No longer be-Holden to the petrol bowser

Greg Tyus, Exec Director Engineering of Holden, at the Holden charging station / Pic: Chris Scott Source: The Daily Telegraph PETROL pump pain could soon be a thing of the past, with motorists simply plugging their automobile into a power socket. Holden yesterday unveiled the petrol pump of the future in the form of its first electric automobile charging station. The charger outside its Port Melbourne head office is the first of many that will grant owners of its Volt ...

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Djokovic, Andy Murray begin well at Italian Open

Top-ranked Novak Djokovic made a solid return to red-clay courts, dominating Australian teenager Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 to open the defence of his Italian Open title on Tuesday night. Coming off a quarterfinal loss to fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic on the blue clay at last week’s Madrid Open, Djokovic went ahead with two early breaks and faced minimal resistance from the 19-year-old Tomic, the youngest player in the top 50 at No. 32. With the French Open less than two ...

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Reports: US Aids Yemen al-Qaida Strikes

CAIRO – With U.S. troops reportedly guiding air raids from a nearby base for the first time, Yemeni jets attacked positions of al-Qaida insurgents Tuesday in southern Yemen’s Abyan province. Yemeni officials stated a “four-pronged assault” on the militants was being waged on the ground, backed by heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, and that U.S. troops stationed at al-Annad air base in Lahj province were providing logistical support. The reported participation of U.S. forces in directing Yemeni fighter jets would ...

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ESPN to Resurrect ’30 for 30′ Doc Series

ESPN will roll out a second helping of its 30 for 30 documentary series, The New York Times reports. The first 30 intallments aired beginning in fall 2009, with the concept of honoring ESPN’s 30-year anniversary over a period of 15 months; but the documentaries kept coming, pegged to the ESPN Films banner even after the series’ cutoff date. Hence, the official return of 30 for 30 this fall for a 2-year run. “When we embarked on 30 for 30, ...

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Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving to be named NBA Rookie of the Year

Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving is hours away from being named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. The Cavs state they will make a “major announcement” along with the league on Tuesday morning at Cleveland Clinic Courts, the team’s training facility in Independence. The team did not specify what will be announced, but The Associated Press was one of several media outlets to report on Sunday that Irving, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, will win the ...

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Bloggers lose in US HuffPo payment suit

A US federal judge in New York states that the Huffington Post and its parent company, AOL, do not have to pay bloggers who provide content for the website. US District Judge John Koeltl dismissed a lawsuit that bloggers filed last year, saying they were unjustly denied compensation for their work. The bloggers were seeking class-action status for the lawsuit. The lawsuit was prompted by AOL Inc’s $US315 million ($304.16 million) buy of the Huffington Post last year. The bloggers ...

Submited at Friday, March 30th, 2012 at 9:00 pm by hilman

Spurs guard, former Raptor Ford retiring from NBA

San Antonio Spurs guard T.J. Ford is retiring, effective immediately, after a series of neck and spine injuries during eight years in the NBA. The 28-year-old Ford announced his decision Monday on Twitter. “Basketball has been great to me & my family for 28yrs,” he wrote. “It’s official ” I Retire from the NBA ” as of today.” Ford released a statement through the team that referred to the injuries, the most recent a “stinger” he suffered on March 7 ...

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A Sleeker GTA Spano, but Is It Any More Real?

March 7, 2012, 6:53 pm By JERRY GARRETT GENEVA — Every year here, aspiring supercar manufacturers show up with glamorous prototypes they propose to produce in limited numbers for unlimited dollars. More often than not, it is the last anyone hears of them. Such a situation seemed likely for GTA Motor of Valencia, Spain, which has promised since 2008 to produce a limited-edition supercar capable of reaching 220 miles per hour. In 2011, the company brought a prototype called the ...

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Where ‘L’ Stands for Large, Fiat Traditionalists Grant 500L Cautious Approval

POSITANO, Italy — The 500L nameplate is greatly admired by members of the Positano 500 Club, a small owners’ group here that seeks to preserve, protect and defend the classic Italian microcars of 1957-75. As such, they do not take it lightly when Fiat proposes to resurrect the “L” designation for a 2013 model being introduced Tuesday at the 2012 Geneva auto show. “I have a 1969 500L,” Davide Fusco stated proudly last week, during a demonstration of the car. ...

Submited at Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 7:00 am by jessica

Lacoste earns the women’s spot at skating worlds

Amelie Lacoste will represent Canada in the women’s singles at the 2012 world figure skating championships in Nice, France. That decision was announced Sunday by Skate Canada, after Lacoste beat Cynthia Phaneuf by percentage points in the Four Continents event at Colorado on Saturday night. “It was not a very strong performance,” stated Lacoste, in a release from the national body. “I made a lot of mistakes. I’m happy about landing the triple Lutz and the main goal was to ...

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