The Wishful Thinker ( World News To You )

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Man dies in motorbike crash (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)
A motorcycle accident has claimed the life of a man on South Australia's west coast.

Fatal motorbike crash (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!Xtra News)
A man has died in a motorbike crash in the central north Island.

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Boat containing migrants comes ashore in Boynton Beach (Sun-Sentinel)
A boat with suspected illegal immigrants was stopped Thursday night before it could come ashore at the city's boat ramp on Federal Highway, police said.

11 missing after Indon boat capsizes (Straits Times)
JAKARTA – RESCUE teams searched on Friday for 11 missing people after a wooden fishing boat capsized in rough seas off Indonesia's Central Java province earlier this week, an official said.

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Boat buyers face docking dilemma (Miami Herald)
Before you go boat shopping at the Miami International Boat Show, it might be wise to go dock shopping first.

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Porsche names Pilet to factory driver status (Motorsport.com)
ATLANTA — February 8 — Patrick Pilet, from France, joins the ranks of Porsche factory drivers for the 2008 season. With Pilet, the number of pilots driving for the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer increases to eleven.

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Guangzhou Auto eyes $1 bln dual listing -paper (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
HONG KONG, Feb 11 – Guangzhou Automotive Industry, parent of Hong Kong-listed Denway Motors , is eyeing a dual listing in China and Hong Kong to raise a combined $1 billion, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.

Randy Hall Automotive completes purchase (Salisbury Post)
Randy Hall has completed a purchase from his partner in the former Tire and Auto Center at 1616 Jake Alexander Blvd. Hall bought the property next to the Farmhouse Restaurant for $1.2 million after earlier buying the business, which is now called Randy Hall Automotive.

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CyberTrips – Everglades Escape: Ride an air boat, camp out and see a gator (Winston-Salem Journal)
Ever seen a live alligator up close and personal, in the wild? Ridden an air boat across a sea of water and grass?

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CSK Auto Responds to O'Reilly Automotive Proposal (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHOENIX—-CSK Auto Corporation confirmed today that it has received from O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of CSK Auto.

Ballard Confirms Close of Transaction to Sell Automotive Fuel Cell Assets (T-Net British Columbia)
Vancouver, BC, February 1, 2008–(T-Net)–Ballard Power Systems (Toronto:BLD.TO)(NasdaqGM:BLDP) confirmed that the previously announced transaction to sell the company's automotive fuel cell assets to Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company closed today as planned.

AutoWired – Automotive news and information. Live (AutoWired)
The new AutoWired Forum is now open. Click to share your views, news and events with your fellow automotive professionals.

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Kia Motors extends major commitment to Australian Open (The Auto Channel)
(SEOUL) January 28, 2008 – Kia Motors Corporation, one of the world's fastest growing automotive companies, extended its multi-million U.S. dollar sponsorship of the Australian Open as the major sponsor until 2013 on Saturday in a new deal which includes broadcasting the tournament to fans at public locations in China as well as Australia.

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Daytona 24: Porsche hour 12 notes (Motorsport.com)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — January 27, 2008 — The storied Brumos Racing Porsche Riley team, based in nearby Jacksonville, Florida, continues to frequent the top positions both overall and in the GT class as the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona reaches its halfway mark.

Porsche posts first half sales of 3.5 billion euros (AFP via Yahoo! News)
German luxury sports car maker Porsche said Friday that sales in the first half of its 2007-2008 fiscal year grew by 14.2 percent to 3.5 billion euros (5.2 billion dollars).

Porsche Sales Gain 14% on Cayenne SUV, New Markets (Update5) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — Porsche SE, maker of the 911 sports car, boosted first-half revenue 14 percent after revamping its Cayenne sport-utility vehicle and increasing deliveries in Russia and China. The stock advanced the most in two months.

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Fishing Boat Rescues 3 From Sinking Tugboat (Fox 12 Oregon)
TILLAMOOK, Ore. — A fishing boat rescued three people Wednesday from a tugboat sinking off the north Oregon coast. The Joe Foss was "pretty full" when the distress call came in after 6 a.m., Coast Guard Petty Officer Ranae Johnston said.

Boat show begins in Nashville Feb. 8 (Daily News Journal)
Another boat show, the fourth of its kind since December, is headed to Nashville. The Nashville Boat Show is Feb. 8-10 at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds.

Winterfest Boat Parade holds awards ceremony (7 News Miami)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Participants of last month's Winterfest Boat Parade at the Hard Rock Casino gathered for a special awards ceremony last night.

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Laos: Luang Prabang Bans Motorbike And Bicycle Rentals (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
LUANG PRABANG, LAOS: Visitors to Luang Prabang will no longer be able to rent bicycles and motorbikes in the main town, following a ban by local authorities on these rental businesses.

Vehicle makers to post mostly lower profits (Hindustan Times)
India's No 1 car maker, Maruti Suzuki, and top motorbike maker Hero Honda Motors are forecast to report gains in quarterly net profits, but other vehicle makers are likely to have taken a hit from price discounts.

Daisy (TVNZ)
On New Years Eve Craig and Sandi Fernandez's 13 year daughter Daisy was killed on the beach near their bach, mown down by a motorbike, a bike with no headlights, no brakes.

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Eurozone new industrial orders stronger-than-expected in November (TODAYonline)
A worker assembles a Porsche at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart in November 2007. Factories in the nations sharing the euro single currency saw demand surge faster than economists expected in November due to booming transport equipment orders, official EU figures have shown.

South Bay police sting nets loot from stolen copper to homemade bombs (Contra Costa Times)
Jose Clara Co-Op, another company shoe-horned into an industrial strip of Santa Clara early last year, quickly became one of the South Bay's most successful underground businesses – a one-stop shop for crooks selling everything from a stolen Porsche Carrera to powerful homemade bombs.

World Class Driving fuels supercar fantasy (Arizona Silver Belt)
World Class Driving Tour came to the local area Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 19 and 20, hosted by Dream Manor Inn. Participants drove cars valued at $1.5 million including the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Ferrari F430, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet, and Corvette Z06. The Ferrari 599 has a price tag of approximately $500,000.

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Murdered tourist to be returned home by boat (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)
The body of a Scottish tourist murdered in Taupo may have to be transported to her home in the Orkney Islands by boat.

Boat Asia 2008 expects more visitors, close to 30% more deals (Channel NewsAsia)
SINGAPORE : Boat Asia, a regional leisure boat event, will be 25-30 percent larger this year than in 2007, in terms of both expected visitorship and the number of deals that will be signed.

County to condemn land for College Hill river park, boat ramp (Richmond Register)
Madison Fiscal Court voted Monday morning to condemn 1.6 acres of land near the end of College Hill Road where the Kentucky where the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife will build a small park and boat ramp.The vote to condemn was taken after the court emerged from a brief executive session. Madison Judge-Executive Kent Clark said attempts to negotiate a reasonable price for the property …

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Confident Red Bull launch new car (BBC News)
Red Bull are confident the new RB4 car will not be dogged by the reliability issues that blighted their 2007 season.

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