Leveraging industry-leading voice-recognition software, integrated GPS technology and a customer's Bluetooth-capable mobile phone, SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information provides simple hands-free access to personalized traffic reports, precise turn-by-turn driving directions and up-to-date information including business listings, news, sports and weather.

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She will be sentenced for causing death by careless driving, which she previously admitted, at a later date.

BBC: Naomi Jones cleared of causing death by dangerous driving

The man was immediately banned from driving for three years, but will be fully sentenced at a later date.

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The fallout from Fukushima is driving Ms. Akiha, the Fukushima mother, out of her hometown of Date, about 35 miles northwest of the Daiichi plant.

WSJ: Japan's Tsunami, Nuclear Crisis Push Reforms Forward

Another sign that institutions have been driving stock prices higher is that almost all of the year-to-date gain in U.S. stocks has occurred in overnight futures trading.

FORBES: The Reasons For Rising Stock Prices

His indomitable spirit and infectious optimism are the driving forces behind several highly successful enterprises, of which Aryaka seems poised to be his most successful undertaking to date.

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In order to keep maps up to date, an even more expensive approach is in place, employing fleets of sensor-equipped vehicles constantly driving around.

BBC: Tech that trumps traffic tangles