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New York Study of Pedestrian Victims Leads to Unexpected Conclusions - NYTimes.com

> Want to take a safe stroll around New York City? Avoid crossing at intersections. Pay special heed to cars making left turns. Do not go anywhere between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m., stick to the side streets and skip Manhattan entirely. > > It has never been easy to safely navigate the streets of New York, where automobiles zip inches away from smartphone-toting pedestrians and the footrace across an intersection has been compared to a game of human Frogger. > > But a report released Monday by the city’s transportation planners…

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Men more likely to cheat on women with bigger paychecks, study says - CNN.com

> So what financial situation would make men more likely to be faithful? > > Men in relationships with women who made about 75 percent of the men’s income were the least likely to cheat, said the study, which was released at the American Sociological Association’s 105th annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. > > The study, “The Effect of Relative Income Disparity on Infidelity for Men and Women,” examined married and cohabitating people between the ages of 18 and 28, who were in the relationship for more than a year. The study uses…

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