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Man burned trying to impress girlfriend

VASTERVIK, Sweden, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A 33-year-old Swedish man suffered serious injuries when he poured gasoline on his arm and set it on fire as a party trick, police said.

Vodafone buys Swedish group Wayfinder

Wayfinder, based in Stockholm, provides mobile phone navigation services that help consumers find places of interest such as restaurants or petrol (gasoline) stations.

Oregon Governor Proposes Vehicle Mileage Tax

tiedyejeremy writes "As covered by the Crosscut Blog, the Governor of Oregon, Ted Kulongoski, is proposing a change in the funding of the Oregonian transportation system that drops gasoline taxes and, by way of GPS tracking, taxes the number of miles driven, to the tune of 1.2 cents per mile. The reason for the proposed change is that lower fuel consumption via fuel efficiency will leave the system underfunded. The concerns involve government tracking of the movements of vehicles within the state, though this has been denied by ODOT official, James Whitty. I'm wondering how this affects people using the Interstate System and private roads, and if the outputs can or will be used by law enforcement to check alibis."

It's time to end this madness! (The Barrel blog)

New York--The attorneys general of all 50 states, joined by US Senator Charles Schumer, have called for an investigation into what Schumer called "unconscionable" recent increases in gasoline prices.

HONDA CEO SAYS TO CONTINUE PROCURING NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE BATTERIES FROM SANYO, PANASONIC

TOKYO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd said it would set up a joint venture with battery maker GS Yuasa Corp to produce and sell lithium-ion batteries for gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

Indian public art festival raises questions

NEW DELHI, India -- Recently, residents of India's bustling capital have found large and often strange-looking objects along their daily paths: a giant steel bucket mounted on a wooden stand, a tree hanging from a crane, a gasoline can made of white tiles, and stretched nylon resembling the long wing of a bird caught between buildings.

Online holiday sales fell 2.3%, and total retail fell more, MasterCard says

Online holiday sales declined 2.3% from Nov. 1 to Dec. 24, according to the SpendingPulse report from MasterCard Advisors LLC, a subsidiary of payment card company MasterCard Worldwide. Overall retail sales were down even more, between 2% and 4% when excluding gasoline sales, according to the report.

Engineered bacteria create high-energy biofuel

Researchers have designed an entire molecular “assembly line” in bacterial cells that pieces together a kind of alcohol that isn’t normally made by known living organisms. This alcohol could serve as a biofuel that, unlike ethanol, has a high energy density and could be used in gasoline and jet fuel.

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