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Infiniti's JX Takes Sting Out of Traffic Jams
KickingTiresOne day ??? sooner than you'd think ??? you'll be able to purchase a new car that is fully capable of driving itself. Although it's still a few years off, many automakers now offer elements of what will become an......Tags: Google Inc., Ford, Sting, Vehicles, Infiniti
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Newbies, Experts Win in Forza Motorsport 4 Video Game
KickingTiresThere are two requirements for enjoying the fourth installment of the racing video game ???Forza Motorsport??? (developed by Turn 10 Studios, a division of Microsoft Game Studios). First, you need an Xbox 360. Second, at least once in your life......Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Xbox, Genesis (music group), Gaming
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Weather radar helps with studies of flying critters
Maryland WeatherThe BBC recently did some filming at the National Weather Service's Baltimore-Washington forecast office, in Sterling Va. It was part of a short news segment on the use of weather radar to gather valuable scientific information on birds, bats and......Tags: Bat (animal), Weather Radar, Weather Reports
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Lucy (in the Sky With Diamonds): Gone
The Swampby Sgt. Pepper Today's musical notation: Lucy Vodden, who was the inspiration for the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with "Diamonds," has succumbed to lupus. She was 46. Vodden, born O'Donnell, became a fixture of pop culture when John Lennon's......Tags: John Lennon
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Obama's speech: 'Brother can preach'
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 3 pm EST Today, on the day that President Barack Obama accepted a Nobel Peace Prize which even the recipient acknowledges has arrived early in his presidency, reviews of his Nobel Lecture are......Tags: Armed Forces, Oslo (Norway), Executive Branch, Defense, Afghanistan
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Trashy question: Is tossing a banana peel littering?
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsA break from the usual hard news issues for this riddle: Are you littering if you toss a banana peel into a grassy median? I ask because I faced this situation the other day. I grabbed a banana on my......Tags: Fort Lauderdale
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Using Water Instead of Wiper Fluid Could Lead to Legionnaires' Disease
KickingTiresMost drivers know it???s a bad idea to skimp on windshield wiper fluid and use regular water instead. In case the thought ever crossed your mind, here???s a good reason not to: Using water can cause Legionnaires??? disease. Warm, stagnant......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Diseases and Illnesses
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News 'grazers' welcome: Platform ready
The Swampby Mark Silva What may be lost in all the talk of No. 1 cable news outlets, growing and shrinking television and radio market shares, newspaper circulation or Google searches for that matter is the fact that few Americans rely......Tags: Google Inc., Journalism, Facebook, Consumer Electronics Industry, Television
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Boys Love Cars, Even as Infants
KickingTiresResearchers at City University in the United Kingdom put a ball, toy car, teddy bear and doll a few feet away from 90 children and watched which toys they played with and for how long. Boys overwhelmingly preferred the ball......Tags: Toys, Colleges and Universities, Vehicles, Children, Toy Industry
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CSO and Mena invite audience to go with the flow
Any coherence to be found in the weekend Chicago Symphony Orchestra program is thematic, not musical. Which is to say that the four works led by guest conductor Juanjo Mena Thursday night at Symphony Center represented unrelated styles and periods but all...
Tags: Culture, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Music Industry, Michigan Avenue, Music
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What are the best movies based on books?
Less than a year after “The Great Gatsby” was published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald was paid $16,666 for the film rights. “Come and see it all!” beckons the trailer for the silent film. “And enjoy the entertainment thrill of...
Tags: Google Inc., Authors, Fiction, Anna Karenina (movie), Theft
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Now an honored guest rather than sub, Sakari Oramo returns to CSO podium
Sakari Oramo is another guest conductor originally brought in as a substitute for Chicago Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts imperiled by accidents or illnesses suffered by Riccardo Muti. The Finnish maestro made so positive an impression at his...
Tags: Culture, Music Industry, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Avenue, Music
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