| UPDATE 4-Tanker cars derail on broken bridge in flood-hit Calgary |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Thu Jun 27, 2013 7:07pm EDT By Nia Williams and Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, June 27 - Five rail cars carrying hazardous petroleum products derailed on a broken bridge over the swollen Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, on Thursday, perching perilously close to the water as emergency crews rushed to prevent a spill. The cars contain petroleum distillate, a flammable light oil product that is used ...
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| U.S. Bank partner to pay back military customers of auto loan program |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
U.S. Bancorp and a partner company will repay about $6.5 million to resolve Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claims that they misled military-service members who participated in an auto lending program. The two companies "failed to properly disclose costs associated with repaying auto loans" made to service members under U.S. Bancorp's Military Installment Loans and ...
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| Suicide bomber detonates explosives in Quetta Pakistan |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
A suicide bomber's explosives-packed jacket detonated in Quetta, Pakistan, Thursday, killing himself and at least one civilian, police said. An unidentified police officer told Dawn News another civilian was critically injured in the incident in the vicinity of a bus stop. "The suicide bomber was coming to Quetta to cause maximum damage, when his own suicide jacket went off", he ...
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| Eastern Turkey hit by attacks on construction sites mine |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
An undetermined number of chrome miners were kidnapped Thursday in one of two attacks on villages in Tunceli province in eastern Turkey, officials said. The second attack targeted a chrome mining business in Kirklare, police said. The company's building and six of its trucks were burned before the attackers left with several employees. A village in the same district had been attacked ...
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| Tsakhia re-elected president of Mongolia |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Mongolian President Elbegorj Tsakhia has won re-election to a second four-year term, the country's Central Electoral Commission announced Thursday. Tsakhia, candidate of the Democratic Party of Mongolia, received 50.22 of the vote in Wednesday's election. Bat-Erdene Badmaanyambuuu of the Mongolian People's Party received 41.48 percent and Udval Natsag, the country's first ...
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| Auto Review 4Runner For Off-Road Aficionados |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
The 2013 Toyota 4Runner has a five-speed automatic transmission, despite many Toyota models moving to the more efficient six-speed transmissions. Prices begin at $31,490 for the base SR5 model with rear-wheel drive, and $33,365 with four-wheel drive. (TOYOTA | ...
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| Sports Briefing | Auto Racing Webber to Retire After Formula One Season |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Mark Webber announced that he would retire at the end of the Formula One season to race Porsche sports cars. Webber said that he had signed a multiyear contract and would compete in ...
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| Nissan stands up to Ad Standards |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Nissan has been forced to tame down the cinema, online, TV and pay TV ads for its Nissan Pulsar Hatch after the Ad Standards Bureau upheld complaints about the childbirth race spot. The brand however has only made modifications in "good faith" and is seeking an independent review of the board’s decision. The ad in question features a woman who appears heavily pregnant ...
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| Ty Dillon claims Trucks victory at Kentucky |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Kyle Busch with 26 laps remaining and held on to win the NASCAR Truck Series race Thursday night at Kentucky Speedway. Dillon, grandson of team owner Richard Childress, started 22nd and drove the Chevy with the iconic No. 3 made famous by seven-time Sprint Cup champion Dale Earnhardt through the field to his second career Truck victory and first in four starts at Kentucky. He also derailed ...
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| Automotive union says Coalition support vital |
Jun 28th, 2013 |
Holden’s Elizabeth factory workers and the Federation of Vehicle Industry Unions (FVIU) met on Thursday to discuss the company’s response to the unions’ seven-point plan, and have again asked that the Coalition support the car industry. News Limited reports that the FVIU had heard from GM Holden’s managing director Mike Devereux, though would not discuss Devereux ...
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