| Sudbury rail bridge collapse sends 5 freight cars into river |
Jun 3rd, 2013 |
A derailed rail car sits in the Wahnapitae River in northern Ontario, Sunday June 2, 2013. (Laura Stricker/QMI Agency) SUDBURY, Ont. -- Small boxes and packages of food floated along the Wahnapitae River, occasionally washing up on shore, after a rail trestle collapsed sending five freight cars into the water Sunday. The derailment happened on Highway 537 in the community of Wanup, Ont., about ...
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| Broward unveils campaign to prevent children being left in hot cars |
Jun 3rd, 2013 |
As summer heats up, new billboards are going up throughout Broward County with the message: “Look Before You Lock,” a warning to everyone who transports children and runs the risk of leaving them locked inside a hot vehicle. “Florida ranks fourth in the nation in the number of hyperthermia deaths caused by children left in vehicles. That’s a tragic statistic and not one we ...
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| Video of the Day: Russian Olympians Get Behind the Wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
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Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about a vehicle you really want to drive? This is exactly what happens to Olympic gold medalists Alexei Nemov and Evgeni Plushenko, sort of. In the dream, Nemov hands the keys over to Plushenklo so he can sign an autograph. This turns into the chance they’ve been waiting for [...]
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| The Continental: Drama at Villa d’Este, a Benz Recall, and GM Truck News |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
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Each week, our German correspondent slices and dices the latest rumblings, news, and quick-hit driving impressions from the other side of the pond. His byline may say Jens Meiners, but we simply call him . . . the Continental. There was some drama surrounding this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este in Northern Italy. Italdesign [...]
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| Building a BMW V-8-Powered 1928 Ford Model A Pickup |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
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Hot rodding in its early days was all about being innovative and resourceful with what was available at the time. Prior to 1955, the ubiquitous availability of the Ford flathead V-8 made it the engine of choice of hot rodders. But the Chevrolet small-block V-8 took the crown in 1955, and has never looked back [...]
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| Trestle collapses freight cars spill into river in northern Ontario |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
A derailed rail car sits in the Wahnapitae River in northern Ontario, Sunday June 2, 2013. (Laura Stricker via Twitter) SUDBURY, Ont. - Several freight train cars derailed and fell into the Wahnapitae River in Wanup, in northern Ontario on Sunday morning after a train trestle collapsed. At this time no injuries have been reported. It is still being determined what the train was carrying and if ...
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| Toyota PH unit urges suppliers to gear up for motorization |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
MANILA, Philippines--The Philippine automotive industry's robust performance in 2012 up to the first quarter of 2013 is now propelling the country toward greater motorization. Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. president Michinobu Sugata said this was the assessment reached during the 2013 Toyota Supplier Conference and 13th Toyota Suppliers Club Assembly held recently at the Sofitel Philippine ...
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| May marks 100000 plug-in electric cars sold in U.S. |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
President Barack Obama may not achieve his goal of 1 million plug-in electric cars on U.S. roads by the end of 2015. But his administration continues to try to green the U.S. vehicle ...
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| Bridge collapse in Canada sends train cars into river |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
Police in Canada said a train trestle collapsed over the Wahnapitae River in Wanup, Ontario, Sunday, dropping train cars into the water below. The train derailment was on Highway 537 about 15 miles south of Sudbury, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Several train cars carrying unknown cargo fell into the river, and police advised residents downstream of the accident not to consume the ...
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| Tesla Model S Videos: Stuffing Kids in a Car and Finding Its Top Speed |
Jun 2nd, 2013 |
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Why do we, as a society, benchmark everything with kindergartners? Believe me, we do. How many kindergartners can you take in a fight? That humorously exists. Maybe because we (usually) find kids charming and cute. So what happens when you pair a class of kids with a Tesla Model S? You get some of the [...]
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