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Buy Now, Save Now
Why 2012 is a good year to buy By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features New-vehicle sales could rise by as much as six to seven percent during 2012 according to Automotive News, due largely to the effects of a stabilizing economy and pent-up consumer demand....Tags: Services and Shopping, Kelley Blue Book LLC, Money and Monetary Policy, Earthquakes, Auto Trends
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Honda Civic
For those keeping count, the all-new 2012 Honda Civic is the ninth generation of Civics to grace America’s roads. The car has been a top seller in its class since being introduced in 1973 and was often the benchmark competitors used to chart their...Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Passenger Cars, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Honda
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Toyota HIghlander
If you’re still wondering why crossover utility vehicles have replaced SUVs in your neighbors’ driveways, drive a Toyota Highlander. The Highlander has the room and flexibility for carrying passengers and cargo that made SUVs so popular a...Tags: Japan, SUVs and Crossovers, Science and Technology, Standards, Toyota
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In Benghazi and eyond, fallen workers remembered
Let's take a break from the raging discord that has dominated Washington lately by remembering federal employees who died abroad in service to their country. With so much attention focused on what the government has done wrong, we'll end the week with...Tags: Christopher Stevens, Joe Biden, Central Intelligence Agency, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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U.S. dollar marks worst week versus yen in a year
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted its worst week against the yen in a year on Friday as volatility in stocks and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy spurred investors to pare back bets against the Japanese currency. Some...Tags: UBS AG, Rentals, Australia, Credit Ratings, Economic Policy
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Lester Holt is NBC News' go-to guy
On a dusty field at the south end of Lincoln Park, Lester Holt has just finished taking his first-ever swings at a 16-inch softball, part of a report he's planned for NBC's “Today” show on Chicago summers more than making up for the winters....
Tags: Sports, NBC (tv network), Baseball, Bill Kurtis, Robin Williams
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Father-son writing duo present student contest
Robert Watson, professor of American studies at Lynn University in Boca Raton, got a welcome surprise from his son a couple years ago. "One morning when I was still in bed, my son Alex made me sit upright in amazement when he said, 'I want to write a...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Lynn University, Earthquakes, Natural Disasters
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Special Report: The deeper agenda behind "Abenomics"
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - When ill health and political gridlock forced Shinzo Abe to quit after one dismal year as Japan's prime minister, his pride was dented and his self-confidence battered. One thing, however, was intact: his commitment to a controversial...Tags: Avalanches and Landslides, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Arts and Culture, Interior Policy, Shinzo Abe
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Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck off Russia's eastern coast on Friday, briefly prompting a tsunami scare but causing no casualties or substantial damage, Russian emergency authorities said. The epicentre of the quake was located at...Tags: Politics, Energy Resources, U.S. Geological Survey, Japan, Earthquakes
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Market turbulence poses first serious test for Abenomics
ReutersBy William Mallard TOKYO May 24 (Reuters) - This week's turbulence in Tokyo markets exposes a key risk of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's all-in strategy to revive Japan's economy - if investor confidence falters, the government and the Bank of Japan may...Tags: Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Shinzo Abe, Japan, Economy, Business and Finance
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Our View: Latest disaster felt strongly in Valley
Imperial Valley residents are particularly attuned to helping victims of natural disasters. Maybe we are that way because we have been though our own unfair share of such disasters. Of course, our “acts of God” tend to be either earthquakes...Tags: Human Interest, American Red Cross, Natural Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, The Salvation Army
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Factbox: Treasury acts to avoid hitting debt limit
Reuters(Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday said the Obama administration was suspending investments in the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, a government employee pension fund, to help the nation keep paying its bills now that a...Tags: Securities, Civil and Public Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Financial and Business Services, Investments
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