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Spike in Prius complaints may not be all it seems (AP)

A 2005 Toyota Prius, which was in an accident, is seen at a police station in Harrison, New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The driver of the Toyota Prius told police that the car accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.


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Another runaway Toyota Prius reported (Reuters)

Reuters - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway zoomed across a busy street and into a stone wall.

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Runaway Prius driver: Brakes were ‘almost burned’ (AP)

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - Before he called 911, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the "stuck" accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn't move.


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Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius (Reuters)

In this Feb. 7, 2010 photo, the tailends of unsold 2010 Toyota Prius sedans form a long line at a Toyota dealership in Lakewood, Colo. Toyota owners and stockholders have peppered the Japanese automaker with more than 80 class-action lawsuits in the wake of widespread recalls, some contending that defective engineering has caused injuries or deaths and others claiming the company's woes have damaged the value of the vehicles. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Reuters - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.


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Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California (AP)

Driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon Tuesday, March 9, 2010, in El Cajon, Calif.  Sikes' 2008 Toyota Prius raced out of control on a San Diego freeway Monday. A California Highway Patrol officer helped him stop the car.  (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)AP - The government sent investigators Tuesday to examine a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway, and Toyota said it wanted to interview the driver as the besieged automaker dealt with a high-profile new headache that raised questions about the safety of its beloved hybrid.


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As Chile shook, cities rolled to the west a bit (AP)

AP - The Earth really did move during the massive Chile quake: Researchers say cities and islands physically shifted west a bit.

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