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Acura opens orders for NSX supercar, Configurator Goes Live: Report

Acura NSX goes up for order, Configurator Goes Live: Report

Acura has finally launched the online configurator tool for the all new NSX. The configurator allows customers to see for the first time all of the specifications and options that will be available for the NSX. The 2017 Acura NSX online configurator launched today at NSX.Acura.com, allowing future NSX owners and enthusiasts to virtually customize their new Acura NSX supercar. …

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Technology continues to impact vehicle dependability: New J.D. Power Research

Technology continues to impact vehicle dependability: New J.D. Power Research

J.D. Power has just released its 2016 Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), which examines problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of 2013 model-year vehicles. Lexus, Porsche, and Buick lead the way. The influential study, now in its 27th year, examines problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners of vehicles new for the 2013 model …

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First uterus transplant performed in United States “Report”

First uterus transplant performed in United States, Report

Surgeons in Cleveland say they have performed America’s first uterus transplant. The aim is to give women who lack wombs a chance at pregnancy. A 26-year-old woman underwent the nine-hour operation on Wednesday, setting the stage for a future pregnancy — and what might possibly become a routine procedure in US hospitals. The unidentified woman, who received the transplanted uterus …

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Pamela Anderson hints at Baywatch movie role

Pamela Anderson hints at Baywatch movie role

Pamela Anderson has turned down the opportunity to return to the beach for the “Baywatch” movie. The actress, who became the break-out star of the TV series in the late 1980s, has revealed she was offered a role in the revamp, which features Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Zac Efron, but didn’t like the storyline.

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Oscar-nominated Montreal filmmaker Colin Low Dies Age 89

Oscar-nominated Montreal filmmaker Colin Low Dies Age 89

Colin Low, a pioneering filmmaker whose groundbreaking career with the National Film Board of Canada spanned over six decades, died in Montreal on February 24 at the age of 89. In 1945 Low was hired by Norman McLaren, the legendary animator at the National Film Board. Low moved to Montreal, started as a graphic artist and worked his way up …

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Where to Invade Next is an invasion of great ideas (Video)

Where to Invade Next is an invasion of great ideas (Video)

He is provocative. He preaches. He often cherry-picks data to justify his conclusions. But there is a reason Michael Moore is the most successful documentary-maker on the planet: he can drive home a palatable message in hugely entertaining and accessible fashion. Where to Invade Next is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of “invader,” …

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Mortal Kombat Secrets Menus Revealed Over 20 Years Later “Video”

Mortal Kombat Secrets Menus Revealed Over 20 Years Later (Video)

A long-time Mortal Kombat player has documented secret menus in the first three games more than 20 years later. The original Mortal Kombat games were subject to many players speculating about their secrets. Some were true, while others were concocted by the imaginative, Internet-less people of the ’90s. However, it was only recently discovered that the original games contained secret …

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Frank Freshwaters: “Shawshank Fugitive” might gain permanent freedom

Frank Freshwaters: 'Shawshank Fugitive' might gain permanent freedom

Frank Freshwaters spent 56 years on the run from the law before the U.S. Marshals Service tracked him down and arrested him last May at his Jones Road trailer, on Melbourne’s marshy western outskirts. Thursday, Frank Freshwaters — who turns 80 in April — may win his freedom during a parole hearing in Columbus, Ohio. Frank Freshwaters wasn’t at the …

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