Posts Tagged ‘brakes’

America hits the brakes on health care spending (AP)

Chart shows breakdown of healthcare spendingAP – Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation’s economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.


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Bay puts brakes on Subway Series sweep, 3-2

It took until the very end of this three-game installment of the Subway Series for the Mets to finally get some satisfaction. About everything that could have gone wrong did until the Mets tied the game in the ninth inning against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and then won it in the 10th on a Jason Bay single.

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Woman nearly crushed by train, but motorman slams brakes just in time

An eagle-eyed motorman saved a straphanger from almost certain death when he slammed the brakes on a 370-ton train – missing by mere seconds a woman who had fallen on the tracks.

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Feds: Brakes weren’t applied on crashed NY Prius (AP)

A Toyota Prius is parked at the Harrison, New York police station waiting to be tested by Toyota personnel and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Wednesday, March 17, 2010.  Toyota recalled more than 8 million cars because their gas pedals could become stuck or be snagged by floor mats. In addition, the government is looking into complaints from at least 60 Toyota drivers who say they got their cars fixed and still had problems.(AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP – Computer data from a Toyota Prius that crashed in suburban New York City show that at the time of the accident the throttle was open and the driver was not applying the brakes, U.S. safety officials said Thursday.


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Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were ‘almost burned’ (AP)

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP – Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the “stuck” accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn’t move.


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Toyota recalling Prius in Japan for brakes (AP)

Light snow falls on a row of unsold 2010 Prius sedans at a Toyota dealership in Lakewood, Colo., on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Toyota plans to recall about 300,000 Prius hybrids worldwide over a brake problem and will notify the U.S. and Japanese governments Tuesday, Feb. 9, a news report said, as a top executive is scheduled to testify before U.S. lawmakers over recall woes that have tarnished its reputation for quality and safety. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP – Toyota is recalling about 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose its global plans for a fix as the automaker scrambles to repair damage to its reputation from a spate of safety problems.


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Toyota woes mount as gov’t examines Prius brakes (AP)

2010 Toyoto Prius cars are lined-up in a dealership lot in Seattle, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)AP – Toyota faced mounting pressure Thursday as the government opened a probe of brake problems with the Prius, a crown jewel of its lineup. The beleaguered automaker said it was “too soon” to decide whether to add the hybrid to the millions of cars it has recalled.


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