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  • July 2008

    • Haters, Gas Fail to Crush Hummer Pride

      Associated Press  |  Jul 27, 08 11:37 AM CDT

      Haters, Gas Fail to Crush Hummer Pride

      (Newser) - Sure, the Hummer may be going the way of the dinosaur: Sales are down 40% this year on soaring gas and an eco-image problem, and GM is looking to ditch its troubled brand. But for owners, the AP reports, outsized pride remains part of the package. "It definitely sparks some intense reaction from people on both sides," says one Hummer owner, whose baby was attacked last year by baseball-bat-wielding vandals. But to sell? "I love this car," he says. More »

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      General Motors  • fuel costs  • Hummer  • automobile  • Humvees

  • June 2008

    • Hero Soldier's Parents Accept Medal of Honor

      Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  |  Jun 2, 08 1:41 PM CDT

      Hero Soldier's Parents Accept Medal of Honor

      (Newser) - Ross McGinnis, a 19-year-old private who sacrificed his life in Iraq, was awarded the Medal of Honor today in a White House ceremony. Rather than fleeing a grenade an insurgent threw at his Humvee, McGinnis dived on it, saving four other soldiers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. His son "had no thought of medals," McGinnis' father, Tom, told the Army Times. More »

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      Iraq  • US Army  • Army  • casualties  • Humvees  • Medal of Honor

  • November 2007

    • Laser-Humvee Will Hunt IEDs

      CNET  |  Nov 24, 07 2:25 PM CST

      Laser-Humvee Will Hunt IEDs

      (Newser) - Boeing has developed a laser-equipped Humvee designed to disarm IEDs, CNET's military tech blog reports. The weapon system, known as the “Laser Avenger,” consists of a 1-kilowatt laser added to an anti-aircraft Humvee-mounted missile turret, and can neutralize a bomb by shooting the super-hot laser into it until it combusts internally, “popping” in a low-level detonation. More »

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      Iraq war  • Boeing  • IED  • Humvees  • laser

  • August 2007

    • How 1st-Year Students See the World

      Beloit College  |  Aug 21, 07 8:04 PM CDT

      How 1st-Year Students See the World

      (Newser) - Humvees are always a mere down payment away, and it's only natural to see stadiums named after big corporations. Your source of info on '60s icons is Oliver Stone movies and anything else you need to know comes right from "The Daily Show." Don't worry; you’re not suffering from a amnesia—you're a typical student entering college this fall. More »

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      list  • General Motors  • travel  • Rush Limbaugh  • Michael Moore  • Nelson Mandela  • bottled water  • Humvees  • Berlin Wall  • Pete Rose  • Beloit College

  • June 2007

    • Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 22, 07 1:06 PM CDT

      Bombs Force Troops to Hoof It

      (Newser) - Roadside bombs are now so powerful and plentiful in Baghdad that US soldiers are leaving their vehicles behind and patrolling on foot. Militant-planted explosively formed penetrators, or EFPs, can blow through the strongest Humvees and tanks, and the decision to "dismount" from the vehicles is coming from both commanders and front-line troops, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • military  • bomb  • roadside bomb  • Iraq death toll  • explosion  • Humvees

  • April 2007

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