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Toyota Announces Voluntary Recall on 2010 Model-Year Lexus GX 460

TORRANCE, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010 – Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will conduct a voluntary safety recall on approximately 9,400 2010 Model Year Lexus GX 460 sport utility vehicles to update software in the vehicle’s Vehicle Stability Control (VSC) system.  No other Toyota, Lexus, or Scion vehicles[Read More…]

Toyota Motor Corporation Agrees to Settle NHTSA Civil Penalty

Torrance, California—(ENEWSPF)—April 19, 2010. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced today that it has agreed to settle the civil penalty demanded in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s April 5 letter related to the company’s recall for slow-to-return and sticky accelerator pedals by paying $16.4 million.   The company said: “We agreed[Read More…]

AAA Chicago: March Gas Prices on the Rise

AURORA, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2010 – As spring looms, fuel prices have increased in Illinois and northern Indiana over the past month. This is attributed to a couple of factors including slight increased demand and a continued uncertainty of the economy. AAA Chicago’s most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that in[Read More…]

Toyota Offers Preliminary Findings From Technical Field Examination of Alleged ‘Runaway Prius’ in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)—March 15, 2010—At a press conference today, Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. offered key preliminary findings of technical field examination and testing that were performed on March 10 and 11 regarding an alleged “runaway Prius” event dramatically covered by national news media. Toyota engineers completed an investigation[Read More…]

‘Mission: Impossible’ Star Peter Graves Dies at 83

From the Chicago Sun-Times: Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday. Graves died of an apparent heart attack outside his Los Angeles[Read More…]

Traffic Fatalities for 2009 Reach Record Low

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2010.  The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported at the end of 2009 reached the lowest level since 1954, declining for the 15th consecutive quarter. According to early projections, the fatality rate, which takes into account the number of[Read More…]

LAPD: 80s Teen Idol Corey Haim Dead at 38

From the Chicago Tribune: Actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38, the Los Angeles Police Department has confirmed toKTLA. Haim died at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday of an apparent accidental overdose, police said. He was found unresponsive at an Oakwood apartment, near Burbank, police said. His mother was[Read More…]

Death Notice: Marjorie Schulz

Marjorie Schulz, age 84, of Park Forest, IL, born January 5, 1926, died March 7, 2010. Visitation and funeral information will be at Lain-Sullivan Funeral Home & Crematory, 50 Westwood Dr., Park Forest, IL 60466, (708)747-3700.

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