– Imagine a house. It’s a beautiful house, perched on a corner lot in some bougie neighborhood with its many rooms outfitted from floorboards to crown moldings with Restoration Hardware furniture. It’s a grand place, except that a few times a month at completely random intervals, the doorbell rings while the lights flash on and […]
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It’s Over: 40,000 Miles with BMW’s 740i Sedan
– Even as crossovers continue to conquer America, and seemingly every automaker has a two-door vanity project to cast a glow over its lineup, big luxury sedans still project gravitas in the German-car business. Audi’s, BMW’s, and Mercedes’ largest cars remain totems of brand values and stylistic themes, as well as vanguards for the technologies […]
Melania and Barron have moved to the White House — here’s the $40,000 private middle school Barron will attend this fall
REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Melania and Barron Trump moved into the White House on Sunday, a move they had delayed so that Barron could finish the year at his New York City-based day school rather than moving to Washington, D.C. right away. Barron attended Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, an elite school located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan that runs […]
Pony’s All Done: 40,000 Miles in Our Ford Mustang GT
– We live in strange times. A former reality-TV star has keys to the White House, the Chicago Cubs are World Series champs, and Ford Mustangs come with independent rear suspensions. But the Blue Oval’s seminal pony car has not lost all sense of tradition as it finally enters the modern age and, with it, […]
Scientists are turning loose 40,000 sex-hungry mosquitos in Florida to fight Zika
Beth Ranson/Florida Keys Mosquito Control District Near Key West, Fla., mosquito-control officers are trying something new. They’re releasing more mosquitoes. In a 12-week test running through early July, 40,000 male mosquitoes are being released each week with the eventual goal of preventing the spread of mosquito-borne diseases such as Zika and dengue. Instead of trying […]
It’s a Wrap! 40,000 Miles in the Tesla Model S, Our First-Ever Long-Term EV
– On April 21, 2015, a Tesla Model S P85D rolled off a transporter in front of Car and Driver headquarters, its cherry-red paint spattered with mud as if it had come from its Fremont, California, assembly plant by way of the Oregon Trail. The car’s unceremonious arrival belied the magnitude of the moment; the very […]
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 open beta starts this month
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40,000 new barista jobs 'needed in the next six years' thanks to COFFEE boom
The outstanding growth of the UK coffee industry could lead to a surge in the amount of coffee jobs being advertised, according to the London Coffee Festival (LCF). Their study predicted 40,000 new baristas jobs are needed in the next six years. With the coffee industry continuing to grow at an incredible rate in the […]
Volvo's first EV will cost less than $40,000
When Volvo revealed its intentions to make its first all-electric car, it raised at least a few questions: would the EV carry a premium over Volvo’s already pricier-than-usual lineup? And would it have enough range to be more than an urban commuter car? Apparently, the answer to both is “yes.” The company’s US chief, Lex […]
The 10 Most Comfortable New Cars and Crossover SUVs for Less Than $40,000
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