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November new car sales see biggest monthly gain so far this year: DesRosiers

November new car sales see biggest monthly gain so far this year: DesRosiers

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says new car sales in November soared 20.7 per cent compared with last year, as vehicle supply improves.
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BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver

BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driver

DETROIT (AP) — BMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver's air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people in the vehicles. U.S.
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Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients

Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients

KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku.
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New US rules, aimed at curbing China, could make it harder for EV buyers to claim a full tax credit

New US rules, aimed at curbing China, could make it harder for EV buyers to claim a full tax credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans could have a harder time finding electric vehicles that qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit under new rules proposed Friday that are likely to hinder President Joe Biden’s goal that half of new passenger vehicles
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Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC under plan to raise funds for mass transit

Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC under plan to raise funds for mass transit

NEW YORK (AP) — Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan released by New York officials Thursday.
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Tesla delivers about a dozen stainless steel Cybertruck pickups as it tries to fix production woes

Tesla delivers about a dozen stainless steel Cybertruck pickups as it tries to fix production woes

DETROIT (AP) — With manufacturing kinks still to be worked out, Tesla delivered the first dozen or so of its futuristic Cybertruck pickups to customers Thursday, two years behind the original schedule amid uncertainty over when large-scale production
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Eyeing 2024, Michigan Democrats expand voter registration and election safeguards in the swing state

Eyeing 2024, Michigan Democrats expand voter registration and election safeguards in the swing state

LANSING, Mich.
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Ski-Doo maker BRP feels impact of slower consumer spending as profits, shares drop

Ski-Doo maker BRP feels impact of slower consumer spending as profits, shares drop

MONTREAL — BRP Inc. saw its third-quarter profits tumble by half from a year earlier, triggering a stock price decline as the recreational vehicle maker felt the squeeze of sluggish consumer spending.
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Eddie Murphy wants 'Candy Cane Lane' to put you in the Christmas spirit for years to come

Eddie Murphy wants 'Candy Cane Lane' to put you in the Christmas spirit for years to come

NEW YORK (AP) — Eddie Murphy has fond childhood memories of gathering with his family in Brooklyn and being wrapped in the wonder of the season as they watched classic holiday movies .
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Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits

DETROIT (AP) — A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, the automaker said Thursday.
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