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North America gives Ford fourth-quarter profit despite Europe woes
Strong business in North America helped Ford Motor Co. post a big increase in fourth-quarter profit Tuesday, excluding a tax adjustment last year, but the automaker is still being hurt by Europe’s economic malaise. The nation’s second-...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., Ford, Media Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment
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Ducati breaks sales records in 2012
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Ducati North America on Thursday announced record sales for 2012 -- the company's best year in the market, with a 21% increase over 2011 in total sales of motorcycles and a 42% jump in its apparel division. [For the Record, 7:20 a.m., Jan. 17: An...Tags: Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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A Word, Please: Sometimes subjects disagree with their object
A recent headline from the Los Angeles Times, “Teens plotting attacks tend to tip their hand,” highlights a particularly difficult grammar problem. Do plural teens really share a singular hand? No. But would it be better to make “hand&...Tags: Los Angeles Times
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Lots of local progress in 2012
As the new year begins, there is excitement about economic development momentum in St. Joseph County. We are again in the middle of conversations with companies seeking to expand or relocate to our area. Around the state and across the Midwest,...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries
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2012 another bad year for U.S. disasters, and it may get worse
Tornadoes and wildfires. Droughts and hurricanes. The United States saw almost every sort of calamity this year as 11 billion-dollar natural disasters struck the country. Superstorm Sandy hit New York, ruined parts of the New Jersey coast and closed the...Tags: Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Disasters and Accidents, Landforms, Munich (Germany)
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Here's the buzz out West
Many Western ski resorts have had stronger-than-expected early snowstorms, meaning many will open soon. That's good news. And here's more from the Western slopes: Wyoming If you've never been to Jackson Hole, Wyo., maybe this is your year. Jackson...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurants, Glaciers, Landforms, Culture
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Whose traffic camera system is bigger? D.C.'s or Baltimore's?
The Baltimore SunWhose traffic camera system is bigger? D.C. or Baltimore's? In the Baltimore Sun's speed camera investigation published Sunday, Xerox State & Local Solutions, Baltimore's speed camera vendor, called the city's automated traffic enforcement system the...Tags: Washington, DC, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Presidential vision for America lives on in JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comHeavily rooted in U.S. history, what has become the JFK 50 Mile ultramarathon began as a challenge issued in the early 1900s by President Theodore Roosevelt, who demanded that his ranking military officers be able to lead their men 50 miles in a 20-hour...Tags: Entertainment Events, Running, Theodore Roosevelt, Physical Fitness and Exercise, John F. Kennedy
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Seasonal pasture myopathy cause identified
For decades, hundreds of horses in North America and northern Europe have died from a pasture-associated muscle disease whose cause, prevention, and treatment have remained elusive. Even with early diagnosis, the fatality rate for this disease, known as...Tags: Horse (animal), Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, Colleges and Universities
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Quebec City: A walkable feast for the explorer
QUEBEC CITY — It probably shouldn't come as any surprise that a town that's been around more than 400 years would claim beaucoup historical bragging rights. "That's the Ursuline Convent," says our guide, Sharon Frenette. "It's the oldest girls...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Politics, French and Indian War, Mark Twain, Paris (France)
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Florida travel calendar for October
Check out festivals and events in October across the state.
View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below:
Coming up this week
Through Nov. 12: Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, Walt Disney World. The...Tags: Fish and Reptiles, Sunny Isles, Big Band (genre), Austria, Halloween Horror Nights
Jan 29, 2013
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Jan 17, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
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Jan 1, 2013
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Dec 24, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Nov 13, 2012
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Nov 20, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Nov 17, 2012
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Nov 9, 2012
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Nov 5, 2012
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Oct 16, 2012
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Oct 22, 2012
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
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