This year, only one V-8 engine made the cut for the annual Ward’s Auto 10 Best Engines List as most of the field was dominated by alternative-fueled and forced-induction powertrains. To qualify for the award, engines must be available in a regular-production, U.S.-specification models and be on sale no later …
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Virgin Galactic readies for Monday’s unveiling of SpaceShipTwo — the first-class space tourist’s wonder machine at the core of the space tourism firm’s suborbital fleet. The scene is spacecraft manufacturer Scaled Composites at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California. No doubt, there’s plenty of pomp and circumstance that’s …
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If you blinked, you may have missed Jet Blue’s recent “All-You-can-Jet” pass. Travelers had until August 21, or while supplies lasted, to book the $599 pass, which enabled them to fly as much as they wished to the airline’s 57 destinations between September 8 and October 8. Unfortunately, supplies didn’t …
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Montag’s Revealing Performance New Low for Pageant? She wasn’t a contestant on last night’s Miss Universe pageant, but that didn’t stop “Hills” star Heidi Montag from flashing her assets nonetheless. Montag donned tight sequined pants and a matching bra (exposing plenty of cleavage to the viewing audience) as she sang …
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Move over MTV:The U Network (search)is coming to college campuses this fall, boasting what it calls a more intelligent, “clean” alternative for today’s young people. “They’ve dumbed [programming] down — I don’t know why,” said TUN creator Shane Walker, 38, referring toMTV (search). “But we’re going to change it.” TUN …
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NEW YORK – Fall is just beginning, but in the fashion world designers have already unveiled their spring 2005 collections. Word from fashionistas is thatthe “dress”will bethe must-have item when the snow thaws. Foxnews.com spoke to Nicole Miller, one of America’s leading dress designers, about her 2005 spring collection, which …
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that authorizes more than 1,000 additional military and police personnel for the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic. The resolution follows up on a request by the U.N. secretary-general in January for another 1,030 peacekeepers to …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – An American professor at a university in the United Arab Emirates was one of two people killed when their bicycles were hit by a car in the city of Sharjah, north of Dubai. The American University of Sharjah said Tuesday that associate professor of history …
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I always wondered just how long it took after Abraham Lincoln was shot before they had the first “Abraham Lincoln’s Day Sale.” I suspect not long. I fear we’ve done much the same with Memorial Day (search). It’s now more prone to remember the sales and barbecues, than the sweat …
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JOHANNESBURG – South African police say two suspected looters were fatally shot following a week of attacks on immigrant-owned shops in the Johannesburg area. The South African Press Association on Monday quoted police Lt. Gen. Solomon Makgale as saying the two men were killed in Langlaagte, south of Johannesburg. Makgale …
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