U.S. fuel efficiency for cars up for first time (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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The Obama administration on Friday imposed the first increase in fuel efficiency standards for passenger cars, requiring model year 2011 vehicles to average 30.2 miles per gallon.
U.S. Department of Transportation Posts New Fuel Economy Standards for Model Year 2011 Cars and Light Trucks (The Auto Channel)
Washington DC March 27, 2009; U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced today that the Department of Transportation has posted the new fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks for the 2011 model year.
Man tosses gas bomb in fight, sets own cars ablaze (AP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities said a man threw a Molotov cocktail at his neighbor’s trailer, but the wind shifted and set fire to two cars, a pickup and a travel trailer in the man’s own yard. The Florida Highway Patrol reported that a 51-year-old man got into a fight with his neighbor on Tuesday night and threw the makeshift gasoline bomb.
