Autos
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Quirky cool crafts comfy on road or waterMar 07, 2016 4:58 am - You know that feeling when you can't help smiling? That kind of goofy ear-to-ear grin that isn't coming off, even with a 10-foot crowbar? Yep, that was me last Christmas...
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Scion a chip off the old Toyota block
Mar 05, 2016 10:00 pm - Toyota will discontinue its Scion division in August. It was bound to happen. It has nothing to do with bad product, lousy marketing or any other classic form of failure...
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For the first time, Google's self-driving car takes some blame for a crash
Mar 05, 2016 10:00 pm - A Google self-driving car sideswiped a bus this month, the first blemish on the otherwise spotless driving record of the company's vehicles. Google's 53 vehicles have dr...
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Rough-and-ready racer has high-class pedigreeFeb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - There was a lot of big news buzzing around this year's 2016 Race and Performance Expo. The local festival of fast has become quite the place to find parts and the resour...
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New Napleton GM focused on futureFeb 28, 2016 12:00 am - Jody Adams took to heart the advice his father gave him a long time ago. "He said if you find a job that you like, you will never work a day in your life," Adams said. "...
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Carmakers targeting tech buyers want to be like Apple
Feb 27, 2016 6:31 am - Carmakers are becoming a familiar sight at tech shows, where they're rolling out new models to woo a generation of consumers who question the need for a car that only ge...
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In motorcycles, retro is all the rageFeb 21, 2016 10:00 pm - It's been said that if you wait long enough everything old will be new once again. That sage idiom was readily seen at last week's Progressive International Motorcycle S...
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Car enthusiasts hunt for deals, rare item at St. Charles swap meetFeb 21, 2016 12:00 am - Kevin Christianson still owns the two GM muscle cars he had in high school decades ago. On Sunday, he added some pieces to bring one of them back to those early days. Ch...
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Super Bee is an upgrade over CoronetFeb 15, 2016 5:00 am - Ray Dwyer has always had a soft spot for Mopars. In the 1970s he could be seen cruising around the Chicago area in a dark green 1970 Dodge Coronet. It had come from a de...
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How 'interlocks' stopped 1.8 cases of drunken driving
Feb 14, 2016 6:00 am - Automobile “interlocks” that require motorists to breathe into a tube before trying to start their cars have stopped 1.8 million cases of drunken driving nationwide, acc...