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BMW shows off fuel cell-powered i8 And 5-Series GT

(BMW) (BMW) PreviousNext In late 2011, BMW signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyota for collaboration on a number of projects, one of which was development of a new sports car platform to spawn a replacement for the Z4 as…

Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio 2016 showdown would force Miami powerbrokers to take sides

Miami – Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio grew up, politically, in the same power circles in Miami. The two men share many of the same Republican donors and friends who helped them ascend South Florida’s…

Mixed Martial Arts fighter Fallon Fox shouldn’t be allowed to beat up women

Let me paint you a picture: your daughter is playing a contact sport. Say, football or hockey. She’s gone from being your little girl to becoming a beautiful young woman. Opposite her on the field (or ice), is somebody who…

Texas city spurns dating site’s advances, won’t change name

No one is going to mess with Texas city’s name. (Sugar Land, Texas). Sugar Land is not for sale – well, at least not for the $500,000 a dating website offered the east Texas city to change its name. Sugardaddie.com,…

Lincoln — our eternal president

More than any other president, Abraham Lincoln shapes our idealized conception of the presidency. That is, the commander-in-chief as an austere figure, burdened by the office, yet sternly resolved to finish the mission. Humble in origin, somber in humility, yet…

Romney’s great escape

Say this for Mitt Romney: He won. Although no one thought a few weeks ago that would be anything to brag about in Michigan. Romney came back to edge Rick Santorum in his home state that he won handily in…

Super Bowl cocktail showdown

(AP) Super Bowl XLVI is not only an east coast affair, but thanks to the Giants improbable return to the championship game this year, it’s also a grudge match, revisiting the teams’ match-up from just four years ago. With the…

Romney, Gingrich and Bachmann — In That Order

For all the complaints, some of which I have personally proffered, that the field of candidates has seemed thin, lackluster, and plain boring, the debate performances of the GOP presidential field, thus far, has proven me significantly misguided. Gov. Romney,…