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Ask the Best and Brightest: Who Will Walk Away With Saturn, Saab, Pontiac, Hummer?

According to Bloomberg, who has it from people supposedly familiar with the matter, GM “is studying whether to shed its Saturn, Saab and Pontiac brands in addition to Hummer.” So assuming that they do: Will they just dump the brands? As in throw them away? Or will they sell them...

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The Trut...out Cars — 5 days ago

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National Guard Gets Spying, 'Flying Beer Keg' for Iraq

A Pennsylvania National Guard unit will get a new toy before it deploys to Iraq in January — an odd-looking robotic recon aircraft, sometimes referred to as "the flying beer keg." ...

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Wired: Politics — 4 days ago

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Hietaniemen Hautausmaa [Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)]

tags: Etu-Töölö, Helsinki, Finland, nature, image of the day Gravestone shrouded in snow. Image: GrrlScientist, 24 November 2008 [larger view]. On my last day in Helsinki, my host and I walked through the northwestern portions of the city (Etu-Tööl...

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ScienceBlogs — 4 days ago

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Local Detroit-area Nissan and Infiniti dealers to invade NAIAS

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, NissanThe show must go on! In this case, we're talking about what's arguably the most important auto show in America: Detroit. It'll be a cold day in Hell January for fans of Nissan's finest, as the Japanese automaker has officially pulled out of the proceedings. The ...

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Autoblog — 3 days ago

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Guillermo del Toro's The Hobbit Starts Shooting in 2010

As part of a promotion for the new Hellboy II Blu-Ray, Guillermo del Toro participated in an online chat with fans last weekend. As always, del Toro usually provides some minor updates on The Hobbit during chats like this, and he revealed a few details actually worth mentioning. Thanks to BilboHobb ...

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FirstShowing.net — 3 days ago

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GMC Yukon Hybrids Carry Thanksgiving Day Floats In Rick-Rolled Macy's Parade [I Like Rick-Rolling]

While we're not sure if the Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends float from yesterday's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was one of the five floats being hauled by a GMC Yukon Hybrid, but we kind of hope it was. If only so that we could know an automaker was somehow involved in bringing us this firs...

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Jalopnik — 4 days ago