Archive for October, 2008

Portage County mulls what to do with seized Jaguar (WBAY Green Bay)

October 31st, 2008
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Associated Press - October 31, 2008 11:45 PM ET STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) - The Portage County sheriff says a 2000 Jaguar seized in a drug bust in June is the perfect prop for delivering an...

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MEDC cancels GM-Chrysler meeting (DeWitt-Bath Review)

October 31st, 2008
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WARREN — Michigan has canceled a meeting of local governments to discuss the possible combination of GM and Chrysler.

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Es?kia Mphahlele, Chronicler of Apartheid, Dies at 88 (New York Times)

October 31st, 2008
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Mr. Mphahlele?s 1959 memoir, ?Down Second Avenue,? vividly dramatized the injustices of apartheid and became a landmark work of South African literature.

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Solberg Shines For Subaru (Rally-Live.com via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

October 31st, 2008
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Japan - SS 12 - 31.12km : The 31-kilometre Nikara stage is a forest run along narrow roads and corners.

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Tata props up rights issue shunned by investors (Financial Times)

October 31st, 2008
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Tata of India was forced to intervene heavily to prop up a rights issue for the acquisition by its automotive unit of Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover marques after investors shunned the offering.

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Memories of a road trip, driven by the price of gas (Los Angeles Times)

October 31st, 2008
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A couple become fuel economy connoisseurs as they traverse the nation My forest green 1998 Chevrolet Venture minivan is a gas guzzler, sucking up a gallon of fuel every 19 miles -- at least according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Auto aid pleas mount; Treasury says no GM talks (Washington Post)

October 31st, 2008
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DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six U.S. governors and a group of chief executives on Thursday urged the Bush administration in a letter to aid the embattled auto industry while the White House rebuffed a request for direct support of a merger between GM and Chrysler.

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Texas II: Dodge teams qualifying quotes (Motorsport.com)

October 31st, 2008
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"It was a good lap. We picked up a lot. It feels good. We ran well earlier in practice. Anytime that you can run like we did in practice, it makes you feel good heading into qualifying. Our baseline is decent.

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Texas II: Pole winner interview (Motorsport.com)

October 31st, 2008
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"Texas has not been one of our best tracks but today has been a great day for the DuPont/Nicorette Chevrolet. We started off, the car felt good, but didn't just quite have the speed.

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GM, Chrysler merger on hold as aid hopes fade: sources (Washington Post)

October 31st, 2008
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NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - A deal to merge General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC has hit an impasse after the Bush administration ruled out funding for it, three people with direct knowledge of the talks said.

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