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Alfa Plans to be Back in the US Market in 2014

Years after exiting the U.S. market, Alfa Romeo plans to storm the United States again with its new lineup of sport models. The Milan-based automaker is set to re-enter the U.S. market beginning next year. View full post on All Stories

Spiders cause Mazda to recall 65,000 cars

WASHINGTON – Mazda has some creepy crawly culprits in its new safety recall – spiders. After discovering spider webs in the vents, the Japanese automaker is recalling more than 50,000 Mazda6 cars from the 2009-2010 model years in the United States and an additional 15,000 vehicles in Canada, Mexico and … View full post on [...]

Ford recalls 34,000 US, Canada trucks on fire risk

Ford has recalled 34,100 trucks in the United States and Canada due to two defects which could cause a fire, the automaker said today. View full post on All Stories

AIG to pay back Federal Reserve $21 billion credit line

AHN News Staff New York, New York, United States (AHN) – The American International Group announced Wednesday it will repay the U.S. Federal Reserve $21 billion credit line. AIG will fund the repayment from the sales of two life insurers from outside the U.S. After paying back what AIG borrowed from the regulator in 2008 [...]

Riding On Economy, Patriotism Services Surpass Recruiting, Retention Goals

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The services already are off to a good start, with both active and reserve components meeting or exceeding their year-to-date accession goals, Curtis Gilroy, the Pentagon’s accession policy director, said. “The improved situation in Iraq and continued support from Congress also greatly enhance [...]

True Grit: Quarterback Cousins Battles Injury, Leads Michigan State To Win

John Raffel – AHN Sports Correspondent East Lansing, MI, United States (AHN) – Kirk Cousins is as determined as any Michigan State football player to go to the Rose Bowl or any other major BCS bowl in January. That was rather evident Saturday with a gritty performance by the Michigan State quarterback in leading his [...]

House Ethics Panel Holds Trial Without Rangel

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The House Ethics Committee continued its hearing Monday on alleged violations committed by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), who had asked to delay the trial so he could set up a legal defense fund. Rangel, a 21-term lawmaker and the former chair of the [...]

Realtors Say Houses Prices Down In Half Of U.S. Cities

Linda Young – AHN News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Houses prices dropped in nearly half of U.S. metropolitan areas during the third quarter of the year as banks stepped up foreclosures. The lack of federal tax credits also contributed to falling house prices. The federal government had propped up house prices with an [...]

150 Arrested In Protest Of Police Officer Sentencing

Oakland, CA, United States (NewsBahn) – Some 152 people were arrested Friday night after hundreds of people protesting the sentence given a white former police officer in the shooting death of a black man erupted into violence. Protesters threw bottles and rocks and broke vehicle windows after Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert Perry [...]

Foreign Investment Returns To Middle East, But Cautiously

The Media Line Staff Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates David Rosenberg – Less than a year after Dubai World holding company shocked global investors by asking to delay repayment of its debt, money from abroad is flowing back to the Middle East. But the region still has a long way to go before it returns [...]