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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: Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, AAA, Commodity Markets, Environmental Issues
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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: The Fast and the Furious 6 (movie), Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Fast Five (movie)
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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: Passenger Cars, North American International Auto Show, Manufacturing and Engineering, Toyota, Automotive Equipment
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Google Inc., Health Organizations, Newspaper and Magazine, Executive Branch
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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: Vehicles, Marketing, Manufacturing and Engineering, Mexico, Services and Shopping
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American-US Airways merger could be end of rough 35-year deregulation era
"Two great airlines, one great future" was American Airlines' slogan as it walked the aisle with TWA a dozen years ago, heading into a future nowhere near as rosy as advertised. If that marriage truly had been something special in the air, American...
Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Brookings Institution, U.S. Airways, JetBlue Airways, Virgin Group, Ltd.
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Liberal anger only makes Ted Cruz stronger
Rude, entitled, arrogant and off-putting: That's how the conventionally wise in Washington are characterizing Ted Cruz, the conservative new senator from Texas. It's a better description of the critics themselves, who are inadvertently helping Cruz...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Ronald Reagan, Ted Cruz, Republican Party, American Enterprise Institute
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Groupon co-founder Keywell taping radio pilots
Serial entrepreneur and Groupon co-founder Brad Keywell has begun taping pilots for a new 30-minute radio program he would host on WBEZ-FM 91.5, a public radio station. "It would be a Saturday morning show," said Jessica Malkin, executive director of...Tags: Groupon, Inc., Authors, Politics, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Business
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Responsibility for Asian sweatshop safety lies with us, too
Mary SanchezAnother apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I'm partly to blame. The evidence of my complicity sits idle on the landing, next to a tennis racquet. Asics shoes. My adored new pair, so light, makes it...Tags: Consumers, Labor Legislation, Human Rights, Heavy Engineering, Walmart
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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: Cinco de Mayo, Kobe Bryant, Wrigley Field, Hialeah, Tony Romo
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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: Google Inc., Science and Technology
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