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Occupy Wall Street Sang Carols To Protest The MTA Fare Hike
Last week, the MTA officially approved a proposed fare hike for New York City.On Christmas Eve, Occupy Wall Street protesters took to subways, singing carols arguing against the increased fares.On...
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Here's The Huge Jet Powered Snow Thrower The MTA Uses To Fight Winter
Blizzards have ravaged the Midwest and South this week, and moved toward the Northeast Corridor last night. To prepare, the MTA activated its snow fighting arsenal.The chief tool for clearing above...
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Hundreds Of Flights To Eastern Airports Canceled As Blizzards Continue
Yesterday, more than 1,600 flights to, from, and within the United States were canceled as blizzards blanketed the country.So far today, 607 flights have been canceled, according to FlightAware.com.As...
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One Man's Lawsuit Could Lead To Big Problems For Ford (F)
Earlier this month, Consumer Reports found Ford's new C-Max and Fusion hybrids fell about 20 percent short of the fuel economy figures the automaker promised in its marketing campaigns.On December 7,...
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Audi Will Spend $17.2 Billion On Expansion To Compete With BMW
BERLIN (Reuters) - German luxury automaker Audi plans to keep spending on new vehicles, plants and technology to increase market share as a prolonged weakening in European markets forces layoffs and...
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A Museum's Amazing Collection Of Classic Cars Is Open To The Public For The...
The Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles has been open since 1994, but it was not until this month that the public had access to its most interesting part: "the vault."Below...
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Chicago Has The Priciest Parking In The Country Because Of A Bad Deal
The price of public parking in downtown Chicago is about to go up for the fifth year in a row — enough to give the Windy City the dubious distinction of having the most expensive parking meters in the...
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Consumers Just Aren't Interested In Electric Cars
The 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car" explores GM's attempts to bring an electric car to market in the mid-1990s.The usual suspects are trotted out – the oil industry, the automakers, and...
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Dangerously Tired British Pilots May Soon Have To Work Longer Hours
Pilots have been falling asleep in the cockpit because of shift patterns which can see them at the controls of an aircraft 23 hours after waking up, a study has found.The findings of a study by Simon...
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Good Samaritan Is Trying To Return A Wedding Ring He Found On A Snowy Highway
KINGVALE, Calif. (AP) — Finding a lost wedding ring along a snowy highway is hard enough. But a Good Samaritan in Northern California also has to track down the man it belongs to.Douglas Benedetti says...
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The Dockworkers' Strike Could Be A Major Blow For Home Depot And Lowe's
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Home Depot Inc. and Lowe’s Cos. have the most at stake among retailers facing a dockworkers’ strike, with possible port closings cutting off shipments right before the lucrative...
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Toyota's Legal Problems May Finally Be Done With (TM)
DETROIT/NEW YORK, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp eliminated a huge obstacle with a U.S. settlement over unintended acceleration in its cars and trucks, leaving it to fight smaller cases that will...
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The 10 Biggest Auto Stories Of 2012
Resilience and the auto industry went hand-in-glove in 2012 as automakers plumped up their bottom lines, ladled on luxury features in new models and turned their once-battered fortunes on their...
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Brutal US Storm Has Killed 16 And Left Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people across the eastern half of the country plodded across the Northeast on Thursday, trapping airliners in...
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Top Gear Host Told American Airlines 'I Will Kill You' In A Wild Twitter Rant
Jeremy Clarkson, a host of the BBC hit show "Top Gear," went on an impressive Twitter rant last night, after American Airlines apparently lost his wife's bag.Known for his temper, Clarkson threatened...
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Ex-TSA Screener Says Agents Laugh At 'Nude' Passengers In Private Rooms
In a post on the blog "Taking Sense Away," an anonymous, self-described former TSA screener wrote that security agents in image operator rooms engage in "light sexual play" and laugh at nude images of...
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The Massive East Coast Port Strike Has Been Averted
A possible strike by 14,500 longshoremen at 14 major East Coast ports has been averted, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FCMS) announced today.The main issue of contention between the...
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YACHT OF THE WEEK: Cross The Ocean On The Modern $21 Million 'Streamline'
When you spend millions of dollars on a luxury yacht, you do not want to be confined to a single region. With the "Streamline," you won't be: Its 85,000-liter fuel tanks provide a range of more than...
View ArticleDr. Oz: The Future Of Medicine Will Depend On Technology, Not Doctors
Dr. Oz believes that technology and advancements in design and functionality of everyday objects will play a great part in the future of health and medicine."I see the car, which is right now one of...
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Boeing Just Bought A Ridiculous Amount Of Land In South Carolina
Boeing Co has signed a deal allowing it to buy nearly 1,100 acres of land at the site of its 787 jet factory in South Carolina, a deal that gives it room to expand production.The acquisition gives...
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