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...prognosis is excellent," said Schwartz at a press conference on Thursday evening, adding that the former President was on his feet two hours after the hour-long procedure. "President Clinton has since been up and walking around and visiting with his family. He's in good spirits. We hope to have him go home tomorrow...
...Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is leading the government response to the spill, according to a press release from the Coast Guard...
Asked to comment in English during an "emergency" press conference held last Friday on the eight million cars being recalled worldwide due to sticky gas pedals, Toyota president Akio Toyoda, taking the public stand for the first time since the first recalls were announced in the U.S. a couple of weeks ago, implored his audience to have faith that he could turn the company's turn of bad luck around. "Please believe me," he said...
...bald attempt to spin the situation last week, Toyota executive Hiroyuki Yokoyama said the brake problems came down to a matter of each and every driver's "feel," refusing to admit to any flaws in the cars themselves. Several hours later, after being loudly criticized by the Japanese press for dodging responsibility, Toyoda tried to undo the damage by offering his first personal apology over the recalls. He did not, however, offer any specific solutions. On Tuesday, Toyoda finally announced that the company determined the brakes of the Prius and other hybrid models are prone to malfunction for a split...
...Last Tuesday, Feb. 2, Vonn crashed during a slalom training run in Austria and nearly crushed her right shin. "I came down and got twisted funny and went over in front of my skis," Vonn said in front of 100 or so media members during an emotional press conference. "All the force went onto my shin. It's probably the worst place you can have an injury, because you're constantly pushing against your boot, and there's no way around it. You can't pretend that it's not there - you feel it in every turn." Vonn has tried...