Nearly 80 percent of the pedestrians observed were walking alone

People distracted by pets or children were almost three times as likely to skip looking both ways.

Nearly 80 percent of the pedestrians observed were walking alone, and the large majority obeyed the lights and crossed at the crosswalk.

Most of those distracted by mobile devices were listening to music (about 11 percent), with more than 7 percent textingand more than 6 percent talking or listening on a handheld phone.

Female pedestrians, whether distracted or not, were somewhat less likely to look both ways while crossing the street.

"This isn't rocket science," Ebel said. "To be completely honest, many of us do it ourselves. I do not, because I've seen enough of this. But I guess I challenge us all to think what we can do."

Kruger shot 66 on the first day

Kruger shot 66 on the first day, despite damaging his eight-iron and being unable to use it for much of his round -- a handicap he blamed for a double bogey on the last hole.

"I got it fixed, and I actually used it once," he said of the club. "Yesterday I probably would have used it six times after I bent it. So you know, Murphy's Law."

And he said he hoped to continue his hot form into the weekend at the US$6.1 million event, which is co-sanctioned by the US PGA and the AsianTour.

"I think I'll probably just try to do the same. I've been playing well. I can't really play much better than I am at the moment," Kruger said. "The key is to hit the fairways, hit the greens, and take it from there."

It also cemented Ibanez's place in Yankees lore

On Wednesday, Ibanez topped them all with one swing. Well, two swings actually that, in the words of Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher, "looked absolutely identical. They were both rockets." The first connected with a Jim  Johnsonfastball with one out in the ninth inning and sent it screaming into the seats in right field to tie the game at 2. The second came to start the 12th inning, against Brian Matusz, and landed in the second deck of the right field stands to become a walk-off home run that gave the Yankees a 3-2 victory and a 2-1 series lead.

It also cemented Ibanez's place in Yankees lore, and not just because he is the first person in postseason history to hit two home runs in a game that he didn't start. And not just because this was the third time he had hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning or later in just three weeks. And not even because he gave the new Stadium, now in its fourth year, the kind of unforgettable, unexpected and electric October moment that for so many decades defined its departed neighbor across the street.

Wilson said he’s experienced that

The old adage about the game slowing down with time? Wilson said he's experienced that.

"Oh yeah, definitely," the cornerback said. "Each year it's gotten slower. Just because I know what to look for."

Of course, even in Wilson'sbest-case scenario, he'll be a far cry from the best cornerback in the league. Safe to say that there will be a fair amount of scrutiny on him to see how he copes with a full-time gig.

For his part, Wilson said he didn't feel any added pressure. And if quarterbacks decide to attack his side of the field - as Miami did in 2010 when Revis was out - that doesn't bother him.

The brother of the shot dead with his wife and two other people came

Four French police investigators were arriving in Britain on Saturday as part of an investigation into the grisly slayings of a British-Iraqi family vacationing in the French Alps.

The brother of the shot dead with his wife and two other people came forward to British police on Friday and denied any conflict in the family, as investigators looked into a possible money dispute among the siblings, a French prosecutor said.

Authorities have identified the dead as mechanical design engineer Saad al Hilli and his wife, Ikbal, based partly on the testimony of their 4-year-old daughter Zeena, who survived unhurt by hiding under her mother's skirt as some 25 automatic-handgun rounds were fired.

News of the approach sent RIM's shares up 9pc in early trading

News of the approach sent RIM's shares up 9pc in early trading, before closing up 6.2pc. Analysts estimate the sale could net RIM between $1.5bn (£957m) and $2.5bn but it would leave little left to pick over at the company.

Such a deal would effectively reduce the Canadiancompany to its handset unit, whose fortunes have declined sharply since RIM's 2009 heyday, when BlackBerry devices accounted for one in every five mobiles sold. "You can only view the handset division as in a death spiral," said Frank Marsala, an analyst at Gartner. 

Raisman’s floor routine on Sunday

Going into qualifying, Wieber had lost an all-around title only twice — both to fellow Americans — since the 2008 season.

In qualifying, though, she was uncharacteristically shaky, and that was all it took for her to fall to third on a power-packed United States team. She stepped out of bounds on the vault and then broke her form on a handstand during her uneven bars routine. She bobbled on the balance beam.

On the floor exercise, the United States team's final event, she stepped out of bounds, and Raisman — the bronze medalist on floor at the 2011 world championships — followed with a much stronger performance. Raisman's floor routine on Sunday, given 15.325 points, was the best of the day.