A bipartisan group of U.S. senators last week introduced a bill that would prohibit rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles with an open manufacturer’s recall. The legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013, is named for a pair of California girls killed when an unrepaired rental car under recall [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops May 10 Chicago Bulls center Nazr Mohammed was ejected from Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Miami Heat on Friday night after shoving LeBron James to the court. As James dribbled up the floor early in the second quarter, Mohammed reached in and tried to steal [...]
Although they still represent the single largest segment of the U.S. auto industry, family sedans like the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord are losing ground this year to crossovers. The market share of family sedans has shrunk in 2013, while vehicles like the Ford Escape have increased their share of the market. “While the segment [...]
COMMENTARY | For a team with a 25-47 record, the New Orleans Hornets are certainly making a lot of noise with respect to potential 2013 NBA award winners. Greivis Vasquez could win the NBA Most Improved Player Award. Ryan Anderson should finish in the top five for NBA Sixth Man of the Year. And Anthony [...]
Although state-of-the-art in its rendering of textures, movement and stereography, DreamWorks’ latest 3D toon, The Croods, adopts a relatively primitive approach to storytelling with its Flintstonian construction of stock, ill-fitting narrative elements. Part family adventure story, part romance and part eye-popping thrill ride, this tale of a prehistoric family seeking a new home in a dangerous [...]
Posted by Inside Hoops Mar 16 At least one Hawks player is looking at Sunday’s key matchup against the Nets with an eye toward the playoffs. DeShawn Stevenson said there is a something more at stake in the game. “It means a lot because we might end up playing them (in the playoffs),” [...]
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(AllHipHop News) The updates keep rolling in as the SXSW’s music week has been underway since Monday. With just days left before the Thursday show, AllHipHop has made a surprise announcement that Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon will be headlining the stage at Rusty Spurs n 405 E. 7th St. Also set to perform at the [...]
On last night’s episode of ‘Love & Sofrito’ — which has been quite the snoozefest in comparison to its ratchet predecessor — repeat offender window licker Consequence sent Lore’l running for the hills the next available dollar cab home when he refused to nix the line “light skin is the right skin” from their collaboration. [...]
Faced with a dire salary-cap situation, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been restructuring contracts while mortgaging against the future. James Harrison, due a prohibitive $ 6.57 million this season, has been playing coy about a potential pay cut. Harrison’s agent, Bill Parise, has been discussing the linebacker’s contract with the Steelers, however, in an effort to [...]
Aside from a passel of Jeeps, the odd Toyota, and a few hulking pickups, the population of new vehicles that traffic in off-pavement readiness right off the showroom floor is limited. Except, that is, at the Subaru store. In 2012, the company’s sales accounted for barely two percent of the U.S. market; that’s a profitable, [...]
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The first of many new products to come from the Maserati and Alfa Romeo brands over the next few years in the premium segments is the 2013 Quattroprote full-size, luxury sedan. Now in its sixth generation and probably more mature than ever – some will say, too mature…- the new Quattroporte will make its global [...]
Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law, which gained national attention after the high profile shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, states: “A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the [...]