Study by Auto Insurance Analyst Firm Reveals Owners of Hybrid Vehicles Drive 25 Percent More Miles Than Owners of Non-Hybrids in the Same Vehicle Class; Repair Costs for Hybrids Are Also Higher

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Mexico to deploy more troops and police in the western state of Michoacan as local cartel La Familia escalates its revenge attacks. One drug attack over the weekend, left 12 federal police dead.


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Taking polling to a whole new level, X-Ray Magazine launches a new site in pursuit of answers. Today's POV becomes a reflection of the internet age through validating daily query and tally.
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Sheep poo paper forms the basis a unique canoe in Wales.

ABERLLEFENNI SLATE QUARRY, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 14-15, 2009) HUTC- Two men plan to cross the English Channel in a canoe made from sheep's ...   more »

Colombia's government calls off the hunt for a hippo on the run from the estate of dead drug lord Pablo Escobar.

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The U.N. commission's head says his team conducting an inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, will not seek to name culprits.

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Chicago skyscraper, the 'Sears Tower' is renamed 'Willis Tower'. The name change takes effect after London-based insurance brokerage firm Willis Group Holdings secured the building's naming rights.


CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES (JULY 16, 2009) WILLIS ...   more »

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, today announced that its Board of Directors and management, in consultation with their advisors, are continuing ...   more »

Computer Music in Any Room –- Easy and Wireless

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Bose has introduced the SoundLink™ wireless music system, a one-piece portable speaker system that allows users to play music from their computer -- ...   more »

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Personalized internet search engine patent holder Personalized User Model, L.L.P, (PUM) of New York filed a lawsuit today against Google in the U.S. District Court in Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Google willfully ...   more »

President Obama delivers message of tough love to African-Americans at the centennial birthday of the civil rights organization, the NAACP.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 16, 2009) POOL- President Barack Obama had a ...   more »

French artist and architect Luc Shuitens, unveils his vision of urban beauty to create a city by 2100 where builidings are entirely covered by plants.

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Pope Benedict undergoes minor surgery after breaking his wrist while on holiday in northern Italy.

VATICAN CITY (JULY 17, 2009) REUTERS - Pope Benedict slipped in the bath on Friday (July 17) and broke his ...   more »

A growing number of Chinese are becoming passionate about short-wave radio.

China may have more Internet users than any nation in the world, but many are trading their email accounts for a more conventional way ...   more »

Scottish actor Gerard Butler says he sees bits of himself in the outrageous character he portrays in the new romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth."

Butler and co-star Katherine Heigl walked the red carpet at the ...   more »