| Judge Denies Move To Take Recalled GM Cars Off the Road
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 A U.S. judge said Thursday that recalled General Motors cars can stay on the road, a major victory for the company as it faces an uphill legal battle related to 2.6 million vehicles recently recalled over malfunctioning ignition switches. The decision came in a lawsuit brought against them by a couple seeking compensation for the lost value of their recalled 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt. Their Cobalt was recalled along with millions of other GM vehicles after it was discovered the cars' ignition switches can be inadvertently set to "off" while the car is being operated, disabling power steering and other features. The ignition switch problem has been linked to at least 13 deaths. The couples' lawsuit demanded "park it now" notices for every vehicle included in the recall, which would've forced owners of the affected cars to keep their vehicles off the road. GM opposed issuing such notices, claiming the car is safe if nothing is attached to the key in the ignition and arguing that taking all affected cars off the ...
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| Capitals season review: Defensemen
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 The Capitals' biggest weakness this season was their play in their own end. Often unable to clear the puck consistently or engineer a proper breakout, Washington spent far too much time trapped in its own zone, which led to lopsided possession at even strength (47.6 Corsi for percentage, seventh-worst in the league) and a glaring […]
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| Obamacare's Valleys and Hills: Obama on a Hilltop Today
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| Photograph by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and other administration officials meet with health insurance executives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on April 17, 2014. The Obama administration "botched" the Oct. 1 roll-out of the "Obamacare" website. That was the president's verb. The health-care exchanges opened under the law enrolled 7 million people by the March 31 deadline, meeting expectations. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services responsible for the fumbled roll-out, resigned April 11. The final signup for the exchanges was extended to April 15 to accommodate people lining up at the 2014 cutoff date for the first year of open enrollment. Today, President Barack Obama announced that enrollment in the first phase of the healthcare exchanges intended to offer coverage for the uninsured in America, the backbone of his signature Affordable Care Act of 2010, has ...
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Vice President Joe Biden, President Barack Obama, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and other administration officials meet with health insurance executives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on April 17, 2014.
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| Elbow, O2 Arena, London
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| When Elbow are good, they are excellent, bringing warmth and surprising subtlety to arena rock – but there were warning signs at this gig
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Elbow's Guy Garvey on stage at the O2 Arena, London
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| Ford to Sell Lincoln Models in China
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 Ford said it would sell five U.S.-made Lincoln models by 2016, offering new details of its plans to pitch its premium cars to Chinese buyers who now equate luxury with German vehicles.
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