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And Now for Another Big Toyota Recall

Sorry, Toyota. Certainly there’ll be a slew of jokes about the automaker’s old “Oh, what a feeling!” commercials—oh, wait, too late!—now that Toyota has caught yet another tough break (sorry again) in the form of a recall of about “436,000 hybrid vehicles worldwide,” according to the BBC.

Posted on Feb 9, 2010 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


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‘Cash for Clunkers’ Plan Suspended

One country, so many clunkers: The U.S. government-sponsored “cash for clunkers” program has come to a halt after six short days of enticing car owners to sacrifice their gas-guzzling relics to the scrap-heap gods and drive off in newer, greener models.

Posted on Jul 30, 2009 READ MORE  |  6 COMMENTS


A Chance to Avert Tragedy

So now we know that pilots responsible for the safety of about a quarter of the flying public rest up for duty by catching a few winks in an airport lounge, or sleeping in idle aircraft or aboard a cross-country flight from their hometowns to their airport home base.

Posted on May 21, 2009 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


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