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SENECA, Mo. — McDonald County thought it was time to break tradition with a win over the Seneca Indians for the first time since 1970.

With apologies to Missouri Southern fans, coach Bart Tatum made it clear this week that beating Pittsburg State is not priority No. 1 for the Lions.

Andrae King sat expressionless, staring straight ahead as the jury's verdict in the three-day murder trial was read. "Andrae J. King, murder.

A man whom Jacksonville police were seeking in the investigation of a March double homicide is behind bars following his arrest in Orlando this week.

Cherokee County, Kan., District Judge Kent Lynch today ordered Troy Hudson, 39, of Columbus, bound over for trial on felony charges of raping a child younger than 14 and aggravated indecent liberties with the same child after she turned 14.

Scott Pruett nailed down his first Daytona Prototype pole this year on the same road course where he ended the 2006 season with the pole position.

AIM Autosport will start the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season finale from ninth on the 21-car Daytona Prototype grid.

QUALIFYING RESULTS: Scott Pruett put the no.01 TELMEX Lexus-Riley on the pole for the final race of the 2007 Rolex Grand Am Series season with a lap time of 2:40.584 seconds / 100.568 mph.

Brian Lambert slammed both hands on the table and broke down in tears Friday when the not guilty verdict was read in Norwich Superior Court.

(Tooele, UT) 14 September 2007--Oswaldo Negri qualified the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Lexus-Riley tenth on the grid for the Rolex Sports Car Series season-finale with a fast lap time of 2:41.768 around the 4.5-mile Miller Motorsports Park natural terrain road course on Friday.

The Pontiac powered GAINSCO Riley driven by Alex Gurney qualified second for the final round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve race at Miller Motorsport Park in Salt Lake City tomorrow.

TOOELE, Utah (Sept. 14, 2007) -- Scott Pruett captured his and Lexus' first pole of the season to gain the point position for tomorrow's Sunchaser 1000 at the Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, in a hunt for a record eighth major sports car championship.

Andrew Davies was born on 20 September 1936 in Cardiff. A screenwriter, he has produced adaptations of classics including Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch and Vanity Fair. The winner of five Baftas, he spent years working as a university lecturer before taking to full-time writing in 1986, and his work on screenplays ranges from the BBC's Bleak House to the Bridget Jones films. He has two ...

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On Tuesday Chicago political insider Orlando Jones was in a fighting mood when he met his attorney for lunch and discussed their response to allegations linking Jones to corruption at University Medical Center.

Suzanne Heim, eighth-grade language arts teacher at North Rowan Middle School, recently had items published in The Mailbox Language Arts Practice Galore-Intermediate Level.

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Lexus announced a multimedia campaign in which it will promote its range of hybrid models for the 4th quarter of 2007.“One day high performance will come with lower emissions….not one day but today” represents the tag line for this campaign.

Luxury car maker Lexus has announced a substantial multimedia ad campaign promoting its industry-leading range of hybrid models for the fourth quarter of 2007. The spend of more than £6 million includes national TV, landmark billboard, on-line, and magazine activities.

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to build its first new auto assembly plant in Japan in nearly two decades, Japanese media reports said today. The Japanese automaker said in a statement it's studying all such production possibilities, but no decision had been made.

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VINELAND -- More than $1,600 in property was taken from two vehicles on Arrowhead Trail sometime early Wednesday morning. According to police, among the stolen items were a $300 wallet and a $500 digital camera.

It's fair to describe Mike Lawless as a Mercedes-Benz fanatic. The 29-year-old bachelor, who runs a technology consulting business in New Jersey, has been a Mercedes customer almost his entire adult life. Three of his Benzes have been C-classes. Lawless says he finds the German engineering comforting. "You can feel the quality just by closing the door," he says. "It has a mix of luxury and ...

TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to build its first new auto assembly plant in Japan in nearly two decades, Japanese media reports said today.

Two men were arrested Wednesday night after they allegedly were found with drugs and a large amount of cash in their car.

For weeks now, I have had a lot of trouble sleeping due to acid indigestion. I finally figured out the source of that problem. It has a name. It goes by Thomas L. Friedman, the New York Times foreign affairs writer. His take on globalization shakes me up.

Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to build its first new auto assembly plant in Japan in nearly two decades, Japanese media reports said Friday. The Japanese automaker said in a statement it's studying all such production possibilities, but no decision had been made. Toyota, which makes Camry sedans, Lexus luxury cars and Prius hybrids, has been reporting booming sales and appears to be on track to ...

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Chicago powerbroker Orlando Jones was found dead in Michigan this week from a gunshot wound to his head, officials said Thursday.

The closest points race in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series will be decided this Saturday.

Andrae King sat expressionless, staring straight ahead as the jury's verdict in the three-day murder trial was read. "Andrae J. King, murder.

Top talent is being lured from rivals by a shot at being part of a historic turnaround—and a chance for a big payday

DUBAI — As many as 22 teams will compete in today’s Lexus Golf Day at Arabian Ranches Golf Club. The format is 4-Player Team with the best 2 from 4 scores counting on each hole with 3/4 handicap allowance.

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Toyota Motor is planning to build its first new auto assembly plant in Japan in nearly two decades, Japanese media reports said Friday.

Frankfurt, Sep 14 (DPA) Booming demand in emerging economies has set off a gold-rush among the world's carmakers, desperate not to miss out on the large profits that beckon.

Booming demand in emerging economies have set off a gold-rush among the world's carmakers, desperate not to miss out on the large profits that beckon.

After a more than monthlong fight for her life, 17-year-old Kimberly Enlow died Thursday morning at Shands-Jacksonville Medical Center.

With just three points separating four competitors for this year's Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series Driver's Championship heading into the season finale at Miller Motorsports Park on Saturday, Lexus-powered driver Scott Pruett is in the hunt for his eighth sports car title.

Chip Ganassi Racing gets a controversial, revamped Lexus engine, Gainsco Racing enters with its first points lead of the season and SunTrust Racing will attempt to run a grueling, endurance race with just two drivers. No, the three teams involved in the tightest championship race in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series history isn't short on drama or side stories entering Saturday's season-ending ...

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With only Saturday’s Sunchaser 1000k at Miller Motorsports Park remaining in Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve competition, both the Daytona Prototype and GT driver and team championships remain up for grabs.

A car travelling at high speed in Oakville last night left a roadway and became airborne, smashing into a house, Halton Regional Police say.

Some think there is a conspiracy by the oil companies to trash the potential of electric cars. Others say it is the car companies in cahoots with the oil companies at work.

Heading to the last 2007 Rolex Series race at Miller Motorsports Park - mostly filling third-driver seats for the 7.5-hour enduro - are some too-infrequently seen faces in DP: Salvador Duran (Sanchez), Joey Hand, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Mike Rockenfeller, Jan Magnussen (hey, he's been off and on), Marc-Antoine Camirand, Bill Lester, Jimmy Vasser and Justin Wilson.

Glenview, Illinois, USA - Glenbrook South High School senior Tom Foust works part time as a lifeguard and swim instructor ... But on Saturday night, the 17-year-old put his lifesaving skills to use outside the pool -- on a set of railroad tracks.

Most people who reach the age of 50 start thinking about how to prepare for retirement. Jim Whiteside was ready to start a whole new career.

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Three words describe the 2008 model year: electronics, power and safety. The latest models feature more electronics than ever, from iPod connectors and Bluetooth in-car communication systems to increasingly sophisticated engine controls.

The Riverdale golf team shot 1-over par 289 to win the nine-team Willowbrook Invitational in Manchester Wednesday. Senior Matt Stephens and freshman Korey Smith each shot a 69 to tie for first, and Stephens won a playoff for medalist honors.

MELISSA MANN came home late the day before Labor Day to find police cars with flashing lights blocking her street. Her first thought was, "I hope the house isn't on fire."

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The Miami Civilian Investigative Panel, a 13-member city board charged with investigating complaints of police misconduct, will investigate the activities of Miami Police Chief John Timoney.

In their first Daytona Prototype race for 2007, the Holly Hill-based No. 09 Spirit of Daytona team, owned by Troy and Michelle Flis, should stimulate some curiosity as it introduces a never-beforeraced Porsche Cayenne-powered Fabcar in the Daytona Prototype car class.

His extradition hearing is set for Oct. 10. Wilson’s arrest wrapped up a 10-day manhunt that stretched across six states.

The outcome of the Grand Am Sunchaser race at Miller Motorsports Park this week will involve more than just a fast car and good cornering abilities. It'll take muscles.

City Times wishes our readers, advertisers and all our Muslim brothers and sisters a blessed Ramadan. We bring you this special Ramadan guide to Iftars, Sohours, etiquette and destinations for this Holy month

POLICE BLOTTER

Joseph C. Crabtree didn't own the Shelton Subaru and Dodge dealerships at the time when Connecticut's attorney general has alleged the business ran misleading and fraudulent advertisements, so he

Toyota Bank, the banking subsidiary of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor in Russia, has launched retail operations in Moscow, according to the head of the Toyota Kreditbank representative office, as revealed by Interfax.

Posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 1:15 p.m. AMARILLO, TEXAS -- I-27 near Washington was shut down early Wednesday morning after a four car accident killed one person and sent five more to the hospital.

Monday was a great day for the 12th annual Holy Grounds Youth Center Golf Tournament. Many thanks to our grand tournament sponsor BankAnnapolis, and volunteers Dana Miele and Tracey Smith.

LEXUS MEANS ENDURANCE -- Lexus enters this weekend's Sunchaser 1000 having won each of the last three Rolex Sports Car Series races run of 1000 kilometers or more. Earlier this year, Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Pruett, Salvador Duran and Juan Montoya teamed to dominate the Rolex 24 at Daytona.

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The S 400 HYBRID, will be available from mid-2009 in Europe, the 205 kW/279 hp V6 petrol engine is combined with a hybrid module delivering from the outset 160 Nm and 15 kW/ 20 hp. The combined maximum power output is 220 kW/299 hp, the combined maximum torque amounts to 375 Newton metres.

Lexus is rushing the launch of the upcoming IS-F after it felt overshadowed by the 2008 BMW M3 and the Mercedes C 63 AMG at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. According to AutoTelegraff, Lexus will bring the Lexus IS-F to the Europeans in the spring of 2008.

An interview with Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Daytona Prototype contenders Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty, Scott Pruett and team owner Wayne Taylor, substituting for contending driver Max Angelelli.

After 13 races and 5,284 miles of racing over the last nine months, just three points separate the three teams and four drivers atop the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series championship standings heading into Saturday’s season finale. The Daytona Prototype Championship will be decided in the Sunchaser 1000-kilometer race at Miller Motorsports Park, just west of Salt Lake City, Utah. GAINSCO/Bob ...

TEAMS: Back to back Rolex 24 At Daytona Champions TELMEX Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates and drivers Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas in the No.01 TELMEX Lexus-Riley, Michael Valiante and Dane Cameron in the No.19 Z-Line Designs/Mission Residential/Make-A-Wish Foundation Lexus-Riley.

NEW YORK (AP) - Maybe you or someone you know has an old junkheap of a car with 150,000 miles on it. Maybe you think that's a lot. It's not. Meet Peter Gilbert, who drove a Saab more than a million miles through 17 Wisconsin winters.

Maybe you or someone you know has an old junkheap of a car with 150,000 miles on it. Maybe you think that's a lot. It's not.

Teachers and students looking for a new challenge have a significant opportunity available to them. Today, Lexus announced the launch of the Lexus Environmental Challenge, a program designed to educate and empower students to take action to improve the environment.

Miami Police Chief John Timoney admitted to driving a hybrid Lexus for free for more than a year, donated the money he would have paid to charity and apologized publicly for "the perception that's been created that somehow I was getting something for nothing," but that's apparently not enough for at least one city commissioner.

Yes, it was in 1997 that the Prius took to the road in Japan, three years before it was introduced in America. The ideas that spurred the development of the Prius surfaced in early 1992 when Toyota Motor Corporation announced its Earth Charter.

For weeks now I have had a lot of trouble sleeping due to acid indigestion. But I finally figured out the source of that problem. And it has a name. It goes by Thomas L. Friedman, the New York Times foreign affairs writer. His take on globalization shakes me up.

A motorcyclist was killed on Saturday when his bike collided with a car on the A377 near Umberleigh.

BY TROY JOHNSON

A police pursuit through Evergreen and east Kalispell Tuesday ended in a three-car collision and the arrest of a fugitive from Ohio. William Darrell Sweeney, 27, is charged in Flathead County with criminal endangerment and reckless driving. It is not yet known what Sweeney was wanted for in Ohio.

An assassination attempt on a police officer, deputy head of the unit to fight corruption in the tax department of the regional police in Khabarovsky Krai, failed due to a faulty trigger device – the fishing line intended for the purpose broke and saved the officer’s life on Monday in the city of Khabarovsk.

Discordant tunes have emerged from National Assembly top bureaucrats over the controversial N529 million renovation contract rocking the House of Representatives.

COLTON: The California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert on the eastbound Highway 91 near the 215 and 10 Freeway interchanges after a semi truck overturned and began leaking fuel at 11 a.m. The three right lanes were closed until 12:20 p.m.

Testimony Tuesday from a private accident reconstructionist contradicted police conclusions about who was driving the vehicle in a fatal 2004 motor vehicle accident.

COLIN Montgomerie escaped a speeding rap for the second time in three years yesterday because of a police blunder. Cops in England failed to serve the multi-millionaire golfer with a summons to answer a charge of doing 88mph in his £71,000 Lexus.

TOOELE, Utah September 11, 2007 - Eric Lux (Buffalo, NY) will join lead driver Shane Lewis (Jupiter, Fla.) in the No. 3 Preformed Line Products Lexus Riley of Southard Motorsports this Saturday at the season finale of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve.

Naples’ Lorie McCabe won the Senior Division of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals Southeast Section Championship on Sept. 3 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando.

Rear end reveals itself to be far more ambitious than the front. Anything you can do, Lexus can do better. The RX350 is proof, according to SHANNON TEOH.

A two-vehicle collision has westbound lanes on Ramon Road in Rancho Mirage shut down this evening.

(Tooele, UT) 11 September 2007- Burt and Brian Frisselle have had the chance all summer to work on their sibling rivalry, trading paint in NASCAR competition at the Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Virginia.

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COCONUT GROVE, Fla. -- Fraternal Order of Police and Commissioners met today and want Miami's top cop out.

GOLFER Colin Montgomerie escaped a speeding charge for the second time in three years yesterday, thanks to a police blunder.

Discordant tunes have emerged from National Assembly top bureaucrats over the controversial N529 million renovation contract rocking the House of Representatives.

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Many executives figure that if you spend enough money to promote a product, customers will come. But running a business in this way leads to failure, one expert says.

On The Outside Looking In: Has Lexus Bit Off More Than It Can Chew?

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Golfing champion Colin Montgomerie has a speeding charge against him dropped after a mistake by police.

Golfer Colin Montgomerie has a speeding charge against him dropped after a mistake by police.

F.P. It came to my attention while on vacation recently with my sister and her family that my nephew makes fun of me.

NORTHSIDE - Cincinnati police are trying to piece together what happened after a driver ran over a man that she claimed robbed her daughter Monday in Northside.

Socialites, artsy celebrities—Vincent Gallo, Michel Gondry, photographer duo Inez and Vinoodh—and half the employees of Cond é Nast turned out for the Rodarte show in Chelsea on Saturday. ( Paris Vogue editor Carine Roitfield was smoky-eyed as ever at three in the afternoon). The white loft lacked ventilation, and everyone in the room was fanning themselves with free Lexus brochures. The ...

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Toyota Motor Corp aims to increase unit sales in Europe, helped by demand from eastern Europe, European head Tadashi Arashima said.

CHICAGO -- Tom Foust saw the train lights in the distance and knew it was time to stop arguing with the driver whose white Lexus was stuck on railroad tracks in Glenview, Ill.

State legislators on Monday got an in-depth look at a new bill attempting to create universal health care in Alaska through a “consumer driven” model that would require everyone to become insured, but would also help pay medical costs for the poorest Alaskans.

NORTHSIDE - Cincinnati police are trying to piece together what happened after a driver ran over a man that she claimed robbed her daughter Monday in Northside.

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CHICAGO (MCT) — Tom Foust saw the train lights in the distance and knew it was time to stop arguing with the elderly driver, whose white Lexus was stuck on railroad tracks in Glenview, Ill.

It hit Kourtney Clark during summer workouts, when one of her 2006 teammates stopped by the Pine Bush gym to say goodbye. That's when Clark realized she would be the only senior on the six-time Section 9 champs.

DETROIT -- In its first five weeks of owning Chrysler, Cerberus Capital Management LP has gone on a hiring binge, signing up a chief executive, poaching Toyota's respected North American chief, enticing a top marketing executive from Lexus and snagging a former General Motors Corp. official with a background in globalization.

KHABAROVSK, September 11 (Itar-Tass) - At attempt on the life of the deputy chief of the corruption section at the Khabarovsk territorial police department was committed at this territorial administrative centre on Tuesday, Itar-Tass learnt from the local prosecutor’s office.

A 22-year-old man became Orange's third homicide this year after he was gunned down near the Dr. Walter G. Alexander public housing complex on Parrow Street, a prosecutor's office spokesman said yesterday.

AIM Autosport hopes to finish the 2007 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series season the way it started, with a strong performance in an endurance race.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (September 10, 2007) -- An interview with Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve Daytona Prototype contenders Alex Gurney, Jon Fogarty, Scott Pruett and team owner Wayne Taylor, substituting for contending driver Max Angelelli.

(Columbus, OH) 10 September 2007--Team owner Mike Shank announced today that Champ Car championship contender Justin Wilson has signed on to race the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Lexus-Riley in Saturdays SunChaser 1000 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. The affable Briton will share the driving duties with 2006 defending race winners Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri.

The two-mode hybrid powertrain was jointly developed with General Motors. This crossover vehicle represents its first application in a Mercedes-Benz product.

Pontiac Daytona Prototype (DP) teams are ready for the final round of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve race to be held at Miller Motorsport Park in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday.

Seminoles' Blixt leads individual standings after first two rounds. TOLEDO, Ohio - The Florida State University men's golf team is in first place in the team standings and Seminole senior All-American Jonas Blixt is in first place in the team standings after the first two rounds of the Inverness Intercollegiate at the Inverness Club. The Seminoles hold a three-stroke lead over Michigan State in ...

The two-mode hybrid powertrain was jointly developed with General Motors. This crossover vehicle represents its first application in a Mercedes-Benz product.

Cincinnati police are trying to piece together what happened after a female driver ran over a man in Northside she claims robbed her daughter.

Team owner Mike Shank announced today that Champ Car regular Justin Wilson has signed on to race the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing Lexus-Riley in Saturday’s SunChaser 1000 at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah. The affable Briton will share the driving duties with 2006 defending race winners Mark Patterson and Oswaldo Negri.

Washington DC September 0, 2007; The AIADA newsletter reported that Toyota Motor Corp. is hinting that a new sports car may be on the drawing board to fill a gap left by the retirement of the MRS two-seater.

In 1983, Toyota Chairman Eiji Toyoda called a secret meeting of company executives asking them a question that would change the luxury segment as we know it today. “Can we create a luxury vehicle to challenge the world’s best?”

DETROIT - Beneath your car's hood, there are belts hooked to the engine, running the power steering, air conditioning and other items that drag on the engine and cut gas mileage.

NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp is making money on its Tundra truck even though it has been forced to offer uncharacteristic incentives to win over customers for the all-new full-size pickup, the automaker's North American sales chief said on Monday.

Tom Foust saw the train lights in the distance and knew it was time to stop arguing with the elderly driver, whose white Lexus was stuck on railroad tracks in Glenview.

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Virginia transportation officials have a preliminary agreement with two companies for a financing plan that will provide $1.7 billion to build high-occupancy toll lanes on a section of the Beltway.

Moments before a car stuck on tracks in north suburban Glenview was hit by two Amtrak trains Saturday night, three local teenage boys helped pull the driver from the vehicle, authorities said.

FRANKFURT, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it was aiming for a 5 percent sales growth in Europe in 2008.

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Thomas Foust, 17, risked his life Saturday to save an elderly woman who was moments away from being hit by a passenger train in Glenview, Ill. "With Amtrak trains barreling toward him from both directions, Foust opened an elderly woman's...

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“We used to have a lot of sports cars, but not anymore,” Kazuo Okamoto, executive vice president for r&d. “So now we want to try it again.” Okamoto speaking last month about Toyota’s midterm business plan, said that Toyota has plans to launch more ”appealing products” that are “fun to drive.”

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MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Toyota Bank, which specializes in auto loans and is owned by Toyota Motor, has opened its first two subsidiaries in Moscow, the head of Toyota Kreditbank GmbH Moscow office said Monday.

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the U.S. Open Sunday. NEW YORK — Here’s the thing about this Roger Federer fellow.

Khaled Ismail and Sysdsoft are shaping the way WiMax works around the globe. Ahmed Ibrahim and Karim Khorshed’s EgyptNetwork isexporting SMS platforms to the region’s telecom players.

Glenbrook South High School senior Tom Foust works part time as a lifeguard and swim instructor. But on Saturday night, the 17-year-old put his lifesaving skills to use outside the pool -- on a set of railroad tracks.

Top heavyweight boxer Andrew Golota is being sued over an April traffic accident that allegedly left a woman partially disabled. Juliet Mendez says the Chicago fighter blew through a stop sign and slammed into the side of her car at Armitage and Honore on April 6.

Thieves taught an affluent neighborhood in Drexel Hill a valuable lesson over the weekend: Lock it or lose it.

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Beneath your car's hood, there are belts hooked to the engine, running the power steering, air conditioning and other items that drag on the engine and cut gas mileage. But, as fuel efficiency becomes paramount with high gas prices and pending government regulations, automakers across the world are trying to get rid of as many belts as they can and switching to electric motors. The power steering ...

Lexus' active and intelligent new driver safety system uses six cameras that monitor your face as you drive

Ken Jenne is a career politician who never spent a day in a police uniform before becoming Broward sheriff in 1998. Now that he has resigned in criminal disgrace, some wonder if Broward citizens would be better served if future sheriffs were appointed instead of elected.

THREE cars have been seized after police spotted them drag racing on Anzac Hwy.

This one's about the American dream getting better, and it unfurled at Saturday's hat-in-the-air Imani Gala in Gwen and Steven Manto's spectacular manse and gardens in Sewickley Heights.

Construction of express toll lanes on the Capital Beltway in Virginia will begin early next year and last five years, state transportation officials said yesterday as they detailed significant changes to a privately backed project that is intended to provide a quicker commute through one of the...

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This undated handout picture released from Japanese auto giant Toyota Motor shows Jim Press, President of the company's North America subsidiary.

KAHULUI – Although their cars got stranded on Oahu and Maui for nearly two weeks, Hawaii Superferry customers said it was “no big deal” and were pleased with the company’s assistance throughout the ordeal.

The remnants of Hurricane Henriette passed without trouble in Oklahoma on Saturday. So did the remnants of the Hurricanes teams that had tormented the Sooners in the early part of the decade.

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By Reino Gevers, Frankfurt, Sep 9 : Carmakers are presenting a flurry of new drive concepts at the 62nd International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt Sep 13-23 aimed at making cars of the future cleaner and safer.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., announced its plans to join America Supports You, a Department of Defense program that recognizes citizens' that stand behind members of the U.S. Armed Services and their families, to demonstrate support for the troops with Toyota's 2007 grassroots marketing programs.

Tom Foust saw the train lights in the distance and knew it was time to stop arguing with the elderly driver, whose white Lexus was stuck on railroad tracks in Glenview.

Braves salute Little League champs

The remnants of Hurricane Henriette passed without trouble in Oklahoma on Saturday. So did the remnants of the Hurricanes teams that had tormented the Sooners in the early part of the decade.

Scott Pruett, the 2004 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Co-Champion, will be one of the featured guests on this Sunday’s edition of SPEED’s Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain at 9 p.m. ET. Pruett, lead driver of the No. 01 TELMEX/Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates Lexus Riley, is a contender for the 2007 Rolex Series Championship which will be decided at next weekend’s SunChaser ...

Nothing has gone wrong with the vehicle. Before I purchased my Tundra I test drove the Ford F150 and F250 and the Chevy Silverado. Overall, the Tundra outperformed these competitors significantly. The Fords had impressive engines, but rode "rough".

When series leaders John Fogarty and Alex Gurney go into the Rolex Sports Cars Series Daytona Prototype finale Sept. 15 at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah, they’ll have some help from a guy who knows how to win a championship. Jimmy Vasser, the 1996 CART champion and a 15-year open-wheel veteran, will again team with Fogarty and Gurney in the GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Pontiac-powered Riley for the ...

Fingerprints, hundreds of hours of investigative work and networking with other detectives have led to the arrest of two people in connection with a June 28 carjacking and armed robbery of a downtown Merced cell phone store.

Two months after a trip to Iraq as part of an independent commission analyzing the country's police forces, Miami Chief John Timoney was in Washington, D.C., Friday to discuss the group's work.

When Toyota Motor Corp. shipped the first Lexus cars to California in 1989, most Americans were underwhelmed by what looked like made-in-Japan versions of Mercedes-Benz sedans.

With the Pontiac G6 and Chrysler Sebring convertibles, the retractable hardtop infiltrates the domestic four-seat convertible.

Aim high - that was the phrase the U.S. Air Force used for years in recruiting ads.

Two months after a trip to Iraq as part of an independent commission analyzing the country's police forces, Miami Chief John Timoney was in Washington, D.C., Friday to discuss the group's work.

For the first time in four years, employers have cut jobs, raising new fears that a deep housing slump and a tightening of credit availability could push the economy into a recession.

Lexus has introduced the newest version of its GS luxury sport sedan range for 2008, the GS 460 with a new 342-horsepower 4.6-liter V8 and eight-speed automatic transmission. The GS 460 replaces the GS 430, providing more power and performance yet with similar fuel efficiency.

TORRANCE, Calif. -- Lexus returns to the New York fashion scene to sponsor Rodarte during Fashion Week in New York. The luxury automaker will sponsor the Sept. 8, 2007 spring show taking place at Dia: Chelsea.

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Chrysler lured its second high-profile executive in as many days, appointing SAIC Motor Corp.'s Phil Murtaugh as chief executive of its Asian operations Friday.

Lexus returns to the New York fashion scene to sponsor Rodarte during Fashion Week in New York.

Lexus is enhancing the GS for the 2008 M.Y. line-up by applying minor aesthetic revisions on all versions and replacing the GS 430 with the GS 460 which boasts a 342 Hp 4.6-liter V8 combined with an eight-speed automatic transmission that takes it from 0 to 60 mph 5.4 seconds.

Even as Jason Hardy Hunt was preparing to defend himself against allegations that he used excessive force as a police officer in Prichard, he was scheming to commit loan fraud to buy a Lexus, a federal grand jury has alleged.

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