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ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com.re's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. >>> welcome back, everyone. a warning this morning for all of you who wear headphones while walking down the street. >> there's new research that shows the combination of the two is in fact deadly. it's not that you can't hear the traffic, but rather your brain ignores it. abc's yunji de nies has more details. >> reporter: watch this woman texting fall head first into a fountain. >> is there water in there? >> oh, yeah, it's full. >> reporter: oh, no, it's risky to text and walk. now it turns out popping in your headphones could be just as hazardous. a new study finds that the number of people killed or injured while walking with headphones on has tripled over the last seven years. in that same time the popularity of digital music players has exploded. today 3 out of 4 teenagers use one. the problem isn't as obvious as it seems. when you put these on, it's not just that you can't hear the traffic around you

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ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com.'s a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. ♪ >>> i love political season. am i making you tired? >> no. the yawn came out of nowhere. >> politics can be tough. you can be tough, too. >> thank you. >> and so can the voters that the candidates try so hard to please. did i wake you up a little bit? >> it's no wonder politicians try to warm up the crowds, though, way little bit of humor, whether they're funny or not. abc's john berman has the lighter side of your voice, your vote. >> reporter: two candidates walk into a bar. one says to the other, you're not funny. the other says, neither are you. get it? actually, it's no joke. it's politics. which by and large is no joke. at least not a funny one. take the president in his state of the union, discussing government dairy regulations. >> with a rule like that i guess it was worth crying over spilled milk. [ rim shot ] that sound you heard tuesday, 38 million groans and one stoic look from the first lady.

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ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com. there's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. >>> welcome back to abc news special coverage of the iowa >>> welcome back to abc news special coverage of the iowa caucuses. your voice, your vote. dead heat tonight. no question about it. let's go to our abc news political consultant, matt dowd and leslie sanchez joining us from headquarters in new york. matt, let me begin with you. this incredibly close election, what does it say about the party and what comes next? >> it is interesting to me. i think it says a lot you. have to congratulate mitt romney on the victory he had. the only one coming out with momentum is rick santorum even though he lost by a few votes. he is the new guy on the scene. everybody else in the primaries had their shot. and the nonmitt romney. the two primaries, mitt romney primary, 25% of the vote, and nonmitt romney primary. that's what we have to figure out over the course out next few weeks, terry is whether or not rick san

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ask your doctor if lunesta is right for you. then get lunesta for $0 at lunesta.com.here's a land of restful sleep. we can help you go there on the wings of lunesta. >>> since the early 1990s, the taser has become a law enforcement favorite. especially it seems in cities like chicago, where taser use by police has grown fivefold in just the last three years. the question is whether the spike in tasering makes the public more or less save. tonight, we go inside the company that makes them for answers. here's my co-anchor bill weir with an encore presentation. >> reporter: every three minutes, someone somewhere in the world -- >> don't taze me, bro. >> reporter: gets tasered and that's just by law enforcement. it doesn't include all these "jackass" inspired knuckleheads who do it for kicks and youtube or the tough-guy reporters who want a first person perspective. or the directors of films like "the hangover" who know complete loss of motor function is comedy gold. >> right in the nuts. >> whose that'ser is this? >> reporter: maybe scenes like this one in "nurse jackie"