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Red-light cameras reduce fatal car crashes, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In the cities studied, deaths involving red-light violations dropped by an average of nearly 25%. But don't expect the cameras to bring in city revenue.

Last year saw a sharp decline in on-the-job injuries in the United States, mainly because there were fewer jobs. Workplace fatalities due to injuries plunged 17% to 4,340 in 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported. That's the lowest since records began 18 years ago. The economy lost 4.7 million...

Workplace deaths are down 10 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unfortunately, the number of suicides jumped 28 percent in 2008, the last year or which data is available. A total of 5,071 fatalities occurred in the workplace in 2008. This is the lowest rate since the BLS...

The number of humans bit by sharks declined in 2008 and the leading shark attack researcher blames the recession. George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File, says sharks bit 59 people around the world in 2008, down from 71 the year before. Sharks bit fewer people not because...