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Similar to the Equinox, the GMC Terrain is the first compact crossover vehicle from a brand that Obama's auto task force came very close to killing off. GM executives saved the nameplate by arguing that GMC-branded vehicles were highly profitable...
...current upheaval in Iran could provide one of the best opportunities the U.S. has to negotiate a new compact to stabilize the region. That's because the turmoil in Iran actually gives Washington new leverage over those elements in Tehran - hard-line clerics and the security chiefs - who once stood in the way of détente but who are now furiously working to legitimize Iran's government in response to a domestic political challenge. (See pictures of the turbulent aftermath of Iran's election...
...data, the site can establish a very rough carbon footprint for your household - the U.S. average is approximately 30 tons of CO2 per year per family. If you can then reduce your emissions, whether by simply using less electricity or by installing energy-efficient technology, like better boilers and compact fluorescent lightbulbs, the site will calculate how much carbon you've saved. Those translate into carbon credits of 1 ton of CO2 avoided. The company certifies the credits and brokers the sale. "This is a system that incentivizes you to save energy on a personal level," says Paul Herrgesell, project...
...seemed as though he didn't want to be Michael Jackson. His disastrous compact with California plastic surgeons altered his face nearly beyond recognition. His cocoa skin was gradually blanched into a geisha's pancake white - the result, doctors said, of the pigment-depleting disease vitiligo. Except when camouflaged by makeup in videos - he even wore it to bed, said ex-wife Lisa Marie - or cavorting as a speck onstage in giant arenas, he retreated to his palatial Neverland estate near Santa Barbara, Calif., and became the world's most reclusive exhibitionist...
...Sony, however, was fairly quick to jump to new formats: it introduced the D-50 portable CD player a year after the first compact discs were sold, and later rolled out MiniDisc and MP3 players under the Walkman brand. (Its insistence for several years on sticking to a proprietary digital music format, ATRAC, left it far behind Apple's iPod in terms of market share.) Since its launch, Sony has released more than 300 different models across all formats; it currently makes Walkman-branded MP3 players, phones and even portable DVD players. Its newest device, the Walkman NWZ-X1000, features...