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The dark side of daylight saving time

  • Written by David Wagner, Professor of Management, University of Oregon
A New York engineer is wheeled away in December 2013, after a train he was driving crashed. Lack of sleep could have been a factor.AP Photo/Robert Stolarik

A train hurtled around a corner at 82 mph, eventually coming off the rails and killing four passengers.

Decades earlier, faulty decision-making resulted in the deaths of the seven-person crew of...

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