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Fiat’s Miata

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Fiat needs a transfusion, something new. But the pending (2017) Spider 124 strikes me as a graft ... a pre-existing thing stitched on to the body. Will it take? Time will tell. The 124 is...

Looks Like GM’s On the Hook

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Bad news for GM... but good news for the lawyers: NEW YORK (Reuters) -- A judge on Wednesday rejected General Motors' bid to dismiss the first so-called "bellwether" case over defective ignition...

Pols to Wear Corporate Logos?

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I like it... Popular memes calling for politicians to wear the logos of their corporate sponsors have circulated the internet for years, but the suggestion may soon be a reality for California...

The Lawyers Will Have a Field Day

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DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Imagine a robot car with no one behind the wheel hitting another driverless car. Who’s at fault? The answer: No one knows. But plaintiff’s lawyers are salivating at the...

Chicago Hero “Accidentally” Shoots Woman

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Here's another one. What happens when a not-hero (an ordinary person, you or me) "accidentally" blows someone away? Do we get a paid vacation? Well, sort of. In prison. But not...

So Much For “Opting Out”

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In the frog and warming pot of water department:  The Transportation Security Administration can now mandate that any passenger go through a body scanner even if the traveler ask to opt out and...

PA Hero Thinks Speed Limits Are For The Little People

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BY SCOTT MARSHALL On a bright Tuesday afternoon I was leaving work when a well-known unmarked state police vehicle drove around me without emergency lights at approximately 20 miles over the...

“I’m Going to Fucking Kill You” Hero is All Weepy Now

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Former St. Ann police Lt. Ray Albers said Wednesday at an administrative hearing at the Missouri Department of Public Safety that his life was “ruined” after video emerged of him pointing his AR-15...

VW Doing Exactly The Wrong Thing

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...I'll have a rant about this shortly. Meanwhile, note bolded portions:  BERLIN (Reuters) -- Scarred by a public relations thrashing over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen is planning an image offensive,...

Der Fuhrer About to Issue a New Befehl

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As his administration prepares an executive order tightening access to guns, President Barack Obama met Wednesday with former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a proponent of new gun laws who...
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