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Briefing: Mustang Driver Does Everything Right And Still Ends Upside Down

Strategic angle: A sudden lane change leads to a tire-to-tire impact that sends a Mustang airborne and upside down in seconds.

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Briefing: Indian conglomerate Vedanta to split in five next month

Strategic angle: Chair suggests new entities could be worth as much as $50bn after deleveraging drive

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Briefing: Here's What Happens To All Those IndyCar Tires After A Race

Strategic angle: IndyCar tires are supplied by Firestone, with the latest season using over 32,000. What exactly is the fate of all those tires once the race is over?

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Briefing: Yes, You Can Wrap Your Keys In Aluminum Foil To Prevent Car Theft, But There Are Better Ways

Strategic angle: Wrapping your key fob in foil does help protect your car, but it's annoying to unwrap and rewrap your fob every time you use it. Let's talk about other methods.

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Briefing: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn't working

Strategic angle: One month into the conflict in Iran, Trump's gut-instinct approach is not proving effective.

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Briefing: One ant for $220: the new frontier of wildlife trafficking

Strategic angle: The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.

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Briefing: How deepfake porn scandal surrounding TV star rocked Germany

Strategic angle: Collien Fernandes has accused her ex-husband of spreading images of her online, but he has categorically denied it.

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Discount Tire Worker Tells Woman It’s Too Dangerous To Just Replace 1 Tire. But When She Responds, He Does Something Unexpected

'I’m sorry, we only have money for the one tire.'

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Briefing: Manhart Found 180 HP BMW Left Sitting In The M5 Touring’s Engine Bay

Strategic angle: Manhart's MH5 900E squeezes 897 hp from the BMW M5 Touring using upgraded turbos, a new exhaust, and revised software.

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Briefing: Revealing the origin of polarity inversion in polymer semiconductors

Strategic angle: A research team led by Prof. Boseok Kang at Sungkyunkwan University has uncovered the origin of polarity inversion, a long-standing phenomenon in polymer semiconductors.

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Photos: 'No Kings' Protests Across the Country

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

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Briefing: The American dream crumbles for French students

Strategic angle: Since Donald Trump's return to the White House, several institutions have reported a decline in applications to US campuses.

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Briefing: Kia’s $30K EV3 Keeps Creeping Closer To America Without Anyone Saying It’s Coming

Strategic angle: A reader in Mexico photographed a heavily camouflaged Kia EV3 prototype, raising questions about North American plans.

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Briefing: Mechanic Puts Honda Pilot On Lift. Then He Gives The Universal Signal That The Problem Is Much, Much Worse: ‘You Ain’t Lying’

Strategic angle: A mechanic reveals alarming issues with a Honda Pilot, signaling serious trouble ahead.

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Briefing: Americans take to streets in ‘No Kings’ day protests against Trump

Strategic angle: Latest series of marches comes against backdrop of president’s unpopular war in Iran

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Briefing: Support for JD Vance slips in straw poll of Republican candidates in 2028

Strategic angle: US vice-president still favourite to succeed Donald Trump but secretary of state Marco Rubio is gaining ground

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Briefing: ‘No Kings’ rallies draw crowds across US, in Europe. Springsteen headlines Minnesota demonstration

Strategic angle: Massive demonstrations featuring Bruce Springsteen take place in multiple cities, advocating for political change.

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Briefing: Ancient DNA reveals earliest known dogs lived alongside Ice Age humans

Strategic angle: A new study uncovers the timeline of the human-dog partnership dating back to the Ice Age.

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Briefing: Every Minivan Is Cool And Here's The Proof

Strategic angle: Minivans tend to get a bad rap in the world of auto enthusiasts. However, these roomy vehicles are actually very cool. Here's why we think minivans are rad.

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Briefing: Injured Penguins Crosby, Malkin to sit vs. Stars

Strategic angle: Penguins stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are day-to-day with injuries and will not play Saturday against the Stars.