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Toyota engineers believe that it would be extremely difficult for the Prius to be driven at a continuous high speed with more than light brake-pedal pressure, and that the assertion that the vehicle could not be stopped with the brakes is fundamentally inconsistent with basic vehicle design and the investigation observations.

At first it was just an unverifiable assertion. Now it turns out to have been a case of bureaucratic ineptitude and possible fraud.

Transparency and accountability aren’t working out the way President Barack Obama had hoped.

Attorneys are headed to court to discuss Tribune Co.'s assertion that it owns the television and movie rights to comic book character Dick Tracy.