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Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally, considered one of the leading candidates to take the top job at Microsoft Corp., is not leaving the automaker until the end of next year, said Edsel Ford II, a company director.

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Kaveh Kamooneh committed the crime of plugging in Nissan LEAF electric car into an electrical outlet outside of Chamblee Middle School, waiting for his 11-year-old to finish playing tennis .

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Workers clean the stage at the Chevrolet booth at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, in Los Angeles.

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The redesigned 2015 Ford Mustang is to hit dealerships in the fall of 2014, a few months after the pony car's 50th birthday.

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Philip Chism, 14, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, aggravated rape and robbery charges in connection with the killing of his high school math teacher, Colleen Ritzer.

The E350 is Mercedes-Benz's sensible sedan. Standing in the shadow of the extroverted E63 AMG and conceding the efficiency crown to the forthcoming E250 BlueTec diesel , it earns respect by effortlessly balancing form and function in a practical and attractive package.

Electric car owners know firsthand about range anxiety and the times when you need just a little more juice to make sure you can get where you need to go.

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Three deer somehow found themselves stuck in the middle of Albert Lea Lake in Minnesota and they can count themselves lucky to be found and rescued by MedCity Hovercraft.

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BMW has debuted a choice of M Performance parts for its 2014 X5 SAV -- that would be Sports Activity Vehicle as BMW prefers to call it.