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BusinessWeek Online - Outsiders haven't been allowed a glimpse yet. But rivals are already feeling uneasy. Deep in the Czech Republic, in a town called Kolin, Europe's newest auto plant is being put through its final paces before a March debut. The ultra-low-cost manufacturing joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp.  and PSA Peugeot Citroen (peugy.pk.PK) -- combining Japanese production expertise with French parts-purchasing might in Europe -- is sure to up the ante for volume auto makers, who already have to worry about surviving on razor-thin margins. ...
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By David DeKok, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.  Sep.
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Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior
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Being a little bit scared is good. Many Marines say it keeps them sharp during a war in which combat comes in spurts, separated by lengthy bouts of boredom.
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We made it back into the house last night. There were National Guardsmen at key checkpoints in Poway that were set up to protect neighborhoods from looters. These young men were carrying fully loaded M16s. For a quick second I thought I was in a war zone. That was incredibly intimidating for me.
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Two sides with something to prove barrel down a narrow road at one another with no intention of letting up. If neither swerves at the last second, there will be a crash that inflicts heavy damage on both.
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Pfc. Joshua Langley stood at midcourt in Army camouflage, waving and urging Miami Heat fans to cheer louder. So they did. Not for the Heat, but for him. And for a few seconds, Langley could think about something besides war.
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It looked like a textbook training exercise, but there was something amiss.
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ATHENS -- As you saw yesterday, they&#39;re fighting back now. Not with the world, but with themselves. When you&#39;ve been humiliated at your own game, ridiculed and laughed at back home and can&#39;t intimidate Australia anymore, someone&#39;s bound to mope.
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On the road, the momentum and most of the crowd against them, and trailing their division rivals by seven points, the Patriots responded to the challenge with a tying touchdown
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Amazing, but even in this time of goodwill and cheer, some folks are always looking for a fight. A recent exchange with a regular reader got me thinking how divisive things can get.
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This giant's looking a little sluggish.
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Now for the hard part. Having made it through fast and dangerous racing during the opening flat stages of the Tour de France, riders veer Wednesday into the Pyrenees for their first encounter with the high mountains.
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ATLANTA - Showing they can circle the wagons with the best of them, the Braves fought off enemies real and imagined Friday night on the heels of shortstop Rafael Furcal&#39;s DUI arrest.
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On Saturday the presidential nominating fight carried the intensity normally reserved for the closing days of a general election campaign.
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I felt like the cowpoke pinned down behind the watering trough as bullets flew all around me: caught in the crossfire again. In this case, however, the Crossfire was a good way to get out of Dodge.
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FLINT, Mich. - For a few moments last weekend, they were the hottest act in town...