Agency vehicle coordinator Ken Rose says that one 2010 Toyota Prius that his group operates out of the Department of Social and Helath Services office in downtown Olympian is out of service until the vehicle's recalled brake system can be addressed. (STEVE BLOOM/staff photographer) Agency vehicle coordinator Ken Rose says that one 2010 Toyota Prius that his group operates out of the Department of Social and Helath Services office in downtown Olympian is out of service until the vehicle's recalled brake system can be addressed. (STEVE BLOOM/staff photographer)

State parks its 2010 Prius fleet

Officials say they have temporarily halted their state agencies’ use of the 2010 Toyota Prius, a popular gasoline and electric hybrid car that has been the subject of a global recall to correct a brake problem.

Agency vehicle coordinator Ken Rose says that one 2010 Toyota Prius that his group operates out of the Department of Social and Helath Services office in downtown Olympian is out of service until the vehicle's recalled brake system can be addressed. (STEVE BLOOM/staff photographer) Agency vehicle coordinator Ken Rose says that one 2010 Toyota Prius that his group operates out of the Department of Social and Helath Services office in downtown Olympian is out of service until the vehicle's recalled brake system can be addressed. (STEVE BLOOM/staff photographer)

State parks its 2010 Prius fleet

Officials say they have temporarily halted their state agencies’ use of the 2010 Toyota Prius, a popular gasoline and electric hybrid car that has been the subject of a global recall to correct a brake problem.

New Orleans Saints fan Tara Putman greets the team during a parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) New Orleans Saints fan Tara Putman greets the team during a parade in New Orleans, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Good times roll at Saints victory parade

Only a Super Bowl victory parade could upstage Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Carnival floats carrying Saints players, coaches and team owner Tom Benson rolled past tens of thousands of jubilant fans in downtown New Orleans on Tuesday, two days after the 43-year-old franchise won its first NFL championship.

FILE - In this July 27, 2005 file photo, the Honda emblem is seen on a dealer's lot in Berlin, Vt. Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. FILE - In this July 27, 2005 file photo, the Honda emblem is seen on a dealer's lot in Berlin, Vt. Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Honda expands airbag inflation recall

Honda Motor Co. is adding more than 378,000 cars to an existing safety recall for air bag inflation problems, the company said Tuesday.

The Vancouver Olympics logo goes down before Hans Wuthrich, chief ice-maker from Gimley, Manitoba, finishes the curling sheet at the Vancouver Olympic Center. Competition starts Feb. 16. The Vancouver Olympics logo goes down before Hans Wuthrich, chief ice-maker from Gimley, Manitoba, finishes the curling sheet at the Vancouver Olympic Center. Competition starts Feb. 16.

First 200 athletes free from doping in tests

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Russia has been warned that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, the leader of the International Olympic Committee’s medical commission said Tuesday.


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