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WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderSome Ill. driver's ed cars have low crash ratings
CHICAGO (AP) - Many Illinois students are learning to drive in cars that have low crash-test ratings as school districts put a bigger priority on cost and fuel mileage. The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday (http://trib.in/qDQN94 ) that it analyzed
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:25P
Post-WWII plane pilot dies in W Virginia air show crash
The pilot of a post-World War II plane has died after crashing into a runway and bursting into flames, the second deadly air show crash in 24 hours. The West Virginia Air National Guard said that no spectators were injured and that the crash site was
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:25P
Troubles flares over parking in Clare
“Traffic orders stopping motor vehicles being left on this piece of land have been ignored, as were further notices requiring removal of other obstructions. “This left the council with no choice but to enforce the notices and have the obstructions
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:25P
NC man killed in W.Va. air show crash
Federal officials are investigating what caused Mangan's plane to crash. Spokesman Jim Peters of the Federal Aviation Administration said Sunday he expects the National Transportation Safety Board to release a preliminary accident report within three
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:25P
Bloody weekend on Metro Detroit roads leaves 3 dead, 2 critical
The man, identified as 31-year-old Detroit resident Ernest Bridgeman, was driving at a high rate of speed when the accident happened, said state police. Another man in the car received minor injuries. At about the same time, two people were killed on
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:25P
Barcelona Ball Comes to Rome
A former Spanish international, the 41-year-old Luis Enrique had been managing Barcelona's B-team for the past three seasons. From any other club his coaching rsum would have looked rather thin. But he brought with him the promise of building
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:24P
Greece's debt enters crucial week
Athens — Greek lawmakers working to rein in the country's massive debt said yesterday they will have to make substantial progress this week to ensure the country secures a cash lifeline protecting it from bankruptcy. The gravity of Greece's financial
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:23P
Solyndra enquiry embarrassing for Obama energy policy
The Treasury Department has opened an inquiry into the role one of its units played in granting a $535 million federal loan guarantee to solar equipment maker Solyndra, which collapsed into bankruptcy 10 days ago. Once heralded by the Obama
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:22P
Solyndra enquiry embarrassing for Obama energy policy
The Treasury Department has opened an inquiry into the role one of its units played in granting a $535 million federal loan guarantee to solar equipment maker Solyndra, which collapsed into bankruptcy 10 days ago. Once heralded by the Obama
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:22P
New buyers circle over Innkeepers -- WSJ
The offer is said to be slightly higher than an initial bid the firm and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc made in a bankruptcy-court auction in May. Five Mile is partnering with Lehman's bankruptcy estate for the deal, under which Five Mile will assume a
Updated: 09/18/2011 12:21P