Antilock brakes (ABS) have the potential to reduce motorcycle crash fatalities by 37 percent, according to research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). To help riders find models equipped with this potentially life-saving ...
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The US spot ethylene market was at a standstill Thursday on news of an explosion and fire at Williams' olefins complex in Louisiana that killed one person earlier in the day, market sources said. Sellers pulled all material Thursday ...
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New legislation in New York City aims to regulate the use of 3D printers to make firearms, as the U.S. tries to cope with the possible proliferation online of drawings for making such arms. An organization, Defense Distributed, fired in ...
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While the curious are looking to get their hands on a pair of Google's Glass, companies also may be looking to weave the computerized eyeglasses into their businesses. "We see wearables as the logical next step at work," said Kelly ...
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Google is buying the crowdsourced mapping app developer Waze, in a move geared toward adding more real-time navigation tools to its own Maps software, the company announced Tuesday. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, though early ...
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South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor has secured a contract from the Peruvian government to deliver 800 units of Santa Fe-based police cars. Delivery of the Santa Fe police cars, which are based on the company's Santa Fe 2.4 gasoline ...
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Royal Oman Police (ROP) have arrested four nationals in relation to the recent robbery at Oman Cement Company. According to the Oman News Agency, Police said two of those arrested carried knives which were used to threaten an accountant ...
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With bike theft on the rise in the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, metro areas, Vancouver police are faced with a dilemma: what to do with bikes that are recovered. Ideally, bikes are reunited with their rightful owners and ...
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New-home production and remodeling contribute billions of dollars to the nation's economy each year, and with the right policies in place housing can serve as a catalyst to boost job and economic growth, the National Association of Home ...
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Travelers has enhanced its Public Entity Management Liability (PEML) policy to offer limited special expenses coverage reimbursement for finding a replacement for a key public sector employee in case of death or disability leading to ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has recalled 465,000 vehicles due to the problem of fuel leakage along with two other recalls. The first recall affects 2013 models of Ford including Explorer, Taurus, Flex, Fusion and Police ...
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has once again warned the government against "knee-jerk" efforts to revive the Communications Data Bill in the wake of the murder of drummer Lee Rigby. Dubbed by critics the "snooper's charter", the ...
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Maine is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation with a law that would require police to obtain a court-issued search warrant in order to obtain a person's cell-phone location data. The State Legislature, by a vote of ...
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As riots erupted in Turkey and protesters and government officials took to social media to fire back and forth online, the country's prime minister called Twitter a "curse." Istanbul is seeing its fourth day of violent public ...
A 47-year-old New Jersey woman was killed on Wednesday by a fire that investigators are blaming on a faulty dishwasher, according to NorthJersey.com. The tragedy is a reminder of the potential dangers that can result from defective ...
Tags: Dishwasher, Consumer Electronics