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New Kia Sorento SUV and first Sorento Hybrid; plug-in option to come

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While the car was initially launched in 2002 as a utilitarian all-terrain vehicle, the fourth-generation Sorento has been transformed into something altogether more desirable. A mainstay of Kia’s global line-up, more than three million Sorento models have been sold worldwide since it was launched in 2002.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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He worked at Georgia Power in Atlanta for more than 20 years, and he was a principal research engineer at the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center at Georgia Tech for more than 25 years, becoming NEETRAC's associate director. He also served on its switch gear committee. Mason Lamar Williams III.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S. based on Pfluemer’s magnetic-tape invention. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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NRC approves rule to certify amended AP1000 reactor design; Chu: “an important milestone”

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Westinghouse submitted an application for certification of the original AP1000standard plant design on 28 March 2002; the NRC issued a rule certifying that design on 27 January 2006. Vogtle Electric Generation Plant in Burke, Georgia. Westinghouse submitted an application to amend the AP1000 on 27 May 2007.

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. Young Gi Lee, a former executive of Hyundai Motor Corporation, founded the CT&T in 2002 with a vision of bringing zero emissions transportation options to companies and individuals. Currently, CT&T Korea, Ltd.

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Southern Unionization Remains An Uphill Battle As Governors Caution Against UAW

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Governors in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas released a joint statement against the UAW shortly before Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, were supposed to begin voting on whether or not to unionize. Despite holding onto roughly 350,000 employees through 2002, it’s now sitting on about 177,000.