Ford Recalls The 2013 Escape For Seventh Time

One of Ford Motor Company's most popular vehicles may also be one of its most troubled.The company announced two more recalls Tuesday of its 2013 Ford Escape for problems that have caused at least 13 engine fires. The recalls affect 149,386 vehicles.In documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford officials said a "misinstalled...

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Walmart's Black Friday Going About As Badly As You'd Expect

People fled their Thanksgiving tables to head to retail stores across the country opening on the eve of Black Friday -- and there are reports that the annual shopping event is off to a rough star...

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CARDIOLOGISTS STRONGLY BACK OBAMACARE, WORRY OVER ROCKY START

(Reuters) - American cardiologists appear staunch in their support for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, although some fear that its rocky launch could derail efforts to improve preventive care for needy patients. The broad support for the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, emerged in interviews last week in Dallas with more than 20 cardiologists at the annual...

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Evidence Of Buddha's Birth Date Uncovered By Archaeologists At Temple In Nepal

When did Siddhartha Gautama develop the teachings that would become the foundation for Buddhism? Perhaps a lot earlier than some people might think. Archaeologists working at a sacred temple in Nepal long identified as the birthplace of Buddha have uncovered and dated a timber structure that may help confirm the chronology of the religious icon's life. The structure dates to the sixth century B.C., suggesting a birth date for Buddha several hundred years earlier than some had previously speculated,...

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Sperm Whale Explodes In Stomach-Churning Clip From Faroe Islands

A purportedly dead sperm whale exploded after it was pierced by a local on the Faroe Islands, its innards blasting forth as if spewed from a sideways volcano. And it was all captured on video. The fisherman in the clip was reportedly tasked with cutting the carcass up to avoid further health hazard but hit a gas pocket through the whale's blubber, according to News.com.au. Combustion of a decomposing leviathan has been reported before. Putrefying fish consumed previously create...

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Lenovo's Flex 10 offers a flip-mode display on a $550 netbook-style body

Aging Busta Rhymes witticisms aside, this new Lenovo might just be a contender for anyone on the lookout for a versatile Windows 8.1 machine. The Flex 10 is a 10-inch version of the Flex 14 and 15 models we've already seen, with the same 1,366 x 768 resolution and 10-point touch panel, but with a Bay Trail Pentium or Celeron processor instead of Haswell. It's a sort of half-way...

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Glass Just Got Way More Interesting

It feels like over the last year, Google Glass went on a roller coaster ride that spanned the first half of the infamous hype cycle. It went from rumored prototype to completely overhyped object of one of tech’s most spectacular demosto the butt of jokes on late night TV. Until this week, however, we never quite saw what Glass was really capable of because Google had purposely kept many of its capabilities back from developers. The way developers created apps for Glass until now...

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