20 Nov 2008 at 6:59pm Frank Bender, a sculptor specialising in facial reconstruction and one of the founding members of the Vidocq Society Photo: Jens Umbach Former FBI special agent Bill Fleisher, an original member of the Vidocq Society Photo: Jens Umbach Sunlight ...
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20 Nov 2008 at 1:19am Paul Gallaher photo. An officer prepares to bring a handcuffed suspect to the San Diego County Fallbrook Sheriff?s substation during a multi-agency operation targeting gang activity in the Fallbrook area on Friday, April 11. Paul Gallaher photo. A ...
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19 Nov 2008 at 6:53pm The 2008 L.A. Auto Show's two press days have come to a close, and one thing is clear: Times are tough. Throughout the show's three halls, amid the gleaming sheet metal, there was a notable lack of the kind of excitement, buzz and, tellingly, free ...
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16 Nov 2008 at 6:56pm 8 P.M.: Residents in Refugio County were being urged to evacuate Wednesday. The communities in Bayside, Austwell and Tivoli are under a mandatory evacuation order. Residents in Woodsboro and Refugio are under a voluntary evacuation order, Refugio ...
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15 Nov 2008 at 5:46pm Nov. 15, 2008 11:38 a.m. | Two women were transported to Froedtert Hospital this morning with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries after their vehicle collided with a semi-trailer at W. Beloit Road and W. Morgan Ave. around 9:30 a.m ...
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13 Nov 2008 at 6:53pm Nov. 14, 2008 11:20 a.m. | A rare yacht built in Manitowoc in the 1930s has returned to its home port for a full restoration. Burger Boat Co., which built and launched the yacht 69 years ago, will restore it this winter at the company's Manitowoc ...
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9 Nov 2008 at 6:58pm Italian scooter-maker Piaggio has unveiled a plug-in hybrid three-wheeler it says will get up to 141 mpg and could be on the road as early as next year. The gas-electric version of Piaggio's funky but fun MP3 scooter uses a parallel hybrid system ...
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2 Nov 2008 at 6:59pm San Jose police officers will be patrolling downtown in some new wheels, but not a car or a motorcycle. They'll be riding Segways. Police Chief Rob Davis says the two-wheeled motorized scooters will make officers more visible and approachable in the ...
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28 Oct 2008 at 7:55pm Since early last year, two companies -- the Watertown, Massachusetts startup A123 Systems and Compact Power, Inc., a division of LG Chem -- have been battling for the contract to build lithium-ion batteries for General Motors's Hail Mary, the Chevy ...
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28 Oct 2008 at 3:54am Soaring fuel prices have made gas-guzzling cars very unpopular. Welcome to the resurgence of the motorcycle. Why? Because properly maintained motorcycles and motorcycle engines can get between 40 and ...
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