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Russia’s Abandoned Rival To The Space Shuttle Is A Rusting Reminder Of The Race To Govern Space

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Russia’s Abandoned Rival To The Space Shuttle Is A Rusting Reminder Of The Race To Govern Space NASA’s iconic Space Shuttle is arguably one of the best things America has made thanks to its sleek looks, its use in the launch of the International Space Station and its contribution to our understanding of the cosmos through the countless satellites it launched into orbit. Russia’s attempt at building a space plane… Read more…

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Ford Mustang GTD Officially As Fast Around Nürburgring As Porsche 918 Spyder

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Ford Mustang GTD Officially As Fast Around Nürburgring As Porsche 918 Spyder When Ford unveiled the 2025 Mustang GTD last year, it pointed to the center field fence and called its shot like Babe Ruth. The Blue Oval promised its ultimate pony car could lap the Nürburgring in under seven minutes. That promise was fulfilled on Tuesday with Ford announcing an officially certified lap time of… Read more…

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Traffic Jams: Los Campesinos! – ‘Lonely This Christmas’

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Traffic Jams: Los Campesinos! – ‘Lonely This Christmas’ I finished my Christmas shopping this weekend with everything sorted a full two weeks before the big day.Is this what being a grown up is really like? This means I’m ready to plow head first into the holiday season with a mug of mulled wine in one hand and a mince pie in the other without a care in the world. Because… Read more…

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What New Car Are You Most Looking Forward To In 2025?

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What New Car Are You Most Looking Forward To In 2025? 2024 has certainly been a year, but don’t worry, it’s almost over. All we have to do is make it a few more weeks, and 2024 will be in the rearview mirror as we cruise into 2025. Next year will surely come with its fair share of horrors and regrets, but you know what’s a fun distraction from those kinds of worries?… Read more…

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Tesla Cybercab Will Be Remote Controlled Until FSD Improves

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Tesla Cybercab Will Be Remote Controlled Until FSD Improves Good morning! It’s Tuesday, December 10, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

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Lucid Gravity Production Started Right On Schedule

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Lucid Gravity Production Started Right On Schedule More three-row electric SUVs are hitting the market (or getting ready to), from the recently revealed Hyundai Ioniq 9 to its platform-mate the Kia EV9 to Volvo’s EX90, and now dedicated EV startup Lucidhas officially started production of its three-row offering, the Gravity, at its Arizona plant. Lucid said that it… Read more…

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Both right and left claim Bonhoeffer as a champion. Here’s why his ideas fit neither.

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Both right and left claim Bonhoeffer as a champion. Here’s why his ideas fit neither. (RNS) — Bonhoeffer matters precisely because he reminds us that Christian behavior and attitudes are more than calculations for a partisan edge. The post Both right and left claim Bonhoeffer as a champion. Here’s why his ideas fit neither. appeared first on RNS.

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From DC to the Vatican, baby Jesus is wearing a keffiyeh

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From DC to the Vatican, baby Jesus is wearing a keffiyeh (RNS) — The pro-Palestinian tableau is intended to point out the disconnect between the idealized Bethlehem of most American representations and the reality in present-day West Bank. The post From DC to the Vatican, baby Jesus is wearing a keffiyeh   appeared first on RNS.

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect Works For TrueCar

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UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect Works For TrueCar Police are questioning a suspect in last week’s shooting of United Health Group CEO Brian Thompson. On Monday TrueCar date engineer Luigi Mangione was arrested on gun charges at a McDonalds in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after someone recognized the man from images released by the NYPD following the shooting. Read more…

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21-Year-Old’s Used Camaro Deal Is One Of The Worst I’ve Ever Seen

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21-Year-Old’s Used Camaro Deal Is One Of The Worst I’ve Ever Seen After last week’s dealership storyinvolving a customer nearly $30,000 upside-down on a Genesis they wanted to trade in on a Mercedes GLS, I thought I wouldn’t see anything that could top it for a while. I was wrong. A 21-year-old first-time car buyer got into one of the worst used car deals I’ve seen, on a used Chevy… Read more…

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Michigan Hyundai Dealer Admits Leasing Used Cars As New Ones, Other Violations

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Michigan Hyundai Dealer Admits Leasing Used Cars As New Ones, Other Violations Car dealerships aren’t known to look out for the best interests of their customers; in fact they’re usually better known for gleefully encouraging folks to make some of the worst financial decisions of their lives. LaFontaine Hyundai in Detroit suburb Livonia, Michigan, had its license reinstated last week after it… Read more…

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Toyota’s Dumb Jock Robot Set A Guinness Record For Basketball, But It Will Never Be ASIMO

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Toyota’s Dumb Jock Robot Set A Guinness Record For Basketball, But It Will Never Be ASIMO When Honda’s ASIMO died, he left a hole in our hearts shaped like a four-foot-tall spacesuit-looking bipedal robot. Now Toyota has tried to fill that hole with some jock ‘bot who plays basketball well enough to win a Guinness World Record, and I’m here to say: We can tell you tried to swap out the goldfish, and we’re… Read more…

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Mercedes-AMG PureSpeed Goes Into Production With An F1 Halo And 195-MPH Top Speed

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Mercedes-AMG PureSpeed Goes Into Production With An F1 Halo And 195-MPH Top Speed Let’s face it, the ultra-rich have it pretty rough these days. How are the millionairesand billionaires of the world expected to choose what exclusive limited-runspecial edition cars to add to their collections? Those folks really just can’t catch a break, because now Mercedes-AMG’s first Mythos series model, the… Read more…

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