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...notes that 80% of the Toyotas sold in the past few decades are still on the road - company executives are clearly concerned about the fallout from sharply rising recalls. Another sign of their anxiety: the automaker is stepping up plans to make some expensive safety options, like electronic stability control, standard in all its vehicles. (See the history of the electric...
...grabs when the president promises a “forceful response” to rulings issued by the Supreme Court of the United States on campaign finance restrictions. There are three branches of government, not one. Presently, the executive branch is being ruled by a demigod who wants control...
...thing is for sure: Bedbugs are a growing problem internationally and across the United States. According to the National Pest Management Association, its member pest control companies, which used to receive one or two bedbug calls a year, are now reporting as many each week. Maciej Ceglowski who runs bedbugregistry.com, an online user-generated database tracking infestations in apartment buildings and hotels in North America, says he saw a "huge spike" in reports in 2009 - though he can't say whether the increase was due to the spread of bedbugs or simply to the growing popularity of his site...
...regularly, not just for bed bugs, but for all kinds of pests. An AHLA bedbug fact sheet recommends that hotels prevent infestations by inspecting rooms daily for evidence of bedbugs in bedding and furniture. Rooms found to have bedbug activity should be put out of service until a pest-control expert eliminates the critters completely...
...Pakistan-based veteran journalist and Taliban expert Ahmed Rashid, believe that the Taliban may be ready for a power-sharing deal because they recognize the limits of their insurgency: while they can prevent Karzai from governing most of the country, U.S. firepower can prevent them from taking control too. Moreover, he argues, the safe havens they enjoy in Pakistan may actually make them vulnerable to political pressure for compromise from the Pakistani military. And many in the region doubt that the U.S. and its allies would be willing to accept the burden of an open-ended military commitment...