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U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 10:31am neoform

Reuters -- The United States ranks at the bottom of industrialized countries in vehicle fuel-economy standards, but would jump far up the list if legislation to boost mileage requirements clears Congress and is signed into law, according to a report released on Mond.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 17, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

SF Gate -- Portions of Valencia and 26th streets in the Mission District are again closed to vehicle traffic this afternoon after crews working to repair a broken water main encountered old Muni tracks and utility lines that slowed their work, officials said. The.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Nov 19, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- A sport utility vehicle ran off a Central California road and landed upside down in a canal, killing seven people inside, including four children and a baby, authorities said Sunday. The SUV was going more than 55 mph Saturday night near Kettleman City.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

CNN -- Two guards were killed and a third wounded Thursday in the robbery of an armored vehicle outside a Wachovia Bank branch in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, police said. Police were looking for one suspect, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson sai.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 21, 2007 @ 5:10am neoform

USA Today -- A man who plowed his sports utility vehicle through a motel, killing a sleeping man, had a blood-alcohol level more than five times the legal limit to drive, authorities said. Stephen VanVleit, 58, of Anti-go was charged with felony homicide by neglige.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 2:26pm neoform

SF Gate -- A crowd attacked and killed a passenger in a vehicle that had struck and injured a child, police said Wednesday. Police believe 2,000 to 3,000 people were in the area for a Juneteenth celebration when the attack occurred Tuesday night. The man who was.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jun 17, 2007 @ 10:38am neoform

CNN -- A drag-racing vehicle lost control during a parade and spun into a crowd of bystanders Saturday night, killing four adults and injuring up to 15 people, authorities said. Investigators were trying to determine what caused the car to lose control. Th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 26, 2007 @ 10:07pm neoform

SF Gate -- A drive-by shooting critically wounded an 18-month-old girl in a car seat and a man who was standing outside the vehicle. The girl's mother pleaded for public help in solving the crime, telling a police press conference Monday that her child was dying... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 6:12pm neoform

USA Today -- A vehicle in President Bush's motorcade traveling from Washington to the Camp David presidential retreat collided Friday with another car on an icy Interstate, but no one was injured. Bush typically is flown in the Marine One helicopter from the South.. Read More