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– Takata, after 11 years of chasing uncontrolled explosions in its airbag inflators, said it would “rapidly” phase out ammonium nitrate as a propellant after its association with more than 100 injuries, six deaths, and extremely high failure rates that have led to the auto industry’s largest-ever recall. – In a Tuesday hearing with the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, Takata executive vice president Kevin Kennedy said the Japanese
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It seems like lately it’s been harder than ever to keep up with these Kardashians. Kim Kardashian is pregnant, Khloé Kardashian might be back together with Lamar Odom and…
There’s something about the Berkshires that seems to bring out the aggressiveness in the women of The Real Housewives of New York City. Shouldn’t the serene landscape and cool breeze do…
-Five years ago, BMW’s then-CEO Norbert Reithofer famously shared the observation that four out of five owners of the 1-series believed they had a front-wheel-drive car. That was shortly after the launch of the X1, a compact crossover based on the rear-wheel-drive 1-series platform. Now comes the second-generation X1, after a surprisingly short production run for the first iteration (even shorter in the States, where it only just arrived as
-There are Gran Turismo 6 Vision concepts—such as those digital creations of Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Infiniti, Volkswagen, and others—and then there is SRT’s Vision Gran Turismo concept, dubbed the Tomahawk. Actually, make that SRT’s three Vision Gran Turismo concepts; each one represents a harder-core version of the base Tomahawk S. And all three are coming to a PlayStation near you this summer. For it to stand out compared to the other impressive
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By Engen Tham and John Ruwitch JIANLI, China (Reuters) – Dozens of family members walked in protest on Wednesday to the rescue site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River, asking for news of their relatives who are missing after the worst shipping disaster in modern Chinese history. Frustrated by the level of information coming from local authorities, about 80 family members took matters into their own hands
South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, the president’s office said, developed under a new agreement with the United States that lets Seoul extend the weapon’s range to up to 800 km (500 miles). President Park Geun-hye made a rare visit to a missile base on the west coast to watch the launch of the guided missile, which will be a
By Alessandra Prentice and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists on Wednesday fought their first serious battles in months and Ukraine’s defense minister said an attempt by rebels to take the eastern town of Maryinka had been thwarted. Ukraine’s military said the Russian-backed rebels had tried to advance using tanks and up to 1,000 fighters west of the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in the most
