| Parked Cars Badly Damaged In SF Crash Driver Hospitalized |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Police were investigating a collision in which the driver hit multiple vehicles in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood Friday morning, police said. About 4 a.m. police responded to multiple reports of a vehicle collision near the intersection of Geary Boulevard and ...
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| Toyota recalls 10000 cars for wiper issue |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
MORE Toyota is recalling about 10,000 cars because the windshield wiper wipers can break.Toyota says the recall includes 2013 and 2014 Toyota Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, Camry, Camry Hybrid and 2014 Corolla sedans.The problem involves a manufacturing mistake in the wiper switch assembly. A potential short circuit could occur if the wiper is moved from the "off" position to the ...
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| Calif. Gov. vetoes bill banning future sales of semi-auto rifles would have been US toughest |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, second from left, gestures to a pair of semi-automatic rifles as he discusses a package of proposed gun control legislation at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Steinbergs's SB374 which would have banned future sales of most semi-automatic rifles that accept detachable ...
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| Wild acceleration cases seem winnable for Toyota |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. still faces dozens of lawsuits claiming that defective electronics caused some of its cars to accelerate uncontrollably, often with tragic results, but those cases seem more winnable given the automaker's latest courtroom ...
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| Hybrid Cars Seen As Status Symbol By Older Americans |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
hybrid cars may not be as powerful as a muscle car or as dignified as a Rolls Royce, they are increasingly considered as something of a status symbol by people of a certain age. According to a new Baylor University study, many drivers aged 60 and older consider their hybrid car as a source of pride and prestige, in addition to being good for the environment. ';If I want to pay $5 for a ...
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| Oakland Burglary suspects in Jaguar ram patrol car in Dimond District |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
OAKLAND -- Two police officers and a city worker suffered minor injuries Friday morning after two burglary suspects hit them and rammed a police car in the Dimond District, police said.Officers saw a car burglary in progress about 10:05 a.m. in a parking lot behind shops on busy Fruitvale Avenue near Interstate 580. The suspects tried to flee by driving down Bienati Way, a short alley that ...
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| Fitch Affirms Two Classes of Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust 2011-B |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
U.S. Economy Research and Commentary With the political showdown in Congress over the Affordable Care Act, Fitch Ratings looks at the impact of the Act, and the subsequent government shutdown, on the credit ...
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| Jury Finds Toyota Not Liable in Camry Drivers Death |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
After a string of federal penalties and settlements topping $1 billion, all pertaining to Toyota's unintended-acceleration recalls, the automaker scored a victory this week in Superior Court in Los Angeles. A jury ruled that Toyota was not liable for the death of a California woman killed in a 2009 car crash. The suit had claimed that Noriko Uno died because ...
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| SUVs trucks vans more rollover-prone than other vehicles |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
Safety ratings on cars, SUVs and trucks are often used as major selling points by manufacturers. That only makes sense. We all want to be as safe as we can be on the road. Unfortunately, as careful as we as individuals may be, we can't control how others behave and where there is negligence or recklessness, there is heightened risk of an accident that can be life altering or life ending. ...
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| Exhibit of Porsche racing and street cars opens at North Carolina Museum of Art |
Oct 11th, 2013 |
Porsche exhibit opens in North Carolina by MARTHA WAGGONER, Associated Press - 11 October 2013 14:49-04:00 RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- Curator Ken Gross had his first encounter with Porsches in college, when the cool guys were driving Super 90 Coupes. His old Ford, which was fine for attracting girls in high school, didn't compare. "I lusted after that car," Gross says. ...
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