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Cash For Clunkers Bill Passes Senate
KickingTiresLate yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed a bill including ???Cash for Clunkers??? legislation that offers up to $4,500 in cash vouchers to qualifying new-car buyers. Similar bills have passed in Europe and spurred car sales soon after passing. This U.S........Tags: SUVs and Crossovers, Vehicles, Sales, Politics, Parliament
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Obama's community college booster: $
The Swampby Mark Silva President Obama soon will be announcing a plan to substantially boost funding for the nation's community colleges, with an aim of helping more workers get the job-training they need in the coming decade. Rahm Emanuel, the White......Tags: Colleges and Universities, National Government, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Economic Policy
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GM Suspends 2010 Chevy Malibu Hybrid
KickingTiresGM has suspended production of the Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid for the 2010 model year, as elevated inventory levels of the 2009 Malibu Hybrid should meet demand for the vehicle through 2010, the company said. According to GM spokesman Brian Corbett,......Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Inventories, Toyota, Saturn, Chevrolet
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Obama: U.S. still bearing 'witness' to Iran
The Swampby Mark Silva One day, President Barack Obama is speaking of not meddling in the affairs of Iran, where election-protests have turned deadly for the protestors. The next day, today, Obama was speaking out for the protestors - assuring the......Tags: National Government, Prosecution, White House, Barack Obama, Witnesses
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Obama's questionable stimulus plans
The Swampby Peter Nicholas It is a six-mile stretch of guardrail near a manufactured lake in a desolate patch of the Oklahoma Panhandle. There's little reason for anyone to visit. Weeds are overgrown; the lake bed is virtually dry. Yet repairing......Tags: Sports, Armed Forces, Energy Saving, Dance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Gates: U.S. ready to defend Hawaii
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes Reacting to reports that North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a missile toward Hawaii, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that he had concerns about such a launch and had ordered additional missile defense......Tags: Defense, Alaska, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hawaii, Robert Gates
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Biden: Capital's problems flow uphill
The Swampby Mark Silva In Washington, Joe Biden says, problems flow uphill. And in this Washington, they've got plenty of them. " I don't think any (House) speaker has had as much laid on her plate at the front end of......Tags: Social Issues, Joe Biden, National Government, Democratic Party, Harry Reid
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Could a Conservative Boycott Hurt the New GM?
KickingTiresNow that we the taxpayers are set to own 60% of GM when it emerges from bankruptcy, far-right conservatives have called upon people to boycott what they call ???Government Motors.??? Among them are radio talk show hosts like Hugh Hewitt,......Tags: Demonstration, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Economic Policy
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Tata Nano Heading for U.S. in 2011
KickingTiresTata???s ultra-small, ultra-cheap Nano, which costs roughly $2,500 in India, may end up being sold stateside. A Tata spokesman confirmed that the India-based company plans to sell the car in the U.S. by 2011. It???s not a done deal yet,......Tags: Vehicles, Politics, Passenger Cars, Freedom of the Press, Science and Technology
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University of Chicago: Class of 2009
The Swampby Mark Silva "Obama eats here,'' read the printed words on the backs of the T-shirts at the University Market on South 57th Street in Chicago, home of the Arrabiata, capocolla, pepperoni, soppressata and provolone on a roll that will......Tags: Diplomacy, Science, Colleges and Universities, National Government, Diseases and Illnesses
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First Drive: 2010 Ford Transit Connect
KickingTiresThe last time a peculiar, box-shaped car from overseas was sprung on the U.S. market, it was a surprise hit. Don't let the boxy styling and relatively minuscule four-cylinder fool you, though ??? this is no Scion xB. The 2010......Tags: Dodge, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scion, Vehicles, Ford
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Public confidence up: Military, presidency
The Swampby Mark Silva Maybe it's the three Navy SEALS who took out three Soimali pirates with three bullets from the deck of a ship at sea. Maybe it's the troops that deploy time and again without question. Whatever it is,......
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