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Minnesota congressman and Republican presidential candidate has pledged to use the vast nation, untapped resources to reduce high energy prices and "create millions of good paying jobs right away.." Michele Bachmann Friday defended his campaign promise made earlier this week that gasoline prices will be reduced to less than $ 2 a gallon, when the White House.

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The American Lung Association issued a report Tuesday showing clearly the cleanest cars could save 400 lives lost without respiratory causes and consequences, and eliminate much of 8075 asthma attacks every year.

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New York ($ 3,996) could join them next week. The increase of 25 consecutive days, the national average is $ 3.82 per gallon of fuel and continued growth to a record $ 4.11 in 2008, when oil reached $ 147 a barrel and halting of the economy. Hawaii is the nation's most expensive gas at $ 4.47 a gallon. Learn more. (Newser) – Still Climbing: DC motorists are now paying a more than $ 4 a gallon at the pump, which combines five states of Alaska, Connecticut, Hawaii, California and Illinois, where fuel prices have exceeded $ 4 billion million, reports the AP.

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Uh, oh! Here we go again. After dealing with a massive public relations problem, the Toyota Motor Corp. has another defective automobile complaint on its hands. The newest complaint about defective automobiles made by Toyota comes in the form of a brake problem for the Japanese company’s gas-electric hybrid, the Prius. More than 100 complaints have been lodged with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration concerning the Prius’ braking system, including two that involving crashes with injuries. The latest defective automobile complaint is sure to hamper sales at the world’s No. 1 automaker coming on the heels of concerns with eight other Toyota models about a defective gas pedal that has a tendency to get stuck and even possibly accelerate. The carmaker did issue a directive about how to handle the defective gas pedal and has resolved to fix the issue, but that is little help to anyone stuck in a busy parking lot or bumper-to-bumper traffic, where a sudden lunge forward could prove deadly. Continue reading “First a sticking gas pedal, now Toyota is hit with another auto defect complaint” »