LONDON, Dec. 25 (UPI) — The manufacturer of the Tesla electric car says the vehicle did not run out of a charge during a race on the British TV series, “Top Gear.”

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Grain farmer Mike Doyle has grown to love the big, spindly wind turbines that rise from his central Illinois prairie. Their blades, many more than 100 feet, cut the wind with a low, rhythmic whooshing noise. Not too long ago, he admired a rainbow arching over them.

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Oil prices continued their slide today as worries about the global economic slump trumped recent efforts by oil-producing nations to prop up prices with massive production cuts. Analysts said prices may even dip below $30 a barrel before reversing course.

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