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Nissan to Take US Orders for Leaf Battery Car From August BusinessWeek 11 (Bloomberg) -- Nissan Motor Co., aiming to be the world's biggest seller of electric cars, will take "firm" orders in the US for the battery-powered Leaf ... See all stories on this topic

Emotional Michael Waltrip sneaks into Daytona 500; Papis gets in USA Today Waltrip has endured plenty of lows at Daytona, too, from winning his first race (after 461 starts) on the day that car owner and friend Dale Earnhardt died ... See all stories on this topic

BBC News Prince Andrew 'hit Met officer' in car outside palace BBC News The Duke of York reportedly hit a uniformed officer as he tried to move two Japanese tourists out of the way of the Prince's 4x4 car. The officer is said to ... See all stories on this topic

Fatal car blast linked to gangs ABC Online Police are investigating whether a man charged with possessing bomb equipment was the intended target in Thursday's fatal car explosion in Enfield, ... See all stories on this topic

Los Angeles Times Melanie Troxel is back on track Los Angeles Times She had no sponsor in 2009 but returns for eight funny car races in the NHRA's Full Throttle Series with In-N-Out deal. Says Melanie Troxel of landing ... See all stories on this topic

Los Angeles Times Riverside police chief resigns after accident Los Angeles Times By David Kelly Riverside Police Chief Russ Leach stepped down Thursday just three days after he crashed a city-owned car under circumstances that have ... See all stories on this topic

Putin Underwrites Fiat's Russian Ambitions In EUR2.4B Venture Wall Street Journal RS) that the state will underwrite their joint venture to create the country's second major car producer. The two companies want the government to produce ... See all stories on this topic

Fallen War Veteran's Belongings Stolen from Widow's Car KRDO Authorities say the widow of an Air Force airman had some of her husband's belongings stolen from her car while she was in Colorado Springs for a memorial ... See all stories on this topic

DVICE Radical DeltaWing racing rocket could be Indy car of the future DVICE Today's Indy cars could be obsolete if this bad-ass proposal is accepted by the Izod IndyCar series. The hunt for the next generation of open-wheel race ... See all stories on this topic

The Hot Pass: Hendrick starts where it finished FOXNews "Just shows we don't build bad race cars," four-time defending Sprint Cup champion Johnson said. "The Shootout car was very fast today. ... See all stories on this topic

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