Jojo Doria – AHN Sports Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN Sports) – Though his game has deteriorated in recent years and some of his endorsers have deserted him, Tiger Woods continuous his hold atop the Fortunate 50 list of top-earning American athletes for 2011. According to the eighth edition of Sports Illustrated.com’s feature [...]
A judge says the insurer was “judge shopping” in its case against Countrywide Financial; moves it from New York to California. Apparently a little “mayhem” has caught up with Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Insurance Co. In its quest to recoup View full post on All Stories
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – A recent study on Americans and their spending found that many are holding back on nonessential spending, such as vacations or dining out, since the beginning of 2011 as a result of the rise in gasoline prices. “The sensitivity to gasoline [...]
A New York state judge on Tuesday imposed a temporary restraining order on Krauter & Co. in a breach of contract, trade secrets and unfair competition suit accusing the insurance firm of poaching two brokers from a unit of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. View full post on All Stories
CAN THO, Vietnam (IRIN) – For centuries, residents around Can Tho, a city of 1.1m people in southern Vietnam, just 0.6-0.8m above sea level, have depended on flood cycles to grow crops. However, experts warn there is a possibility that sea levels will rise in the delta region around Can Tho due to climate change, [...]
A New York graffiti artist, who claims to have sprepainted subway cars in his youth, cruises the city in 1972 Ford Thunderbird that his father originally bought. View full post on All Stories
The history of the auto industry is littered with the carcasses of the cars and companies that didn’t make it. Modern hybrid-electric vehicles, for example, were first commercialized by Toyota, with its 1997 Prius (sold in the U.S. starting in 2000). But many concepts, development vehicles, one-offs, and other technology experiments preceded that first Prius. [...]
AHN Sports Staff New York, NY, United States (AHN Sports) – Kevin Garnett scored 26 points and hauled 10 boards to lead the Boston Celtics to a series-clinching 101-89 victory against the New York Knicks Sunday in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference first-round series at Madison Square Garden. Coming off a four-point effort in [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Some livery cab drivers in New York began work this week wearing bulletproof vests. The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers has received a dozen vests from a Manhattan-based firm, Security USA. The vests are worth about $5,000 and will be [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Highway deaths last year dropped to the lowest level in more than 60 years, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday. An estimate 32,788 people died in vehicle accidents during the year, down 3 percent from 2009 despite a double-digit [...]
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