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A man riding a go-kart on the streets of a Florida city was busted in his tiny ride with a gun and a big bag of cocaine, deputies said. Miguel Angel Sanchez, 21, was spotted illegally driving a go-kart in Fort Pierce late Monday by a deputy, setting off a brief chase, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. “When the deputies tried to stop Mr. Sanchez, the game was on,” department officials said in a playful statement invoking Nintendo’s classic Mario Kart video game series. “Sanchez threw a backpack from his racer, bent a few corners and then...

A WOMAN died when the Islamic head dress she was wearing was caught in the axle of a go-kart she was driving yesterday. The 26-year-old Muslim had been enjoying a day out with family at the Port Stephen's Go-Kart track in New South Wales when her hijab became caught up at high speed. Paramedics said the Sydney woman suffered severe neck injuries and went into cardiac arrest after the hijab's material tightened rapidly around her throat. Shocked onlookers freed her from the kart and paramedics managed to revive her before she was airlifted to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital in a...

A 22-year-old Marysville woman convicted in April of having sex with a 14-year-old Redding boy was sentenced Friday to 180 days in jail and must register as a sex offender for the rest of her life. Jacquelynn Faye Fielding must report by Monday to sheriff's officials to determine where and how she will be serving her jail sentence. She is "truly remorseful" for her actions and has been thoroughly humiliated, Fielding told Superior Court Judge Bradley Boeckman. But she stopped short of admitting that she had sex with the boy, who is now 15. "I have truly learned my lesson...

Air ApparentInspired by air-powered car concepts in Europe, Dalhousie mechanical engineering students David Alderson, Scott Allan, David Langille, Michael Roy and Dave Spencer decided to develop a compressed air engine of their own for a year-long research project. They recently unveiled their air-powered go-kart, with the vehicle performing comparatively to electric-powered cars. Dalhousie engineering student, David Alderson test drives an air-powered go cart Newswise — It’s Sunday afternoon. Thousands of fans cheer wildly as race cars fly by at speeds nearing 200 mph for 200 laps. They whiz down the pit road making pit stops, changing tires and refueling. Only,...

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE) is leaning toward launching its Smart minicar in the United States, DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT [0] "At the moment, the tendency is clearly positive," Zetsche said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. A final decision on whether to sell the car in the United States will be taken this month, he said. Zetsche repeated that he expected the loss-making Smart unit to turn a profit in 2007. Smart is focusing on building only a two-seat model after deciding to scrap its slow-selling four-seater earlier...

If you see this kid racing stock cars on TV one day, remember, you heard about him here first. Paul Gilfedder, 8, of Cornish, Maine, couldn't wait to try out his new gas-powered go-kart, so he sneaked out of the house and went for a 20-mile solo ride in the wee hours. Parents Steve and Wendy thought their son was asleep in an upstairs bedroom when they were awakened before 5 a.m. last Friday by a police officer who told them Paul was found on Route 107. He apparently had been on the road for several hours. "It was horrifying,"...