Man's Claim of Unintended Acceleration on Highway Presents Nagging Questions (feeds.cbsnews.com)

The case of a "runaway" Prius in San Diego demonstrates how claims about electronic flaws requires investigators to look carefully at the human element too. (news.cnet.com)

Investigators are confronted with a series of nagging questions as they try to unravel the case of a California real estate agent who said his Toyota Prius turned into a runaway death trap after the gas pedal became stuck. (feeds.boston.com)

Former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi is set to announce he is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kirsten Gillibrand. DioGuardi represented the suburbs north of New York City for two terms before he was defeated by Democrat Nita Lowey in 1988. He is a certified public accountant... (www.nypost.com)

Disney is shutting down a facility in the San Francisco Bay area that was used to capture Jim Carrey's acting in "A Christmas Carol." It's a move to further cut costs at Disney's movie studio. (www.newsvine.com)

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Authorities said a 30-year-old-man showed up so drunk for his sentencing for drunken driving that he missed his hearing and now faces even more time behind bars. Authorities said Jason Botos was driven to the Papillion courthouse on Thursday by his father, who needed help from deputies to get his son out of the vehicle. (www.newsvine.com)

After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he is running for lieutenant governor. (feeds.boston.com)

The killer of his beautiful daughter was finally locked away in Manhattan today -- but the demons still haunt dad Richard Nemec. "There can never be closure for our family," the father said through tears at the long-awaited, emotional sentencing for killer hit-and-run driver Jose Heras. Heras was sentenced to... (www.nypost.com)

An off-duty school safety agent was busted for DWI in The Bronx last night after crashing her car into a tree, killing one of the passengers, police said. Mariely Gonzalez, 25, was arrested after she lost control of her 1999 Toyota Camry at about 9:30 p.m. on Orchard... (www.nypost.com)

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A federally funded program that provides free cancer screenings for Rhode Island women without health insurance has run out of money until July. (feeds.boston.com)