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Sonic Automotive, Inc. () is a Fortune 500 company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is one of the largest automotive retailers in the United States.

Mudslinging Break: How to Order Food at Sonic - Giorgio Loves Sonic

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Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

GM recalling Chevrolet Sonics to check brake pads

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DETROIT — General Motors Co. said on Friday that it is recalling more than 4,000 of its 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars to check for missing brake pads. The possibility that some Sonics could be missing an inner or outer brake pad was discovered during warranty service for a rental vehicle customer. GM said the problem “is expected to exist in very few cars,” and there are no known crashes or injuries related to the issue. A missing pad could require longer stopping distance, and contribute to a crash. Dealers will inspect the front brakes for missing inner or outer...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

How the US government secretly reads your email

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Secret orders forcing Google and Sonic to release a WikiLeaks volunteer's email reveal the scale of US government snooping. Somewhere, a US government official is reading through a list of those who sent or received an email from Jacob Appelbaum, a 28-year-old computer science researcher at the University of Washington who volunteered for WikiLeaks. ... Appelbaum is a spokesman for Tor, a free internet anonymising software that helps people defend themselves against internet surveillance. He's spent five years teaching activists around the world how to install and use the service to avoid being monitored by repressive governments. It's exactly the...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Theories abound in cases of mysterious booms

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Theories abound in cases of mysterious booms Boom. * I, 40 - Source of the boom booms is clearly predicted in song * More booms reported rattling Brunswick County * Booms rattle Southeastern N.C. residents for second time in 24 hours * Update: More reports of booms and shakes Saturday morning What was that? No one knows. Off and on, for several weeks running, residents across Southeastern North Carolina have reported hearing loud booming noises in the distance, some strong enough to shake their houses. Residents reported the booms again on Wednesday and Thursday this week, re-igniting the speculation. In...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

'Doctor Who' star's airport troubles

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Matt Smith, the actor playing the new Doctor, was stopped at Heathrow airport because he was carrying a sonic screwdriver. Officials took the 'Doctor Who' gadget for a weapon when a security scanner revealed what was in Smith's luggage, according to The Sun. ... "But going through the X-ray scanner, it probably looks like a weapon, albeit something you'd see in ‘Star Wars.’

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Man cooked meth at Sonic Drive-In

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Cape Girardeau -- An employee of a Sonic restaurant in southeast Missouri is accused of cooking methamphetamine at the restaurant. The Southeast Missourian reported on its Web site Thursday that 22-year-old Dennis Bratcher is charged with second-degree burglary and attempt to manufacture a controlled substance. There was no telephone listing for Bratcher in the Cape Girardeau area. Police were called at 1:57 a.m. Thursday to a burglary in process at the restaurant. A probable cause statement says police found Bratcher cooking a batch of meth. Bratcher is a shift manager at the restaurant.

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Cap, undies lead cops to suspects(stupid criminals)

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Using a St. Louis Cardinals baseball cap and a soiled pair of boxers, authorities said they were able to connect a pair of Franklinton men to a string of robberies at Sonic Drive-Ins from Livingston Parish to Pearl River County, Miss. Authorities think Palanstea T. Williams, 18, and Jay T. MaGee, 21, held up at least six of the restaurants in the past three months, locking the staff in freezers in some cases, and tried to rob two more before being caught after they were locked out of their truck during a robbery in Poplarville, Miss. Though police had surveillance...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Shuttle Endeavour’s sonic boom heard across O.C.

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More than 150 readers have contacted us to say they heard the twin sonic boom produced by the space shuttle Endeavour moments before it made a perfect landing at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert. Weâ€™re hearing from people everywhere from Rancho Santa Margarita to Irvine to Fullerton to Chino to Panorama City, Palmdale, Burbank and Ventura.

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Ithaca: City of Evil? (Free Republic and several freepers mentioned prominently)

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Ithaca is the City of Evil. At least, that's what I read on a recent cruise around the Internet. I forget what I was looking for in the first place, but what I found was a Free Republic forum about the debut of Rush Limbaugh's radio show in Ithaca. While I had reacted to Limbaugh's appearance with a shrug, conservatives on the message board considered it a victory. A discussion of Ithaca and all of its supposed horrifying qualities ensued, including the following exchange: Ultra Sonic 007: Um, I might be ignorant here ... but what's the big deal with...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Purdue Findings Support Earlier Nuclear Fusion Experiments

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Researchers at Purdue University have new evidence supporting earlier findings by other scientists who designed an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves to produce nuclear fusion reactions. The technology, in theory, could lead to a new source of clean energy and a host of portable detectors and other applications. The new findings were detailed in a peer-reviewed paper appearing in the May issue of the journal Nuclear Engineering and Design. The paper was written by Yiban Xu, a post-doctoral research associate in the School of Nuclear Engineering, and Adam Butt, a graduate research assistant in...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM

Sonic Drive-In - Most Gay Friendly Company in Oklahoma

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From the Senior VP of People and Communications to all Sonic Employees ----- Original Email ------- What a wonderful All-Employee Lunch we experienced last Friday! Hearing our friends from the Hispanic community sing and teach us a bit about their culture was entertaining, enlightening and inspiring. The food was terrific (thanks to Café Tom and Café Don) and overall, it made Friday the 13th a very good day indeed! As we look ahead to June, the Culture of Inclusion Committee (COI) has had many long conversations about our focus on Gay Pride. June is typically Gay Pride month across the...

Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 05:45:59 AM