2008 Woodie Awards
CHICAGO (AP) - Motorists convicted of driving drunk will have to install breath-monitoring gadgets in their cars under new laws taking effect in six states this week. The ignition interlocks prevent engines from starting until drivers blow into the alcohol detectors to prove they're sober.
WASHINGTON (AP) - AirTran Airways apologized Friday to nine Muslims kicked off a New Year's Day flight to Florida after other passengers reported hearing a suspicious remark about airplane security. One of the passengers said the confusion started at Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.
Retail gasoline prices tumbled to a 58-month low and while crude futures rose Friday, most market analysts believed it was a temporary pause in an extended, downward arc as recession spreads. "We're paying about a billion dollars per day less than we were in July" for gasoline, said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service.
Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars and possibility, but in a Christmas shopping season in which many Americans were unwilling to spend a packed lot doesn't always translate into holiday cheer.
HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) - As the economy worsens by the day, physicians and therapists who treat physical and mental effects of stress and anxiety are seeing more new patients.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration came to the rescue of the deeply troubled U.S. auto industry Friday, offering $17.4 billion in loans in exchange for concessions from carmakers and their workers.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Jones filmed a series of 12 soap opera vignettes with a Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey grant, and recently received a $2 million National Institutes of Health grant to test the campaign's effectiveness.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Universities and colleges are developing or restarting nuclear-education programs, often working with energy companies to replenish the industry's aging work force in anticipation of new plants going online to meet increasing electricity demand.
ATLANTA (AP) - A letter from Oprah Winfrey last week seemed like the world's best Christmas present - until teacher Ron Clark noticed an extra piece of paper flutter out of the envelope. That's when the Atlanta educator saw the $365,000 check for the innovative private school he opened in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods in 2007.
NEW YORK (AP) - Peyton Manning took a different approach to earning a record-tying third Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award. The Indianapolis Colts quarterback got hurt, struggled when he came back, then lost a bunch of games. Hardly vintage Manning.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The portion of homes with cell phones but no landlines has grown to 18 percent, led by adults living with unrelated roommates, renters and young people, according to federal figures released Wednesday. An additional 13 percent of households have landlines but get all or nearly all calls on their cells, the survey showed.
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