| Cars people sent tumbling into Skagit River as I-5 bridge collapses |
May 24th, 2013 |
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening, dropping two vehicles into the water and injuring three people.Both the northbound and southbound portions of the bridge collapsed into the river sometime before 7 p.m., according to Washington State Patrol trooper Mark Francis.Xavier Grospe, 62, who lives near the river, said he could see three cars ...
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| Fifth night of rioting in suburbs of Swedish capital leaves schools cars burned |
May 24th, 2013 |
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police say rioters in several suburban districts of Stockholm have burned two schools and 15 cars in the fifth straight night of unrest. Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren says 13 people, aged between 18 and 25, were detained in connection with the disturbances which included an unsuccessful attempt to damage a police station. Lindgren said Friday that the overnight violence ...
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| IIHS explains frontal offset crash test |
May 24th, 2013 |
Subaru Forester has become the first vehicle to score top marks in its small overlap front crash test. Filmed at the IIHS’s vehicle research centre, the video shows how the frontal offset crash test works and explains why the IIHS believes new car manufacturers must start engineering their cars for the limited-contact impacts. Introduced in 2012, the small overlap front crash test sees 25 ...
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| Cars drivers plunge into river after Wash. I-5 bridge collapse |
May 24th, 2013 |
By Andrew Rafferty and Justin Kirschner, NBC News Three people were rescued from a river after a bridge along Interstate-5 in Washington State collapsed on Thursday evening, plunging cars into Skagit River below, according to Washington State ...
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| Stockholm suburbs beset by 5th night of violence |
May 24th, 2013 |
Eleven cars and parts of two schools and a police station were charred early Friday after a fifth night of unrest in immigrant enclaves around Sweden's capital. Some 300 to 500 youths gathered around eight blazing cars in northwestern suburban Rinkeby, with some young men vandalizing other vehicles, police told Sweden's Tidningarnas Telegrambyra news agency. More than a dozen ...
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| Nissan to recall 22188 Micra and Sunny to replace master brake cylinder |
May 24th, 2013 |
Sunny sedan produced at its Chennai plant to replace the master brake cylinder. Nissan India would carry out the replacement of the faulty component free of charge and has informed its dealers on the same. "Nissan plans to begin notifying individual customers in May. Nissan dealers will replace the master brake cylinder at no cost to the customer. Nissan is committed to a high level of ...
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| Volkswagen Golf v Mazda 3 v Toyota Corolla v Holden Cruze v Ford Focus v Hyundai i30 v Opel Astra v Honda Civic |
May 24th, 2013 |
in the battle for small car supremacy. Mid-spec, petrol-engined, automatic-equipped hatchbacks were chosen (but Focus and Corolla were only available in higher grades), with prices ranging from $23,000-$30,500 on test. Another two models could have been added, though the five-door hatchback versions of the Kia Cerato and Nissan Pulsar hadn’t quite landed in time for this ...
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| Nissan New York taxi program before US Supreme Court |
May 24th, 2013 |
and the city of New York for a fleet of taxis is before the courts, with a New York Supreme Court Justice ruling that part of the program’s deal is ';null, void and unenforceable';. Industry journal Automotive News reports that only five months out from the rollout of the ...
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| Vehicle emissions found to turn cholesterol from ‘good’ to ‘bad’ |
May 24th, 2013 |
can turn ‘good’ cholesterol into ‘bad’ cholesterol, contributing to clogged and hardened arteries and other related health problems. Experimenting on mice, the team from theUniversity of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), and other institutions, found that just two weeks of exposure to emission particles was enough to cause blood and liver damage that was not reversed by a ...
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| Bridge collapses sends cars into river |
May 24th, 2013 |
Olympia, Washington - Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities ...
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