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How can people safely take control from a self-driving car?

LOS ANGELES (AP) – New cars that can steer and brake themselves risk lulling people in the driver’s seat into a false sense of security – and even to sleep. One way to keep people alert may be providing distractions that are now illegal. That was one surprising finding when …

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Hull-aballoo: New Navy destroyer’s seaworthiness questioned

BATH, Maine (AP) – The largest destroyer built for the U.S. Navy cuts an imposing figure: massive, with an angular shape, hidden weapons and antennas, and electric-drive propulsion. But underneath the stealthy exterior resides a style of hull that fell out of favor a century ago in part because it …

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France honors attack victims in city subdued by mourning

PARIS (AP) – A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honoring each of the 130 dead by name as the president pledged to “destroy the army of fanatics” who claimed so many young lives. With …

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