Flying Duals Slam into Illinois Homes
May 21, 2012
A set of truck tires and wheels broke off of a passing tractor-trailer rig and crashed into a pair of houses in North Perkin, Ill., last Friday afternoon.
The tire/wheel assemblies detached from one of the drive axles of a truck travel...
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Dual Assembly Slams into North Carolina Home
May 18, 2012
A set of truck duals crashed into a house in Boomer, N.C., on May 14, causing serious damage to the woodframe house and scaring its 87-year-old occupant.
No one was injured in the 11 p.m. incident, according to reports, and most of the...
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Thieves Drop In, Make Quite a Haul
May 18, 2012
An unknown number of thieves took a unique approach to breaking into a Columbus, Ohio, area tire store - they cut a hole through the roof.
The May 16 theft netted tools and a computer, and adding insult to injury, the thieves also...
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Man Arrested in Fire Investigation was Playing With Fireworks, Report says
May 10, 2012
Local police have arrested a 32-year-old employee in connection with the four-alarm fire on May 8 that destroyed a tire s...
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Tree Wraps a Royal Sports Marketing Pain
May 10, 2012
Miami city officials are demanding the Miami Heat take the wraps off the trunks of 16 Royal palm trees in front of the city's American Airlines Arena.
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Calif. Blaze Damages Tire Dealership, Classic Car Shop
May 9, 2012
Firefighters in Antioch, Calif., Tuesday battled a four-alarm fire at a tire shop and a business customizing in classic cars....
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Ford-Firestone Case Film in the Works
May 9, 2012
News from Hollywood indicates the landmark settlement of cases from the Ford-Firestone lawsuits of 2000 may be coming to the big screen.
According to an article in Forbes, Michael Douglas originally had optioned Adam Penneberg's book b...
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Indianapolis Tire Shop Damaged in Fire
May 7, 2012
Three Indianapolis, Ind., businesses, including a tire dealership, were damaged in a fire early this morning.
The fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. at Llantas Durango tire dealership and Sudden Impact Collision....
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Death Penalty Sought in Durham Tire Store Shooting
May 2, 2012
Durham County, N.C., prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against O'Brian McNeil White, who is charged in connection to a fatal March shooting at J.T. Tire.
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Waco Truck Dealership Struck - Again - For Tires/Wheels
April 20, 2012
A Waco, Texas-area Freightliner dealership lost tire/wheel assemblies off of three new trucks parked at its lot on April 18.
It was the third time in the past five months that thieves struck at the truck dealership, reports said....
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School Bus Wheel-Off Causes Serious Accident
April 20, 2012
A tire/wheel assembly "broke loose" from a Rockford, Mich., school bus and hit an oncoming car, causing a head-on collision that resulted in at lest one serious injury.
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Police Investigate Conn. Tire Store Arson
April 12, 2012
Police in Plainfield, Conn., are seeking the public's help to determine who set a fire early Tuesday morning that destroyed Gary's Tire Sales.
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World's Largest Tiremaker Celebrates Anniversary
April 5, 2012
What global corporation produces and sells the most tires? Hint: the world's largest tire producer churned out 381 million tires and wheels in 2011.
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Woman Killed in Pa. Wheel-Off
March 26, 2012
A woman was killed in an early-morning crash on Route 283 in Lancaster County, Pa., when a truck tire/wheel assembly hit her car.
The crash happened just before 1 a.m. Friday in the westbound lanes near Route 743 in Mount Joy Township....
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Tire, Rim Thieves Target N.C. Trucking Companies
March 21, 2012
Some $80,000 worth of tires and rims were stolen from two commercial truck dealers in Greensboro, N.C.: Triad Freightliner and Whites International.
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Tire Store Theft Caught Clearly on Camera
March 16, 2012
Two men were caught by surveillance cameras while stealing items from Good Truck Tires Sales and Service in Huntsville, Ala., on Feb. 22. ...
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Beach Town Vandals Dump Hundreds of Tires
March 16, 2012
Over the past few weeks, hundreds of tires have been dumped outside tire dealerships in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Alert Manager Foils Tire Theft Scam
March 12, 2012
Madera County, Calif., sheriff's deputies arrested two men on March 7 on charges they planned an "elaborate heist" at three area tire stores.
The plot was foiled after the suspects, both from Fresno, Calif., reportedly called S...
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Men Rob Bridgestone Company Store at Gunpoint
March 9, 2012
Two men robbed a Delray Beach, Fla., tire store at gunpoint recently.
Details are just starting to emerge about the Feb. 25 robbery of a service manager at the Firestone Complete Auto Care location on West Atlantic Avenue in the city. ...
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Police Puzzled by Tire Thefts from School Garage
March 6, 2012
Brentsville, Va., police are investigating the theft of 76 school bus tires from the Prince William County Schools.
The thefts from the school district transportation garage have occurred over the last two months in separate incidents....
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