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2013 Honda Civic Versus 2014 Kia Forte
KickingTiresOur long-term Honda Civic is getting much more use this summer as competitors flow into our test fleet. While a few may have grumbled about us pitting the redesigned 2013 Civic against the outgoing and outdated 2013 Toyota Corolla, they......Tags: Versus (tv network), Travel, Kia, Hybrid Vehicles, Passenger Cars
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What Can I Do to Make My Car More Fuel Efficient?
KickingTiresIn terms of maintenance, the most cost-effective task for improving fuel economy is keeping your tires inflated to their recommended pressure level; any gain is not likely to be dramatic. The federal Department of Energy/EPA fuel economy website,...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Highway Transportation, SUVs and Crossovers
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Some L.A. County bus drivers say pesticides are making them ill
Los Angeles County bus drivers say they are regularly becoming ill — sometimes while behind the wheel — from pesticides sprayed inside their vehicles by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. At least 14 Metro drivers are pursuing...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Flu, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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Funding to improve drinking water has come at a slow drip
LANARE, Calif. — A bright metal drinking fountain is mounted on the wall in the community center of this tiny town west of Fresno. No one pays it any mind: The water is drawn from a well that has been contaminated with arsenic for years. "Can't...
Tags: Henry T. Perea, Water, Environmental Issues, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Cottage-style homes planned for Montex fire site
When the old Montex Textiles plant burned in 2005, it was no ordinary fire. Hundreds of barrels of chemicals, including toxic powdered aluminum, sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide fueled the blaze, which was later ruled an arson. Federal officials...Tags: Sholom Rubashkin, Arson, Brooklyn (New York City), Allentown, Public Officials
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2014 Fiat 500L: First Drive
KickingTiresIt took BMW's Mini nine years to birth a four-door sibling to the Cooper hatchback in the Countryman, part of an Octomom-like propagation that dealt us two- and four-seat convertibles, a coupe, a panel wagon, two more hatchbacks, an electric-car......Tags: Hyundai, Chrysler, BMW, Hybrid Vehicles, Fiat
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Fire near downtown Indy forces evacuations
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fire engulfed a sprawling mixed-use building near downtown Indianapolis filled with tires and wooden pallets Saturday, producing a towering pillar of black smoke that prompted the evacuation of a five-block area surrounding the...
Tags: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Business, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Fires
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Obama leaves climate change-fighting tool on shelf for now
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has vowed to tackle climate change in his second term, but so far has not acted to strengthen a tool that does not require backing from Congress - the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA, a statute that...Tags: Washington, DC, Government, Justice System, Ecosystems, Global Warming
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O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule
Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Tour Operations Industry, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Government
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Fire near downtown Indianapolis forces evacuation of five blocks
ReutersINDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - A fire at a sprawling downtown Indianapolis recycling plant, fueled by propane tanks and a massive stockpile of rubber tires, forced the evacuation of homes and businesses within a five-block radius on Saturday, officials said....Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Business, American Red Cross, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics
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E3 2013: Selling the Xbox One, PS4, Wii U in a tough climate
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe just-completed Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles is an extended tease. It began early Tuesday with a promise […]... -
‘Man of Steel’ star Henry Cavill knows how Clark Kent feels
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIt's a strain to be Superman, even for someone with as sizable shoulders as British actor Henry Cavill. The stress […]...
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