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The automotive safety bill progressing through Congress in the wake of Toyota Motor Corp.’s historic recalls could lead to major cost implications for certain suppliers if federal regulators seek to beef up automotive “black boxes.” (more)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marco Andretti earned his first podium finish of the season at Sunday’s Indy 500 following an extensive video review that showed three cars illegally passed the 23-year-old under caution in the race’s final yards. (more)

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch would like to keep driving in the Nationwide Series — and for good reason. (more)

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General Motors’ false advertising that it has paid back its bailout money “in full” has prompted harsh criticism. Yesterday, Competitive Enterprise Institute Attorneys Hans Bader and Sam Kazman filed a complaint asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate these claims, noting “GM has only repaid a fraction of those funds—barely ten percent, and “moreover, GM apparently repaid its loan by using other federal funds [emphasis in original]” (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators of the failed car bombing in Times Square are looking for a money courier they say helped funnel cash from overseas to finance a Pakistani-American’s preparations to blow up the crude gasoline-and-propane bomb in the heart of New York, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen was charged Tuesday with terrorism and attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction in the botched Times Square bombing. The government said he confessed to receiving explosives training in Pakistan. (more)

DETROIT — A 25-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed a Detroit police officer and wounded four others early Monday had a past drug conviction and a history of assaults involving police, authorities said. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — Police investigating a terror attack that could have set off a deadly fireball in Times Square focused Sunday on finding a man who was videotaped shedding his shirt near the SUV where the bomb was found. (more)

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a suspicious vehicle in Times Square “did indeed contain an explosive device.” (more)

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U.S. auto sales may have run at the fastest pace this month since the 2009 “cash for clunkers” program as Toyota Motor Corp.’s incentives to counter global recalls spurred rivals to match the discounts. (more)

The federal probe into [intlink id="674037" type="post"]runaway Toyotas[/intlink] has resulted in enough scientific mystery that investigators have asked NASA scientists for help. (more)

General Motors unveiled a new electric concept car in China Wednesday, offering a freaky look at what we might be driving in another decade or two. (more)

This is something they will love over at “24” and its fictitious and nearly omnipotent Counter Terrorist Unit. The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing a radar system that can track suspects or vehicles around corners and “down into urban canyons”— essentially anywhere in a city. (more)

Dave Phipps has been building remote control systems for his 1969 Pontiac GTO for years. His masterpiece? Using a system called RedEye to remotely control the car’s ignition, radio, doors and more with an iPod Touch. (more)

Professional motorsport is a cold, hard place. If you want to run with the big dogs, you can’t just build a car in your mom’s garage and show up, right? Wrong. One guy did just that. Here’s his amazing story. (more)

Former Rep. Melissa Hart may have hit the road and gone back home to Pittsburgh in 2006 when she lost her bid for re-election, but it appears that a car she owns still remains in the Longworth House Office building parking garage — more than three years after she left Congress. (more)

Congress dragged Toyota to Washington to testify in one of the indignant show trials they so love. I wish they would subpoena themselves and bring Congress before a Senate hearing, under oath and under the hot lights of TV cameras. Then we might get to the roots of most problems in America: too much government intervention, confusing rules, and second-guessing politicians. (more)

The nation’s largest auto insurer alerted federal safety regulators on numerous occasions starting in 2007 about a rise in reports of unexpected acceleration in Toyotas, according to the insurer, State Farm. (more)