AUTOMOBILES
Ford CEO will return to Washington by car - San Francisco Gate
When the men who run Ford Motor Co., Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. return to Washington later this week to seek government loans, they’ll make sure traveling by corporate jet doesn’t become ammunition for their critics again. Ford says CEO
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UAW head says inaction on bailout ‘not an option’ - Newsweek
United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger urged Congress and the Bush administration to act immediately on loans for U.S. automakers, saying one or more of them could collapse by the end of the year without it. Gettelfinger spoke at a Detroit
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Texas man says God told him to ram other driver at 100 mph - USA Today Blogs
Texan Michael E. Schwab said that the woman driving the sedan on U.S Route 281 near San Antonio “was not driving like a Christian” and that “God said she needed to be taken off the road,” according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. So
Source: blogs.usatoday.com
Sweden talks to Ford, GM about Saab, Volvo - Kokomo Tribune
STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Swedish government confirmed Monday it is in talks with General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. after a report that the U.S. automakers are seeking support for their struggling Swedish brands Saab and Volvo Cars. “We are
Source: www.kokomotribune.com
Man crushed between car, ute given no medical assurances - News.com.au
A MAN crushed between a ute and a car has been confined to a wheelchair and does not know whether he’ll ever recover. Michael Karagiannis told the Hobart Mercury that since the accident six months ago in Rokeby, east of Hobart , he’d been in hospital
Source: www.news.com.au
Car plows into parade crowd in Texas; several hurt - Yahoo News
OVERTON, Texas – An elderly driver hurtled through barricades into a crowd lined up for a Christmas parade Monday and injured several people, some of them members of a Cub Scout troop , a city official and witnesses said. Ten youths and two adults
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Man killed in car, Times truck collision - St. Petersburg Times
One person was killed and four were injured when a car and a St. Petersburg Times delivery truck collided early Monday. PINELLAS PARK — One man was killed and four were injured Monday morning in a crash that closed the main entrance to the
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Fatal car crash injures Briton trying to flee Thailand - Times Online
A British woman stranded by the closure of Bangkok’s airports has been seriously injured trying to catch a flight out of southern Thailand, police have confirmed. Two Canadian tourists travelling with her were killed yesterday as their van overturned
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
States press Congress, Obama for economic stimulus package - Tri-City Herald
WASHINGTON Facing financial woes at home, state officials continued to press Congress to boost the economy by giving federal money to folks they know will spend it: the unemployed, the poor and road builders, among others. The pitch to House Speaker
Source: www.tri-cityherald.com