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GatorSports.com - Gainesville FL, Mar 13, 2010 / Federal safety regulators, who allowed auto companies to voluntarily install event data recorders on their vehicles a few years ago, are now looking into whether the systems should be required, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday.
Federal News Service (FNS), Mar 12, 2010 / DAVID STRICKLAND, ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; JOAN CLAYBROOK, FORMER ADMINISTRATOR, NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION; AMI GADHIA, POLICY COUNSEL, CONSUMERS UNION; DAVE MCCURDY, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ALLIANCE OF AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS 2123 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Big Pond, Mar 12, 2010 / A top US automotive safety official flatly rejected charges that his agency had bungled its handling of deadly Toyota defects.
WROC 8 - Rochester NY, Mar 12, 2010 / "Black boxes" to record data on speed, braking and accidents could become standard equipment on new vehicles.
ABC - WXOW 19 - La Crosse WI, Mar 12, 2010 / U.S. government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks.
EconLog, Mar 12, 2010 / In this morning's Monterey Herald are two articles from the Associated Press, the first co-authored by Ken Thomas and Natasha Metzler and the second co-authored by Ken Thomas and Natasha Metzler.
Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL, Mar 12, 2010 / Discount carrier AirTran Airways fired the first shot of the summer airfare wars this week, causing bigger rivals to match prices at a time when they would rather be raising them.
Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA, Mar 12, 2010 / Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Mar 12, 2010 / Government vehicle-safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
The State - Columbia SC, Mar 12, 2010 / The project should be completed by December 2011.
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Richmond VA, Mar 12, 2010 / Government vehicle-safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
The Wall Street Journal, Mar 11, 2010 / WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is considering new rules on the design of automobiles, including possible requirements that cars be equipped with advanced-brake technology and "black boxes" that record crash data, the top U.S. highway-safety regulator said Thursday.
The Straits Times - Singapore, Mar 11, 2010 / US GOVERNMENT vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.
FOX - WBRC 6 - Birmingham AL, Mar 11, 2010 / Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks following Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles for safety problems.
Examiner.com, Mar 11, 2010 / Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks following Toyota 's recall of more than 8 million vehicles for safety problems.
ABC News, Mar 11, 2010 / Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks following Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles for safety problems.
CBS - 9&10 News - Cadillac MI, Mar 11, 2010 / As House leaders try to rally Democrats around last-minute agreements in the health care reform measure, they've concluded that they may have to try to pass the measure without the support of some anti-abortion Democrats.
NASDAQ, Mar 11, 2010 / WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Obama administration is prepared to require that all U.S. vehicles be equipped with enhanced brake technology if regulators determine such a step could significantly improve vehicle safety, the top U.S. highway-safety official is expected to tell a U.S. House panel Thursday.
The New York Times - New York NY, Mar 11, 2010 / David Strickland, the N.H.T.S.A. administrator, made the disclosures in prepared remarks to a subcommittee hearing by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dow Jones Business News (via NASDAQ), Mar 11, 2010 / WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. auto-safety regulators are considering new standards for car brakes, accelerator pedals and "black boxes" that record crash data, the Obama administration's top highway-safety official is expected to testify before a U.S. House panel Thursday.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, 1 hour 25 minutes ago/ North Carolina and UConn are lending some serious star power to the NIT.
St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN, 21 minutes ago/ Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.
Austin American-Statesman - Austin TX, 21 minutes ago/ Kansas, the overall No. 1 seed, will play close to home all the way to the Final Four.
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA, Mar 11, 2010/ The U.S. Census Bureau sent that letter to about 120 million households this week at a cost of $85 million but expects to reap $500 million in savings from it, according to Briana Kaya, spokeswoman for the Census Bureau.
Telegraph - London - UK, 21 minutes ago/ The storm was classified as a category-four cyclone - the second most destructive on a five-point scale - with winds averaging up to 109 miles an hour, the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) said.