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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, a investigator looks through debris of a UPS A300 cargo plane after it crashed on approach at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala. Federal investigators are looking at pilot fatigue, among other issues, as a possible factor in the fatal predawn crash of a UPS cargo jet. The National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a hearing for Feb. 20, 2014, on the accident, which killed both pilots. (AP Photo/Hal Yeager, File)
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Pilots reported fatigue, erred in UPS jet crash

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Accident rates improving for older drivers
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Accident rates improving for older drivers

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FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 file photo, a passenger checks his cell phone while boarding a flight, in Boston. Allowing airline passengers to make cellphone calls in-flight is asking for trouble, lawmakers said Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, as a House panel approved a bill to ban such calls. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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House takes step toward ban on in-flight calls

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Southwest Airlines Flight 4013 sits at the M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Hollister, Mo. On nearly 150 flights, U.S. commercial air carriers have either landed at the wrong airport or started to land and realized their mistake in time, according to a search by The Associated Press of government safety databases and media reports since the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Leader, Valerie Mosley, File)
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Pilots often head to wrong airports, reports show

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2014 file photo, Southwest Airlines Flight 4013 sits at the M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Hollister, Mo. On nearly 150 flights, U.S. commercial air carriers have either landed at the wrong airport or started to land and realized their mistake in time, according to a search by The Associated Press of government safety databases and media reports since the early 1990s. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Leader, Valerie Mosley, File)
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Reports detail pilots heading to wrong airports

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The U.S. Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. (Thinkstock Image)
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US warns of explosives in toothpaste tubes

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Government investigators have found crude oil being transported from North Dakota's Bakken region was misclassified in samples taken from 11 out of 18 truck shipments en route to rail loading stations, federal transportation officials said Tuesday. (Thinkstock Image)
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Feds: Oil from Dakota fields improperly classified

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FILE - This May 22, 2012 file photo shows a side mirror warning signal in a Ford Taurus at an automobile testing area in Oxon Hill, Md. Federal officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle communication could eventually transform traffic safety. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Car-to-car talk offers warning on collisions

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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx listens at right as National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administration (NHTSA) Acting Administrator David Friedman, center, speaks about the Transportation Department's decision on vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, at the Transportation Department in Washington. Assistant Transportation Department Secretary for Research and Technology Greg Winfree is at left. . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Car-to-car talk: Hey, look out for that collision!

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Federal officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle communication could transform traffic safety. (AP/Susan Walsh)
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Feds to decide on car-to-car communications

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