SAFETY

Over the past three weeks, investors have been rushing into short-term Treasury exchange-traded funds to shield themselves from the roller coaster equity markets.

Graphic smoking warnings violate first amendment, lawyers say.

The OSHA releases new details on the April death of Michele Dufault.

Five tobacco companies filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government, claiming that government-required graphic warning labels on cigarette packages are unconstitutional and that they violate their rights. "The primary complaint is that we think it violates the First Amendment for the government to require people who produce a lawful product to essentially urge prospective purchasers not to buy it," First Amendment case expert Floyd Abrams said.

London police have charged more than 1,000 in the riots that plagued the city for days last week.

Critics have chided President Barack Obama for his economic reforms, which they view as too big, or too liberal. The reality is however, that if Obama's reforms don't stand, and the economic/social problems are not addressed, an even more-liberal public official will likely emerge to propose and enact bigger changes.

Amazon has come up with ways to pamper your sleek, expensive smartphones even when you drop them by creating an airbag system for phones.

J.E. Warner, an American national working in Pakistan on a development project, was abducted from his Islamabad residence on Saturday.

London courts are efficiently processing rioting cases 24 hours a day.

Thousands of Chinese took to the streets of a southwestern town on Thursday, with some smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, according to news reports.

Murder brings issue of principal, teacher safety to light.

Scotland is secure in the thought that the 2011 England Riots will not move north. If they do, however, Scottish police will be ready.

The UK is seeing the worst civil unrest in 30 years just months before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but officials are optimistic that the riots will have no effect on the safety or planning of the games.

Rumors circulated in the neighborhood that Sikh temples would be targeted by rioters.

Johnson added: ?This is not a time to think about making substantial cuts in police numbers.?

Discussions and debates are on regarding a new Missouri law that would forbid teachers to add students in their buddy list.

Mark Duggan, the 29-year-old man whose death sparked London's riots, did not shoot police officers before he was killed, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said Tuesday. The IPCC said a CO19 firearms officer shot him twice and that the bullet lodged in a police radio was "consistent with being fired from a police gun."

Auto safety regulators have opened preliminary investigations into new Ford Motor Co Mustangs with manual transmissions for possible shifting problems and diesel Volkswagen Jetta sedans for possible fuel leaks.

The one year anniversary of the mine accident in Chile is on Friday.

"As children begin preparing to return to school, it's important for parents and children to go over school bus safety tips together," says Susan Laurence, injury prevention coordinator, Trauma Services at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. "This will help ensure a safe, enjoyable start to the school year for everyone."

As the focus of modern warfare shifts from conventional military campaigns to clandestine, targeted strikes, the U.S. military has increasingly come to rely on covert operatives employed by U.S. Special Operations Command, according to a new report.