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    Toyota Reaches $1 Billion Deal On Accelerator Lawsuits

    December 26, 2012
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    A plaintiffs' attorney says Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement exceeding $1 billion in a class-action lawsuit involving complaints of unintended acceleration in its vehicles. Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Sonari Glinton about the deal, which still needs a judge's approval.

    Arts & Culture

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    Where's Jimmy Hoffa? Everywhere And Nowhere

    FBI agents believe they have a credible lead on the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa's body. If they're right, it will solve a longstanding mystery, which will also deflate Hoffa's resonance in popular culture.

    Food

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    After Four Years Of Fighting, D.C. Council Approves New Rules For Food Trucks

    The new rules create a long-awaited regulatory framework for what has become a popular and industry made up of over 150 food trucks.

    Politics

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    Virginia Democrats Seek To Chip Away At Republican Majority In House of Delegates

    Thirteen first-time Democratic candidates said yesterday that they hoped to unseat Northern Virginia Republicans as part of a plan to get closer to a majority in the House of Delegates.

    Technology

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    U.S. Automakers Are On A Roll, But Hiring Is Slow And Steady

    Profits for the nation's carmakers are on the rise, but after years of doing more with less, higher profits are unlikely to translate into significant numbers of new jobs. There are eight fewer plants and hundreds of thousands fewer workers in the industry than before the Great Recession.

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