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Daily News Briefs: June 14, 2012
KickingTiresMore details have emerged on the potential Saab asset sell, according to Automotive News. The deal, devised by a Japan-Hong Kong partnership, so far only includes the purchasing rights to the current Saab 9-3 vehicle and a platform Saab was......Tags: Vehicles, Plant Openings, Bloomberg L.P., Services and Shopping, Japan
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Big day for WW2 vets -- D-Day, Midway anniversaries
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBeneath gray skies, aging South Florida veterans gathered to mark two pivotal World War II events on Wednesday -- the 70th anniversary of the battle of Midway in the Pacific and the 68th anniversary of D-Day, the launch of the......Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army, Aircraft Carriers
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Infiniti May Build EV alongside Nissan Leaf in U.S.
KickingTiresInfiniti's plug-in LE concept, unveiled Thursday at the New York International Auto Show, will hit dealerships within the next two years, and there's a good chance parent company Nissan will build it alongside the Leaf, which will begin rolling off......Tags: Honda, Luxury Vehicles, Infiniti, Nissan, Japan
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Obama on Iraq, and the economy
The SwampPresident Obama's speech from the Oval Office, as prepared for delivery, is available after the jump.......Tags: David Petraeus, Health, International Military Interventions, Veterans Affairs, Health and Medical Professionals
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Anti-war liberals, disillusioned with Obama, gathering in Boca Raton
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsActivists, authors and academics disillusioned with President Barack Obama are gathering Saturday in Boca Raton. They???ll get together to hear David Swanson and Nicolas ???Sandy??? Davies. Swanson, author of ???War Is A Lie,??? is a leader of...Tags: Activism, Heads of State, North Miami, Banking, Government
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America's Next Great Restaurant -- catching up with an Episode 1 recap
Dining@LargeI really wish I was watching America's Next Great Restaurant. It sounds like a fun show. I asked for a volunteer to write recaps for Dining@Large, and Bob Swank stepped up.Thanks, Bob Swank!!Bob'll start writing day-after recaps beginning tomorrow....Tags: Stephen Hawking, Health, Tapas, NBC (tv network), Physical Fitness and Exercise
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VW Opens New U.S. Plant
KickingTiresAs Volkswagen prepares its U.S.-specific 2012 Passat for its fall launch, an important milestone in the project will occur Tuesday. That???s when Volkswagen???s brand-new factory in Chattanooga, Tenn., will officially open for U.S. business, according...Tags: New Products, Pennsylvania, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Companies and Corporations, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Former Gov. Claude Kirk to lie in state at Florida Capitol
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsUpdated Friday, Sept. 30, at 1:16 p.m. From the family, details of local memorial service for former Gov. Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Service: Funeral Service Honoring Former Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Open to Public and Media Date: Monday, October......Tags: Montgomery (Kane, Illinois), Amusement and Theme Parks, Korean War (1950-1953), Energy Resources, Christianity
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Import-Domestic Price Gap Widens
KickingTiresThe gap between the price of a new domestic and foreign-assembled car is the widest it???s been in almost 12 years, according to Bloomberg News. The average selling price for a foreign imported car was $31,536 in August, according to......Tags: BMW, Luxury Vehicles, Bloomberg L.P., Services and Shopping, Ford
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Rest in peace, Mr. Rooney
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelAs a brand new reporter at the Times Union in Albany, N.Y., I was assigned to??interview Andy Rooney.?? And though we did not become friends, that day, he was a friend to me.?? New York's capital city??was his hometown, and??Rooney was there??in 1998 to...Tags: Andy Rooney, Columbia University, Unrest, Conflicts and War, New York City, Colleges and Universities
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In their own words: 9/11 memories
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelLast month, the Crime & Safety blog asked readers to share what 9/11 means to them. Readers responded, and their stories??are posted??here. For retired condo management worker Joyce Leach, her church supported her during 9/11. After the attacks 10 years.....Tags: Career and Workplace, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), U.S. Military, Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Pines' 9/11 memorial: Monument to government waste?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsSouth Florida will always be connected to the tragic events of 9/11, serving as a base for terrorist Mohamed Atta and other hijackers in the months leading up to the 2001 attacks. But does Pembroke Pines really need to spend......Tags: Pembroke Pines, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Hollywood (Broward, Florida)
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