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April 15, 2015 AUTOS

Release the Falcons! Startech Turns Range Rover into Haute Couture Pickup

-Some of the weirdest tuner projects are answers to unasked questions. In this respect, Startech, the sister operation to Brabus, has delivered. – Built for display at the Shanghai auto show, and available to deep-pocketed bored guys, the Startech Pickup is what happens when you break out the Homelite and turn a Range Rover Supercharged from an SUV into an SUT. – – The El Camino–fication process involves the removal

April 15, 2015 AUTOS

Driven: Ford Focus ST Diesel Wagon! (Too Bad It’s Stuck in Europe.)

– Like every U.S. automaker, Ford isn’t averse to wrapping itself in Old Glory when it wants to sell more product to patriotic ’Muricans. That’s why Ford F-150 advertisements feature the sort of gravelly voiceovers that make Clint Eastwood sound slightly effeminate—and usually contain more denim than the whole of Montana. Yet, despite calling Michigan home for more than 100 years, Ford also continues to deny its home market a

April 15, 2015 AUTOS

AEV Products for Ram Pickup Look the Business While Taking Care of Business

-Did you think the captains of cool over at AEV were going to stop at churning out bad-ass, Hemi-powered Jeep Wrangler conversions and a Rubicon’s worth of sweet Jeep upgrade parts? Hell no! The off-road specialists at AEV have turned their sights on the heavy-duty Ram 2500 and 3500 models, and following an enticing preview at last year’s SEMA aftermarket show in Las Vegas, they’re releasing the first batch of cosmetic

April 15, 2015 WORLD HEADLINES

Iran repeats its demand of lifting sanctions at once for signing nuclear deal

By Parisa Hafezi and Sam Wilkin ANKARA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it would only accept a deal over its contested nuclear program if world powers simultaneously lifted all sanctions imposed on it. The comments by President Hassan Rouhani came the day after U.S. President Barack Obama was forced to give Congress a say in any future accord — including the right to veto the lifting of sanctions imposed

April 15, 2015 WORLD HEADLINES

Islamic State withdraws from Yarmouk camp, Nusra remains: residents

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have largely withdrawn from a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus after expelling their main rival, several residents and a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. The pull-out from Yarmouk leaves al Qaeda-linked Nusra as the main group inside the camp. The sources said hundreds of fighters of the hardline Islamic State had returned to their stronghold in neighboring Hajar