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2 accused of taking 3 tons of steel from U. Mich.
Two men have been accused of nicking nearly three tons of stainless steel from a building at the University of Michigan. The Ann Arbor News reported Friday that 41-year-old Linden Vann of Wayne and 21-year-old Matthew Reusch of Westland are charged with...Tags: Court Preliminary, Trials, University of Michigan, Prosecution
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Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor
AP Environmental WriterWith the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy. His wife and two children snacked on slabs of fried fermented soy,...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Sales, Prices, Plant Openings, Heavy Engineering
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Hurricane Ike grows to Category 3 storm
South Florida Sun-SentinelAfter weakening slightly this morning, Hurricane Ike has returned to Category 3 strength, increasing maximum sustained winds to 115 miles per hour and continuing to aim at northeastern Cuba. The 2 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center showed...Tags: Natural Disasters, Home Depot Incorporated, Hurricane Preparedness, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Disasters
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Toyota to Make Batteries for Hybrids in N. America; When Depends on Oil Prices
Edmunds.comToyota Motor Corp., preparing to build Prius hybrids in the U.S. by 2010, will eventually make advanced batteries within North America to power the gasoline-electric cars, Bloomberg news service reported today, citing company Vice Chairman Kazuo Okamoto.... -
GM says Half Its Manufacturing Plants Will Eliminate Landfill Waste by End of 2010
Edmunds.comHoping to get some notice for a green-up campaign it has been conducting for some time now, General Motors Corp. today pledged that at least one half of its 181 manufacturing plants worldwide would be "landfill-free" facilities by the end of 2010.The... -
Inside the mind of the man who designed the Nissan GT-R
MotorTrend MagazineOne hour ago, here in Pebble Beach, I was sitting at the dinner table conversing with Shiro Nakamura, designer of every recent vehicle to come from the house of Nissan/Infiniti. I asked Nakamura-san what was probably a fairly unoriginal question: What... -
GM Fires Up the Employee Pricing Incentive -- Again
Edmunds.com(note: late blogging as a result of technical difficulties that prevented my normal blog schedule) Today begins a new round of "Employee Pricing" at GM, an incentive program not used by The General since 2005. As the "sell-by" date on 2008 models... -
BRABUS C63 AMG adds 73 HP to super sedan
Autoblog.comFiled under: Tuners, Sedans/Saloons, Sports/GTs, Euro, Mercedes-Benz, BrabusClick above for high-res gallery of the BRABUS C63 AMGBRABUS, the German tuner of all things Daimler, has laid its hands upon the C63 AMG and somehow teased out an additional 73... -
'Top Design' Season 2 debuts
Reality CheckGuest blogger Karen Shih, a Baltimore Sun summer intern, is covering the second season of Bravo's Top Design. (I heard it's supposed to be a bit more flashy this time around.):I confess that I know absolutely nothing about design, and......Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Building Material, Music Theater, Fashion Trends, Judges
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Governor orders review of Md. inspection protocols
Prompted by the discovery of previously undetected corrosion on the Bay Bridge, Gov. Martin O'Malley has ordered the state's transportation chief to assemble a panel of experts to evaluate Maryland's toll bridge and tunnel inspection program. The...Tags: Building Material, Government, Fort McHenry, Transportation, Chesapeake Bay
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Quiet, please!
Special to the SentinelNoise, noise, noise! Garbage trucks clanking down the street, the neighborhood dogs barking, the overzealous fireworks celebration taking place on the next block or teenagers driving by blasting the radio -- sound familiar? Noise reduction might not be...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Building Material, LEGO Group, Energy Saving
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Demolition derbies still a hit from coast to coast
Associated Press WriterAt a crowded racetrack on a Saturday night, the spectators begin chanting a countdown to the evening's final event. When they hit zero, chaos follows. A dozen cars thunder off in every direction, blasting into each other's fenders in a growing...Tags: Ted Williams, Road Accidents, Long Island, O'Hare International Airport, Vehicles
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