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Summer Gas Prices, Consumption Expected to Drop
KickingTiresIf government projections hold true, Americans this year will pay the lowest summer gas prices they have in two years. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this week that the price for a gallon of regular gas is expected to......Tags: Energy Saving, Environmental Issues, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, AAA, Commodity Markets
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Will 'Fast and Furious' Accelerate Dodge Dart Sales?
KickingTiresThe return of Michelle Rodriguez as the ostensibly back-from-the-dead Letty Ortiz in "Fast & Furious 6," roaring into theaters May 24, has been a key element in the film's prerelease marketing. Similarly, the resurrected-for-2013 Dodge Dart is ready for...Tags: Entertainment, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five (movie), Movies
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Why the Dodge Dart Has a Long Way to Go
KickingTiresDodge sold just 7,154 Dart sedans in January ??? better than December 2012, but a shabby performance when you consider that Honda moved 21,881 Civics, Ford sold 16,161 Focuses and Toyota moved 23,822 Corollas and Matrixes. Dodge dealers opened January.......Tags: Dodge, Fiat, Honda, Manufacturing and Engineering, Toyota
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California Legalizes Self-Driving Cars
KickingTiresCalifornia became the third state to legalize self-driving cars, according to the Wall Street Journal. Nevada passed similar legislation around this time last year, as did Florida, the newspaper reports. At the signing ceremony for the legislation were...Tags: Jerry Brown, Government, Health Organizations, Newspaper and Magazine, Crime, Law and Justice
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2012 BMW 7 Series, 3 Series to Get Speech-to-Text Service
KickingTiresModel-year 2012 versions of the BMW 7 Series and 3 Series now have access to a sophisticated speech-dictation software, according to The Wall Street Journal. The app, called Dragon Drive Messaging, is made by Nuance, a popular speech-recognition developer...Tags: Pandora Media, Inc., Newspaper and Magazine, John Doe
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Daily News Briefs: June 12, 2012
KickingTiresAs auto sales continue to rise, so too does the number of car dealerships and salespeople working at them, according to The Detroit News. In the first three months of 2012, 66 auto dealerships opened and 146,500 more jobs were......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Marketing, Mexico, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Do you have the nation's worst job?
Back in the day when I worked really hard at being a reporter, I would sometimes ponder how my job compared to other jobs. (OK. Those who know me may be wondering just how far back we have to go in order to see me working really hard, but let me make my...
Tags: George Clooney, Wrigley Field, Cinco de Mayo, Tim Tebow, Florida Legislature
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The smell test: another sense lost to aging
Just when we were getting our heads around the idea that many (if not most) of us will lose brain function as we age, there is news that another one of those physical gifts we take for granted is likely to leave us. Our sense of smell. It is a bit...Tags: Science and Technology
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Stay out of Syria
With the Iraq War behind us and our departure from Afghanistan underway, the United States could be entering a well-earned respite from fighting. But even before peace can take hold, hawks are singing the old country song: "I've enjoyed as much of this as...
Tags: Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, Weaponry, Pakistan, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Does torture work?
Does torture work? It is a Bush-era debate that has found Obama-era relevance because of a new movie, "Zero Dark Thirty," in which torture seems to work quite well. The film, an Oscar nominee for Best Picture, is being sold as a fact-based...
Tags: Sleep Deprivation, Jack Nicholson, Entertainment, Martin Sheen, Entertainment Events
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SeaWorld tax breaks shift burden to you
Things are awfully good at SeaWorld nowadays. Sales have topped $1 billion. Profits are soaring. A public stock offering wildly exceeded expectations. You might expect SeaWorld's tax bill to soar as well. After all, that's what happens to most of us...
Tags: Business, Jim Atchison, Personal Income, SeaWorld, Taxation
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Knives on a plane?
Once in a while, a government agency adopts a policy that is logical, hardheaded, based on experience and unswayed by cheap sentiment. This may be surprising enough to make you reconsider your view of bureaucrats. But not to worry: It usually doesn't...
Tags: Terrorism, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Transportation Security Administration, Edward J Markey, U.S. Congress
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