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GM recalls nearly 20000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs
General Motors Corporation said it is recalling nearly 20,000 new Cadillac SRX SUVs for faulty wheel lug nuts, according to a Detroit News report. The Detroit automaker told the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration it is recalling 18,871 2013 SRX SUVs in the US and nearly 1,000 in Canada over concerns that a wheel could eventually fall off, reported Xinhua. GM has been investigating ...
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Ford Motors to Leave Australia After 90 Years
Ford Motor Company announced Thursday that it would stop making cars in Australia within two years because high costs and low volumes mean it cannot compete with imported vehicles. Ford Australia chief Bob Graziano said that closing its plant in Melbourne and the other 60 kilometres further south-west in Geelong would see 1,200 workers laid off by October 2016. "Our costs are double ...
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With Kmart You Can Ship Your Pants And Now Reap Big Gas Savings Too
devoted a segment to the "Big Gas Savings" follow-up this morning. The video, featuring the same wordplay and allusion to profanity as "Ship My Pants," is up to nearly 700 views since it posted last night. What do you think? Smart move or corny gimmick for the ailing Sears Holding Corp. retailer, which has been ...
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Michigan Right To Life pursues petition to block insurance coverage of abortions
petition approved. If they can get 258,088 valid voter signatures, the law could either be adopted by the Legislature or be on the voter ballot in 2014. The proposal would require women to purchase optional riders to cover a ...
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3 council members abstain from vote on abstaining
YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) -- Three City Council members in Michigan have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future ...
Movie Review
The Core
The Core is a delicious, absurdly retro sci-fi action yarn about a motley group of scientists and NASA pilots whose mission is to go the Earths core, set off a couple of nuclear bombs, and get it spinning again. The whole movie is based on a premise so outlandish that actress Hilary Swank could barely keep a straight face while trying to explain it to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. ... ...
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Obama to discuss drones Guantanamo Bay in security speech
Drones may be taking over the skies: Drones are getting cheaper and smaller and companies who make them don't see this progress slowing down anytime ...
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Teen shoots kills teen in Detroit
Detroit Police responded to Sharon near West Vernor Thursday morning just before 7:00 a.m. where they found a male teen laying in the street. He had been shot in the heart. Emergency crews rushed him to the hospital where he later ...
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JJ Were Creaming Medivation Boehringer Bristol And Pfizer
Pharmaceutical Business Review today. Most of the day is dedicated to geeky drug R&D stuff, but Joaquin Duato started of the morning with a run-down of how J&J's pharmaceutical division is doing in terms of cold, hard sales. Two J&J drugs of ...
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Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio discusses Spartans team fights conflicts
During the presentation, Dantonio gave folks a glimpse into the professional mindset he has of being a no-frills, no-nonsense leader. Surrounded by individuals interested in business and those hoping to be future leaders in the economy, ...
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Medical marijuana users can drive rules the Michigan Supreme Court
LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 25: Marijuana plants grow at Perennial Holistic Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary, which opened in 2006, on July 25, 2012 in Los Angeles, ...