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nate w

Supercar price cut in half - 1 views

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    McLaren cuts the price of its carbon fiber menu. The MP4-12C one of Mclarens elite supercar is now more affordable. The MP4-12C has 592 horsepower twin-turbo V8. The car is capable of reaching over 205MPH. The car used to cost over $500,000.00. Now the super car cost lest then $250,000.00. What made the car so expensive before was the use of all carbon.
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    Yeah the supercar may be more affordable now from its old retail price but really who has a quarter mill to be spending on a car. unless you're rich of course.
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    People should just wait to buy the car because the price will just keep on dropping overtime.
Kristen D.

Fruit being used for car parts - 0 views

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    Scientists, in Brazil, are trying to use fibers from fruit to make a stronger light plastic to create car parts. They are 30 percent lighter and 3 or 4 percent stronger. This could also improve the fuel economy. Fibers found for these products can be found in pineapple leaves and stems, bananas, coconut shells, agave, and cattails. The new plastics are more resistant to heat, water and spilled gasoline than conventional plastics.
brittany v

Ford: Best first quarter since '98 - 1 views

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    Ford Motor combined strong sales and improved pricing to roar past earnings forecasts and post its best first-quarter profit since 1998. Ford earned $2.6 billion, up 22% from last year. They did this by lowing prices on cars and making the most sold cars in America. This has been Fords best since 1998. They are currently the company withe the most cars sold.
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    Because ford is reasonably priced and keeps close watch on the economy. Every other car company out there needs to follow in ford's footsteps to keep the balance in our economy.
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    In New York a ford motor combined sales and improved pricing to roar past earning forecasts.This started in 1998. Ford earned $2.6 billion, or 61 cents a share, up 22% from a year earlier, the company said Tuesday.In 1998 was the last time they earned that much in the first quarter. The past quarters performance performance underlined the continued turnaround at the company, which has now posted seven straight quarters of profit after years of losses.
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    You would think with the economy, vehicle sales would go down. But it's good to hear that they are not, at least for Ford their not.
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    Hopefully this will continue and help the boost the rest of our economy.
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    This would be good for them because then it would help them out
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    Hopefully things stay good for them.
James K

Cattle Truck Flips - 0 views

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    A cattle truck flipped over on an interstate ramp in the south suburbs, klling 16 cows. One cow escaped from the truck as crews were trying to upright it. The cow, which had a broken leg, charged at some of the workers. Illinois State Police say they were forced to shoot it to put it down. One of the cows fell on to the roof of a car on the interstate below. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. Dozens of cows remained alive inside the turned over truck.
Kristen D.

Air planes hit eachother - 1 views

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    if two planes get close enough to hit each other there is something wrong with the air control station, someone was not performing there job well.
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    The Air France Airbus 380 hit the smaller plane while taxiing to the runway for takeoff. The smaller plane then caught on fire. Emergency crews eventually put the fire out.The passangers remained calm as they were alerted to what happened. After a few hours the plane was evacuated and everyone was safe. Their luggage was also ok. This happened because the smaller plane was landing when the other was getting ready for take off. Everyone was safe.
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    I think that if your trained to fly then you should have to watch where your going just like in a car unless you cant see where your going or in this case flying.
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    well apparently someone wasnt doing their job if planes hit each other unless there was communication mix ups. thats bad though how cant you notice 2 planes aboyt too hit.
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    I agree. It takes a lot more than just being awake to control an airport. Someone wasnt doing their job.
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    Someone should be fired.
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    I do not understand how this happened. How could someone at the airport let the planes in the same area at the same time!
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    The people flying this plane are not to blame, the people in the control towers should be able to maintain control of these kind of things. I wouldn't be too happy about this because of somebody else being careless.
Kristen D.

Ford - 0 views

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    Since gas prices rose Ford gas been struggling. They're trying to give incentives out to customers buying their vehicles. They're not only having problems with the vehicles but the technology inside. With gas prices rising people just want the simplest and cheapest vehicle. The technology may be a turn off.
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    So there is another reason why these gas prices are ridiculous and someone needs to step up and fix what is wrong before there is no turing back and the u.s. is in an uproar.
Stephanie A

First hand transplant " surreal" to young mom - 0 views

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    Emily Fennell lost her hand in a car crash in 2006. She lives in Yuba City, California with her 6 year old daughter Hannah. Emily is the first on that got this transplant.One month after she signed up for this transplant , she got a call that a donor hand has become available. To get to the Hospital as fast as she can. This surgery lasted 14 hours to complete. She is thankful for her hand back so she can play with her kid, but she don't take it for granted.
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    Well thats good now she gets her life back her life is back know shes gets to go and have some normal fun her life is back to the same now
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