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During an otherwise ordinary conference call with reporters and Wall Street analysts on Friday, Ford chief executive Mark Fields announced that his company has torn apart and rebuilt a Tesla Model S -- and is considering building a full-size, long-range electric car of its own. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Douglas Adams is best known for destroying the Earth as the opening gag of the humorous science fiction "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Until last weekend, Hollywood was trapped in a historically dismal summer. Then, as they are wont to do, a group of ragtag superheroes saved the day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What once seemed impossible happened this past weekend: America watched a soccer game together. Will soccer continue to be must-see TV for US fans once the World Cup is over? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Newly-merged American Airlines and US Airways are making big changes to their frequent flyer programs, parent company American Airlines Group announced Tuesday. Following in the steps of several other major US carriers over the past year or so, the company will reduce the number of points needed for certain flights but increase them for others. Like Delta and United earlier this year, it will also introduce a system of tiered point-redemption categories, making the process of redeeming points for a ticket more complex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It's becoming the Internet-age equivalent of the "M*A*S*H" finale toilet flush - shutting down HBO GO. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Steve Coogan's self-created hyper-obnoxious radio personality, Alan Partridge, has been a British mainstay almost from the time he first appeared on radio and TV almost 20 years ago. Now he has his own feature film - titled, what else? "Alan Partridge" - and it's a flurry of good gags and bad. The good ones are worth sitting around for. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

2014 was supposed to be "Visit Malaysia Year," an initiative by the Malaysian tourism board to boost tourism to the Southeast Asian country. The Malaysian Tourism Board had planned events, overseas trips promoting tourism, and even a tagline - "Truly Asia"- for the push, which they hoped would bring a new high of over 28 million visitors to the country in 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As European Union leaders meet today to consider toughening sanctions on Russia, energy is not the only factor that will bring them pause. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Toyota Motor Corp. will pay $1.2 billion as part of a settlement deal to avoid facing a criminal charge stemming from its handling of a 2009-2010 recall involving millions of vehicles, the US Justice Department announced Wednesday. The financial penalty is the largest of its kind ever imposed on an automaker, according to US Attorney General Eric Holder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hundreds of protesters are occupying Taiwan's parliament to demand an item-by-item review of a stalled trade liberalization deal with China, an unusually aggressive move to seek more scrutiny for the pact before opening up sensitive segments of the economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a video released Monday, General Motors chief executive officer Mary Barra offered an apology for two mistakes made by the world's second largest automaker. One was for a faulty ignition switch put in 1.6 million vehicles that has been linked to a dozen fatalities. The other was perhaps more difficult to admit: GM knew about the deadly defect for nearly a decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What's better than getting your brand in front of the eyes of the millions of people that descend upon the south side of Boston and midtown Manhattan in New York City, two of the biggest St. Patrick's Day parades in the country? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]