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The United States intelligence community is trying to get to the bottom of how the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group has been able to acquire a plethora of Toyota pick-up trucks and SUVs during its holy war in the Middle East.

The 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show that opened on Friday and runs through November 30 is pushing the concept that self-driving cars are inevitable. Over the next fifteen years Detroit intends to make obsolete all 264 million vehicles in America.

When gang members allegedly carjacked and kidnapped Waynesboro, Virginia, police officer Captain Kevin Quick earlier this year, they also allegedly drove from bank to bank while he was alive in the car, attempting to withdraw all the money they could

At the Los Angeles Auto Show and San Francisco Show next month, there will be lots of focus on the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. Las May, California joined Oregon and six east coast states, which together

The judge in the Aaron Hernandez murder case threw out bullets found in his apartment that the prosecution submitted as evidence. Judge E. Susan Garsh said that the state police who found the bullets didn’t demonstrate probable cause for the

AUSTIN, Texas — Breitbart Texas Reported earlier this week that the Texas State Auditor’s Office has conducted an audit of the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF), a business development fund frequently touted by Governor Rick Perry as a helpful asset in spurring

Arian Foster loves a Toyota Tundra towing the Space Shuttle. Anheuser-Busch lecturing the NFL on morality? He likes that about as much as he likes Caillou. “We are disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this

A father shot his seven-year-old daughter dead when her mother rejected both Islam and him. Egyptian-born Yasser Alromisse, 46, wanted custody of daughter Mary Ann Shipstone after he become estranged from wife Lyndsey. Lyndsey had originally converted to Islam upon

California lawmakers try to compete with Texas and exhaust millions of dollars in incentives to draw in and maintain businesses. Everything, including business, is bigger in Texas, and the state has become a safe haven for businesses seeking relief from

AUSTIN, Texas–One of three pizza parlors in Taylor, north of Austin, is getting more than $200,000 in taxpayer money as an incentive to expand operations. The handout came after a Texas A&M Engineering Extensive Service report found that there were

Police in Connecticut recently announced the arrest of a grandmother and grandson, charging them with allegedly running a drug ring out of their Plainfield home. Police charged Elaine Coffey, 65, and her grandson, Nicholas Coffey, 24, with a series of

The Houston Rockets have traded Jeremy Lin and a future first-round pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for cash. The deal shifted Lin’s $15 million salary–with about $8 million counting against the cap–off Houston’s books for 2014-2015, allowing the team

The very week that the new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks hired Jason Kidd as a coach before informing Larry Drew that he had been fired, the Houston Rockets have descended the NBA disrespect to a new level. The team

Billionaire carbon trader Al Gore has thrown away the last remnants of his credibility by appearing on a platform with Australia’s most notorious mining magnate Clive Palmer to celebrate the end of Australia’s carbon tax. Palmer is also a Senator

A watchdog group has called on the California Department of Motor Vehicles to slow Google down in its rush to get the company’s driverless cars on the road. A prototype for the vehicle was released in May. According to the

Is Tesla the latest target of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s recent campaign to woo California businesses to the Lone Star State? Perry was seen cruising around in a Tesla vehicle in Sacramento Tuesday, just days after Governor Jerry Brown’s administration

BEVERLY HILLS — Rick Perry makes “no apologies,” he says, for his efforts to recruit California businesses to his state. He is proud that Texas has surpassed California as the top exporter of technology, and proud of the low-tax, low-regulation

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers slaughtered at least 200 civilians in three villages in northeastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned that an attack was imminent, witnesses said on

On May 29 a retired Marine eating lunch at a Houston, TX, strip mall reacted to a robbery in progress by retrieving his concealed carry (CCW) handgun, killing one of the suspected robbers, and sending the second one fleeing.  According

Gov. Jerry Brown raised eyebrows recently when he dismissed concerns about California’s tough economic environment, which has chased companies like Toyota away: “[S]mart people figure out how to make it,” he said. An increasing number of elite graduates from across

WASHINGTON (AP) — An investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging in the auto parts industry has mushroomed into the Justice Department’s largest criminal antitrust probe ever, and it’s not over yet. The investigation, made public four years ago with FBI raids

Gov. Jerry Brown defended his record in a meeting with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board last week. In addition to touting his record on job creation, defending the troubled high-speed rail project, and claiming that Toyota’s departure from the state

The California economy got another punch in the nose as aerospace contractor Pratt & Whitneyannounced last week that their AeroPower facility in San Diego will relocate all remaining operations to existing facilities to Florida, Georgia, Texas and Canada.   Last year, the company

Sriracha hot sauce manufacturer Huy Fong Foods has spent the past few months in an intense legal battle with the city of Irwindale California over their plant’s caustic smell. The lawsuit has already caused a partial shutdown of Sriracha’s Irwindale factory, after

Governor Jerry Brown’s $750-million tax incentive program may be an attempt to shut the stable door after the horses have bolted. Toyota and Occidental Petroleum  are already packing their bags and moving to Texas, where costs of doing business are lower and

KTLA: Representatives from Texas were in Irwindale on Monday to tour the Sriracha hot sauce plant, which has recently been the cause of public debate. The hot sauce maker was sued after some Irwindale residents complained about strong, spicy fumes

U.S. and Mexican investors have been working together to resurrect a dilapidated cross-border rail line that runs from Plaster City, CA through Mexico and back up to San Diego, as reported in early 2013 by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Recently

According to Marianne Williamson’s website promoting her congressional bid for the 33rd district, it is time to stop wasteful defense spending and establish a “Green New Deal” to rebuild America with “cutting edge green technologies.” Williamson claims that in this time of

The top strategist and political consultant for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign thinks that Republicans can win elections in California. Stuart Stevens, now a columnist for the Daily Beast website, claims that if Republicans can be more

The State of Texas has been remarkably successful in attracting businesses, persuading folks all across the country to vote with their feet, and retaining a vibrant young population. As the chief financial officer of this great state, I look around

One of the most liberal Representatives in Congress wants California to raise its minimum wage to $26 an hour.  Appearing on Crossfire on Friday, co-host Newt Gingrich asked Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) whether it was a good idea for the mayor of

One of the most liberal Representatives in Congress wants California to raise its minimum wage to $26 an hour.  Appearing on Crossfire on Friday, co-host Newt Gingrich asked Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) whether it was a good idea for the mayor of

UKIP leader Nigel Farage told a public meeting last night that people who describe his party as racist are “cretinous”. Speaking to an audience of about 900 in Derby, he also accused the European Union of wanting to “homogenise” Europe,

Toyota Motor Corps’ recent decision to relocate its Torrance, CA-based sales and marketing headquarters to Plano, Texas, is a blatant indictment of the failed policies of the Brown administration to attract and sustain top corporations doing business in California, according