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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. financial crime agency has adopted a rule allowing local, state and foreign police agencies to seek information from American banks, despite opposition from industry groups.

Filed under: Government/Legal, Safety Concerned that "gadgets and bells and whistles" are distracting drivers, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is reportedly pushing to keep the technologies out of driver's hands - without going so far as to say he'll try to restrict them. LaHood, who has already campaigned for a ban on hand-held texting and cell phone use while operating a moving vehicle, says he is "going to talk to the car manufacturers and see where this leads." According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2009 nearly 6,000 people were killed in crashes involving a distracted or inattentive driver - and more than 800,000 vehicles are driven by someone using a hand-held cell phone each day. While the Department of Transportation intends to issue regulations in 2010 to discourage driving while distracted by technology, LaHood has gone several steps further by saying he is on a "rampage" against the behavior. This is likely a good time to remind everyone that a recent study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that bans on hand-held cell phones in California, Connecticut, New York, and Washington D.C., had no impact on vehicle accidents - LaHood attributes those results simply to complaisant enforcement by police agencies. [Source: The Detroit News]Report: Transportation Secretary LaHood concerned with influx of in-car technologies originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

Reuters - Halfway through its first season, TNT's Ray Romano show "Men of a Certain Age" has been renewed for a second season with a 10-episode order.

AP - A group of Swedish citizens accused by Iran of terrorism and other crimes demanded Wednesday that their names be removed from Interpol's wanted list, and slammed the international police agency for honoring politically motivated requests.

International News: 'Avatar,' 'Ice Age' propel studio to $2.24 million overseas -- With help from animated dinosaurs, singing chipmunks and the distant world of Pandora, 20th Century Fox has reached an estimated $2.26 billion in foreign ticket sales to set a new industry record at the international box office.

Film News: 'Avatar,' 'Ice Age' propel studio to $2.24 million overseas -- With help from animated dinosaurs, singing chipmunks and the distant world of Pandora, 20th Century Fox has reached an estimated $2.26 billion in foreign ticket sales to set a new industry record at the international box office.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - European police agency Europol said on Thursday it had arrested 115 alleged child sex offenders, some of them teachers or caretakers, in raids across 19 countries in an operation against child pornography.