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Every time a federal agency recalls a Chinese product--as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered June 26 with nearly 450,000 tires--consumers get jolted with concern but also relief that someone is paying attention. Yet the volume of imports from China is straining the capacity of U.S. regulators to watch them, and those goods are overwhelming China's efforts to reform the eight disparate agencies that regulate its consumer products...
...fast, I know that. Faster than this chair was made to go.' BEN CARPENTER, 22, of Alamo, Michigan, who in a bizarre collision was pushed down a highway at speeds of up to 80 km/h after his wheelchair became lodged in the grille of a large truck...
...Transport is also a challenge. India's government is pouring billions of dollars into its highway system, but thanks to a swelling middle class and booming car sales, the roads are filling up faster than they can be built. For now, Reliance plans to buy mostly from farmers located within a couple of hours of major cities to shorten transport times. The company will build up its own fleet of trucks, but will also outsource some of its transport needs. Eventually, trucks will be fitted with radio or satellite transmitters that will allow a central control room to track locations...
AFTER BEING RESCUED IN 1993 from a 13-day ordeal during which he was held by kidnappers in a pit under a New York City highway, clothing executive Harvey Weinstein awed his family and colleagues by simply going on with his life. But the story of the Marine vet's survival in the face of the nightmare--he recited his life story to stay sane--won him national acclaim. One of the worst moments, according to Weinstein? Finding out that one of his captors was an employee...
...trouble at Abu Ghraib was a long time brewing. The 260-acre prison complex lies behind tall walls off a highway 20 miles west of Baghdad. In the days of Saddam it housed thousands of criminals and political prisoners who were subjected to unspeakable torture at the whim of the regime. The U.S. military decided to reopen the prison last August for all Iraqis being detained and renamed it the Baghdad Correctional Facility. But reminders of the prison's grim history were inescapable. From the ceiling of each 10-ft.-by-12-ft. cell still dangled a large hook, which...