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America's Five Fastest Roads
KickingTiresAmericans are traveling more slowly than they were a few years ago, according to a company that tracks GPS data. The average speedster traveled 81 mph on America???s top 10 fastest roads, down from 85 mph last year, according INRIX,......Tags: Road Transportation, Michigan, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Detroit
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Top 20 Cities with the Most Drunken Drivers
KickingTiresIn 2008, 11,773 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To prevent or curtail drunken-driving fatalities, nearly 1.43 million drivers were arrested in 2007 on suspicion of driving...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Santa Clara, San Diego (San Diego, California), Charlotte, Houston
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BP to Install EV Charging Ports
KickingTiresBP Products of North America plans to install 45 quick-charging ports for electric cars at its existing gas stations by the end of March 2011. The direct current fast-charging systems (480-volt, three-phase alternating current input) that BP will be...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health and Medical Professionals, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, San Diego (San Diego, California), Water Pollution
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Ford Announces First Markets for Focus Electric
KickingTiresWhile Ford???s first electric car is still more than a year away, the automaker announced today where the first cars will be available. The Ford EV, which is based off the upcoming 2012 Ford Focus, will launch in: Atlanta Austin,......Tags: Texas, San Diego (San Diego, California), Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Houston
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"American Idol:" Wild Card is Back
The TV ZoneRemember "Idol's" Wild Card episode? I'm not sure, but I don't think it's been around since the first few seasons. In any event, it's back. This is the episode where the judges - all four of 'em now -......Tags: Popular Music (genre), 24 (tv program), Entertainment, Puerto Rico, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama urges us to avoid debt. Oh really?
The Swampby Frank James One of the most memorable lines from President Barack Obama's mortgage-relief speech in Phoenix, AZ today came in this paragraph: So solving this crisis will require more than resources - it will require all of us to......Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Assault weapons and American rights
The Swampby Mark Silva In a week when even one lost sergeant in Iraq found his solace, allegedly, in the killing of several of his own Baghdad comrades with a government-issued firearm, Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, was......Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Mexico, Social Issues, Government
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Obama to send troops to fortify border
The SwampA Border Patrol truck travels along the newly constructed fence in March that stands between California and Mexico. (Getty/David McNew) by Ken Dilanian President Obama will send up to 1,200 additional National Guard troops -- and request $500 million........Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), University of California, Executive Branch, Politics, Janet Napolitano
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DOJ to challenge Arizona law
The SwampSupporters of Arizona's immigration law earlier this week protest a decision by the Los Angeles City Council to boycott Arizona. (AP/Damien Dovarganes) by Richard A. Serrano and Kate Linthicum Top Justice Department officials have drafted a legal...Tags: Immigration, Witnesses, Laws, U.S. Department of Justice, Maricopa County
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AZ judge blocks provisions of SB 1070
The Swampby Mike Memoli A federal court in Arizona has blocked the most controversial provisions of the state's anti-illegal immigration bill from becoming law. 10-1413-87.pdf Judge Susan R. Bolton, appointed by President Clinton in 2000, said in her ruling that...Tags: Immigration, Laws, Politics, Crimes, Arizona
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Brewer: SB 1070 fight 'far from over'
The Swampby Mike Memoli Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) says she is filing an expedited appeal to today's court ruling barring certain provisions of Senate Bill 1070, saying she's willing to take the fight over state's controversial illegal immigration law to......Tags: Regional Authority, Immigration, Laws, Constitutional Issues, Republican Party
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Nissan Leaf to Go On Sale in December in Select Markets
KickingTiresIn a not-so-surprising move to take some limelight away from the Chevy Volt, Nissan has released information regarding the target launch of its 2011 all-electric Leaf. The Leaf will launch in December ??? again, not a surprise since that???s right......Tags: Texas, San Diego (San Diego, California), Tennessee, Maryland, Tucson
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