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Top 10 Best-Selling Cars: May 2012
KickingTiresToyota dominated the sales landscape last month, with May sales up nearly 90%. That's versus a weak May 2011, when Japan's earthquake and tsunami had shoppers thinking Toyota, Lexus and Scion showrooms would have few cars in stock. It actually......Tags: Honda, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Manufacturing and Engineering, Passenger Cars, Vehicles
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It???s American Community Survey time
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelDid??the American Community Survey arrive in your mailbox from the U.S. Census? We got one at our house. It didn't take long to fill out, and the government says we legally have to do it. And the U.S. Dept. of Commerce is legally required to keep some...Tags: Commuting, Travel, Pompano Beach, Fort Lauderdale
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La Nina and tornadoes
Maryland WeatherFrom The Sun's print editions: Baltimore Sun reporter Candus Thomson offers this guest post: Last year was the fourth deadliest year for tornadoes in the United States, with 550 fatalities, and the second most destructive, with 1,709 twisters touching... -
This Week's Most-Read Stories
KickingTiresMay was a tough month for automakers still reeling from the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and high gas prices. Still, one man's loss is another man's gain, and automakers like Hyundai, Ford, Chevy and Chrysler are......Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Manufacturing and Engineering, Disasters, Earthquakes, Tsunamis
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Beware those "lesser" hurricanes
Maryland WeatherWe have a natural tendency to discount the "weaker" hurricanes, those Cat. 1 and 2 cyclones that seem so run-of-the-mill compared with the Cat. 4 and 5 beasts that show up from time to time.But the smaller tempests are sometimes......Tags: CNN (tv network), Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Hurricane Andrew (1992), Hurricane Ike (2008)
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Nissan Warns U.S.-Built Leaf Could be Delayed
KickingTiresThe March earthquake and tsunami in Japan continues to take its toll on worldwide vehicle production. Today, we learned the natural disasters could affect the timetable for building Nissan???s electric Leaf here in the U.S., according to Ward???s...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Passenger Cars, Nissan, Japan
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Limited Supplies Force VW to Cancel Backup Cameras on Some Models
KickingTiresVolkswagen will no longer offer a backup camera option on the 2012 Touareg, Tiguan and Passat CC sedan because of supply shortages caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, according to the New York Times. The 2012......Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters, The New York Times, Tsunamis, Earthquakes
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"Derecho" winds not expected to reach Baltimore
Maryland WeatherSteve Zubrick, the science officer at the National Weather Service's forecast office in Sterling, Va., doesn't think the "derecho" winds that have caused damage in a swath across the Upper Midwest today will remain intact by the time they reach......Tags: Ohio, Chesapeake Bay, Weather, Maryland, Meteorological Disasters
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Season's second tropical storm going to sea
Maryland WeatherTropical Storm Bret, the second named storm of the 2011 Atlantic season, is smacking the northwest Bahamas with heavy rains and wind. But the tempest is not expected to head for U.S. shores. The latest advisory from the National Hurricane......Tags: Bahamas, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters, Outer Banks
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Delray Beach receives grant to hurricane retrofit homes
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsWith $150,000 from Florida???s Division of Emergency Management, the city of Delray Beach will provide hurricane-proof improvements for about 20 homes in need of work. The grant came from the Florida???s Residential Construction Mitigation Program,...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Disasters, Florida, Emergency Incidents
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How Japan's Earthquake Impacts Car Shoppers
KickingTiresAs Japan begins to recover from the tragic earthquake and tsunami of last week, there are many questions for U.S. consumers when it comes to one of the country???s chief exports: cars. All of Japan???s automakers are shutting down their......Tags: Honda, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Manufacturing and Engineering, Vehicles, Nissan
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Hurricane Center watching Caribbean storm
Maryland WeatherForecasters in the National Hurricane Center in Miami are watching another stormy region of the northwest Caribbean today. While it's given only a 20 percent chance of becoming a named storm in the next 48 hours, the disturbance is expected......Tags: Texas, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters, Tropical Weather
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