and Political Science suggests that talking on a cellphone while driving does not increase crash risk. Read More

Research project a big chance for electrified car club – Engineering, Engineering

Research project a big chance for electrified car club – Engineering, Engineering

Research project a big chance for electrified car club

Posted By: Kaitlin Motley on Friday, January 28th, 2011

The electrified car club is working with alternative fuel vehicles for the MU Fire Response Training Institute. The project includes a grant that will help the club acquire parts to build its own alternative fuel vehicle. Read More