Attention, and lobbying, shifts to House on auto repair issue

Source: Boston Herald

After the Senate acted last week to prevent a controversial measure concerning access to auto repair information from going to the ballot, the House appears in no rush to pass legislation and proponents are taking no ...
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As Apps Move Into Cars, So Do More Distractions

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

May 26, 2012 1:04 pm Share with others: By JOHN R. QUAIN / The New York Times THERE have been the sexy horsepower wars and dull best-in-class fuel-efficiency battles. Now automakers are fighting an undeclared, escalating wa ...
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Historicist: The Dawn of the Horseless Era

Source: Torontoist

The vehicle at right is believed to be the first automobile in Toronto, photographed circa 1912. City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 56. On December 7, 1896, the Globe heralded “the dawn of the horseless ...
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Now, perfume that smells like ‘new car’

Source: IndiaVision

London - Ford Spain has launched a new perfume that smells like a new car. The perfume called âOlor a Nuevoâ (which means âsmells newâ) forms the keynote of the car manufacturerâs new olfactory campaign, designed in association with Ogilvy Madrid ...
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H.B. man killed in New Zealand crash remembered at paddleout

Source: The Orange County Register

HUNTINGTON BEACH About 200 people gathered near Lifeguard Tower 7 Friday night for a paddleout to remember Austin Brashears, a 21-year-old Huntington Beach man who died in an automobile crash in New Zeal ...
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No need to wait for November to know election outcome

Source: Reuters

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Many folks may fret themselves into a frenzy over the November U.S. elections and whether the world will come to an end on December 21, but for about 1,500 people gathered in New Orleans for ...
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Western Oil Booming

Source: Rantburg

From Canada to Colombia to Brazil, oil and gas production in the Western Hemisphere is booming, with the United States emerging less dependent on supplies from an unstable Middle East. Central to the new energy equation is ...
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Don't Worry About Your Kids' Economic Future, Worry about Yours

Source: The Market Oracle

Politics / US Debt May 26, 2012 - 10:32 AM The Flynn effect is the name given to a substantial and long-sustained increase in intelligence test scores measured in many parts of the world. When intelligence quotient (IQ) te ...
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Safety tips to keep pets cool this summer

Source: Kansas.com

As summer approaches, consider some tips from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on how to keep your pets safe during the warm days of summer. • A visit to the veterinarian for a spring or early sum ...
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