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Cars.com News Briefs: April 12, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Federal investigators have extended a Jeep Wrangler probe to the 2007-09 and 2011-12 model years, The Detroit News reports. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened the investigation late last month...Tags: Explosions, New Products, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Financing and Stock Offerings
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Some shipwrecks are funnier than others...
Maryland WeatherI've been working on a story about the growing potential for oil spills from old shipwrecks off the U.S. coast, many sent to the bottom during 1942, when German U-boats lay off the coast attacking coastal shipping. So, I was......Tags: Environmental Pollution, Disasters, Lake Geneva, Maine, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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Delray Beach could end up with four more firefighters if it gets a federal grant
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe city of Delray Beach could be getting four new firefighters for its Fire Rescue force if it gets a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER, grant from the federal government. City Manager David Harden told the......Tags: Delray Beach, Emergency Planning, Disasters and Accidents, FEMA, Politics
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Delray Beach receives grant to hurricane retrofit homes
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsWith $150,000 from Florida???s Division of Emergency Management, the city of Delray Beach will provide hurricane-proof improvements for about 20 homes in need of work. The grant came from the Florida???s Residential Construction Mitigation Program,...Tags: Hurricane Preparedness, Disasters, Delray Beach, Home Improvement, Meteorological Disasters
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Ford Recalls 1.1 Million F-150, F-250 Trucks
KickingTiresFord is recalling 1.1 million trucks because in certain cold-weather states, road chemicals can corrode the fuel tank straps. This could lead to both fuel lines detaching from the tank or the tank falling off entirely and hitting the ground.......Tags: Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Hampshire, Michigan
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Southern Floods: Beware of Water-Damaged Cars
KickingTiresAs major storms continue to swell the Mississippi River and its tributaries, it???s important to remind everyone how to spot a flood-damaged car when shopping in the used market. Vehicles that have been under water can face serious mechanical or......Tags: Floods, Science and Technology, Disasters and Accidents, Electronics, Vehicles
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OnStar Coming to More Cars
KickingTiresGeneral Motors has considered OnStar a strategic advantage for its cars versus the competition; you can get the service pairing live operators with an onboard device only in a new GM car or truck. Its most well-known feature is the......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Best Buy Co., Inc., General Motors Corp., Emergency Planning, Disasters and Accidents
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Palm Beach County calling for BP to pay for local oil spill preparation costs
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County government wants BP to cover its costs to prepare for an oil spill that never reached local shores. As oil from BP???s failed well billowed for more than two months last year into the Gulf of Mexico,......Tags: Disasters, Electronic Devices, PBS (tv network), Local Government, BP Plc
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Obama plans second Oval Office address
The Swampby Mike Memoli and Peter Nicholas President Obama will mark the end of America's combat mission in Iraq August 31 with a prime-time address from the Oval Office, the White House confirmed today. It would be the president's second address......Tags: Iraq, Environmental Pollution, Disasters, Barack Obama, John Brennan
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Hydrogen Explosion Deals Blow to Fuel Cell Advocates
KickingTiresFor the past decade or so, numerous automakers have been researching the use of hydrogen fuel for next-generation automobiles. Until the recent announcements of the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, fuel-cell vehicles like the Honda FCX Clarity looked like the....Tags: Explosions, Nissan, Hybrid Vehicles, Honda, Companies and Corporations
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Obama plans Sept. 10 news conference
The Swampby Mike Memoli The White House has announced that President Obama will hold a formal news conference on Friday, Sept. 10, his first in nearly four months. According to CBS Radio's Mark Knoller, the in-house record keeper of the White......Tags: Wisconsin, Labor Day, Disasters, Barack Obama, Entertainment
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NHTSA Investigates Ford F-150 Over Fuel Tank Straps
KickingTiresThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a preliminary investigation into whether the straps connecting fuel tanks to the 1997-2001 Ford F-150 pickup can corrode and fall off. In 28 of the 32 complaints NHTSA has received about this.....Tags: Explosions, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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