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May 16, 2012
- Glass America and Guardian Auto Glass in Legal Battle Over Non-Competition Agreement
- ABRA Auto Body and Glass Opens Macon Location
- Caliber Collision Centers Acquires and Opens New Location in San Antonio
- Mass. Drivers See Insurance Rates Rise
- TODAY'S BLOG: Repairing a Service
- Attacking Assumptions to Innovate
- The 2012 Toyota Yaris is on the Fast Track
- Boy, 8, Crashes BMW Into Porch

May 15, 2012
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NWRA to Develop Headlight Restoration Standard
- 2013 MINI Cooper Spied During Testing
- TODAY'S BLOG: It’s All a Matter of Perspective, Isn’t It?
- AUSTRALIA — Hail the Size of Golf Balls Wreaks Damage in South
- Study Relating to the Auto Insurance Industry
- Pedestrian Gets Lodged in Vehicle’s Windshield After Being Struck on Anaheim Street
- 'Freak Accident' Leaves Windshield Wiped Out
- Driver Pelted by Rocks on I-55: 'What the Heck Just Happened?'

May 14, 2012
- Spring 2012 NAGS Calculator Shows Mix of Increases and Decreases for Popular Part Benchmark Prices
- Hail Storm Bringing in New Workers
- Road Test: 2012 Jaguar XJ
- Donations for Dave: Community Rallies Support for ‘The Windshield Guy’
- Letter: 'The Jibbidy Josh'
- Man Dead After Hit-And-Run Accident; CHP Seeking Information About Corvette
- No Reports of Moose-Wrecked Car Zipping Down Trans-Canada
- Paper Cup Shatters Windshield of Truck Driver
- Deer Goes Through Truck Windshield, Ends Up on Passenger Side

May 11, 2012
- Watch the glassBYTEs.com™ Newscast for Announcement about Dedication of Auto Glass Week™ and More
- Belron’s First-Quarter Jobs Down by 11 Percent
- Boyd Group Income Fund Reports 31.7 Percent First-Quarter Increase in Sales
- Porsche Macan: First Pictures of Baby Cayenne
- Glass Doctor of S.E. Wisconsin Surprises Family with Sidelite Replacement
- It's Your Move
- Safety Advances Could Spell End of Auto Insurance: Celent
- Woman Stashed Nearly 9-Pounds of Meth in Oil Pan
- Police Suspect Drunk Driving in Hwy. 427 Crash

May 10, 2012
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NSG Financial Results Report Drop in Auto Glass Market
- Woman Accused of Embezzling $250,000 Can't Afford Attorney
- Metro Area Ranks 1st in State in Factory Pay
- Ford's Gearhead Gadfly May Skip the Annual Meeting
- First Drive: 2013 Mercedes SL550
- 1929 Ford Roadster Pickup - The True RPU
- Protecting that New Car Feeling for Life
- TODAY'S BLOG: Corrosion—Part Five

May 9, 2012
- Sacramento Reporter Surprised by Issues Facing Auto Glass Industry
- Sika Corporation Becomes a Bronze Sponsor of Auto Glass Week™
- Binswanger Opens New Mississippi Location
- What You Don't Know About Auto Insurance May Cost You
- Lexus LF-LC, the Resurrection of the Toyota Supra?
- Our Pick of the Best Convertibles for Summer
- Injured Bicyclist Rushed to Hospital After Crashing into Parked Car

May 8, 2012
- Sacramento and Minneapolis CBS TV Stations Investigate Windshield Safety
- Dow Automotive Systems Signs on as a Gold Sponsor of Auto Glass Week™
- New Auto Body and Glass Shop to Open in North Bibb County
- What Were They Thinking? - How Do I Fix a Ding in My Windshield?
- HRT Reveals New Sponsor
- Horse Escapes Stable, Runs into Rush-Hour Traffic in Queens
- TODAY'S BLOG: Calling All Technicians: Bring Me Your Stories

May 7, 2012
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Connecticut Right to Choose Amendment Passed by House; Moves Forward to Senate
- Windshield Guru to Serve as Cobalt Sponsor of Auto Glass Week™ 2012
- Legislation Looks to Change Vehicle Laws
- Brent Batten: No Duplication of Service in Fulfilling Records Request
- State Auto Reports $2m Loss for Q1
- Every Gram Counts–The Audi Ultra Lightweight Construction Principle
- Sacramento PD Seeks Aid in Solving Hit-and-Run Case
- Windshield Claim Ruins Car Rental for Traveler
- Airborne Deer Flew Through Windshield, Rear Window, Critically Injuring Driver
- TODAY'S BLOG: We Can Be the Enemy

May 4, 2012
- JN Phillips Assistant Vice President Recognized by Boston Red Sox
- Pilkington to Lay off 57 Employees from Ottawa, Ill., Plant
- GTS Services has Signed on as a Cobalt Sponsor for Auto Glass Week™
- Saint-Gobain First-Quarter 2012 Sales Increase 3.7 Percent
- China's Xinyi Eyes $179 Million in Share, Bond Sale
- Allstate’s Profit Increases as Disaster Costs Decline
- Driver Killed in Sonoma County When Car Veers into Fence and Wood Pierces Windshield
- Dad Used Baseball Bat on Windscreen

May 3, 2012
- One Year Later: Kryger Glass Rebuilds Following Joplin Tornado
- 35,000 Sqm for Nippon Sheet Glass
- China Allows Foreigners Full Access to Auto Insurance Market
- Skoda Roomster from only 9,990 Euros
- What Is Driveable After Hail Damage?
- TODAY'S BLOG: Corrosion—Part Four

May 2, 2012
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Louisville Television Station Airs Hidden Camera Investigation About DNS Auto Glass
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DNS Auto Glass Responds to Hidden Camera Investigation
- Auto Windscreens to be Supplier for Autonet Insurance
- Progressive Sues Hartford, State Farm Over Auto Coverage
- Allstate Ad Blitz Follows Sales Hit
- Toyota: Kiss of life for Aurion
- Mercedes-Benz Reportedly Developing Automatic Self-Tinting Windows
- Police Seek Vehicle that Injured Cyclist in Antioch Hit-and-Run

May 1, 2012
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PGW Announces Change in Delivery Surcharges
- Fewer Car Owners Seek to Change Insurers: Study
- Liberty Mutual Leaps to 2nd in JD Power Auto Insurance Poll
- Binswanger Names Witherington as Director of Purchasing
- Dealership Tallies More Than 700 Hail-Damaged Cars
- E-ZPass, Other Toll Transponders Don't Work with all Windshields
- Fort Lauderdale Police Seek Hit and Run Driver
- Vandals Run Wild in Stafford
- TODAY'S BLOG: Interview with Eric Asbery, President/CEO www.Equalizer.com

April 30, 2012
- Auto Glass Waste Finds New Purpose
- ABRA Auto Body and Glass Acquires Bradshaw Collision Repair Centers
- Consumer Electronics Glass Innovation to Transform Industry
- Large Hail Causes Damage Across St. Louis Region
- 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon Long-Term Test
- Crime Stoppers Offering $1,000 Reward for Info on Death of WNMU Student
- Man Critical After Hit-and-Run Crash in Openshaw

April 27, 2012
- MIT Researchers Develop Anti-Fogging, Self-Cleaning and Glare-Free Glass
- Autoglass Signs Three Year Deal with Ford
- Xinyi Glass Ignites the Furnace for Trial Run of Second High Quality Float Glass Production Line in Tianjin; Daily Melting Capacity Reaches 600 Tonnes
- SC Bans Use of Tinted Glass Beyond Permissible Limits
- Safelite on the Move: New Stores and Relocations
- Ontario Committee to Hold Public Hearings on Auto Insurance
- State Farm's Edge? It's Private
- Birds Striking Planes Up Five-Fold Since 1990; Sullenberger Calls Experience Key
- Several Local Roads Make it to CAA ‘Worst’ List

April 26, 2012
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Auto Glass Shop Sues Arbella Mutual Insurance Company for Failure to Pay
- Q&A with Pilkington Automotive: Environmental Rating for Glazing
- Guardian Automotive Latest Company to Add Windshield Recycling
- Mainstreet Computers Host Glas-Avenue Advanced Training Event
- Citroen Numero 9 Concept Exudes Dark Glamour
- FAA Wants Detailed Inspections of Boeing 757 Windshields
- $2,500 Reward Offered for Information on Hit-and-Run
- Can You Solve this Crime?
- TODAY'S BLOG: Corrosion, Part Three

April 25, 2012
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Demand for Automotive Glass Products Remains Weak
- AGC Lays Cornerstone at Its First Glass Manufacturing Facility in Brazil
- Justice Glass & Supply Co. Continues to Adapt, Thrive
- Mercedes-Benz' New Avant Garde Concept
- A Stunning Trash-Formation
- Hey, That's Not My Chipped Windshield
- The Car Coach: Whistling Windows
- Broken Car Windows at AA Maintenance Base Still a Mystery
- Bicyclist Hit Going Wrong Way

April 24, 2012
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February Miles Driven Continues Upward Trend
- Carlex to Serve as a Silver Sponsor for Auto Glass Week™
- Urus Concept Signals Lamborghini’s (Re)Entry into Luxury SUV Segment
- 12 Jeep Wrangler: Shopping for a Windshield
- Man Says He was Improperly Pulled Over for Cracked Windshield, Wants Evidence Thrown Out Evidence
- Gerber Collision & Glass Donates Car Through Recycled Rides
- Penobscot Deputy Injured in Crash with Moose
- TODAY'S BLOG: Profit Drives the Industry, Not Safety?

April 23, 2012
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Safelite Announces New Windshield Recycling Program
- Rockland Auto Glass Company Marks 10 Years in Business
- Auto Sunroof Giant Says Today's Tops Don't Leak
- Is Going Green Profitable?
- Idahoan Killed in Afghanistan
- Don’t Blame Japan for Foreign CEO Departures
- Return of the Sunroof—and it's Bigger than Ever
- Concord Adex Uses Balcony Protective Mesh on Toronto Condos
- Driver of Gray Honda Accord Sought After Hit-and-Run

April 20, 2012
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International Manufacturers Awarded New DOT Numbers
- Webasto Announces New Sunroof Compatibility App
- Allstate Lost $260 million in 1st Quarter on Disasters
- Rocks Thrown at Car Could be Insurance Nightmare
- Event Offers Lesson in Consequences
- More Information Released on Burnside Fatal Hit-and-Run
- Man Killed When Impaled by Fence Pieces in Freak West Van Accident
- TODAY'S BLOG: Corrosion- Part Two

April 19, 2012
- JD Power Reports Decline in Satisfaction with Auto Insurance Claims
- Nippon Sheet Glass Shares Tumble After CEO Exits
- Glass Doctor Technician Wins Trip to Compete at Auto Glass Week™
- Auto Glass Safety Council™ Publishes January-April Newsletter
- Audi RS Q3 Concept Revealed
- But Not for Others
- Deer Population Makes Shelby County Driving Dangerous

April 18, 2012
- NSG's Naylor Resigns
- Car Makers Race Each Other to Usher in the Return of the Sunroof... and this Time it's Going to be a Lot Bigger
- Pete Pearson Named Global Sales Manager at Safelite Solutions
- Kern County Roadwork Leads to Dozens of Windshield Repairs and Replacements for Locals
- Police Seek Help to Trace Distinctive Car Involved in Hit-and-Run in Bristol
- Duck Crashes into School Bus Windshield
- TODAY'S BLOG: Revelations

April 17, 2012
- Auto Glass Companies Have Green Plans for Earth Day
- S.C. Environment Ripe for ‘Glass Harvesting’
- Progressive Lowering Auto Insurance Rates in West Virginia
- AXA Signs Four-Year Deal with Autoglass
- Sunroofs Keep Getting Bigger
- Invisible Carbon Monoxide Can Kill Before You Know What's Happening
- Home Run Blast Breaks Player's Own Windshield
- TODAY'S BLOG: Meaningful Quotes—Harbaugh, Hogan and Einstein

April 16, 2012
-
Honda Files Motion to Dismiss Over Sidelite Defect Suit
- Group Fights Auto Glass Bill
- Car Windshield Fixers Keep Busy
- Trust is the Oxygen for Organizations
- Ford, Other Automakers Race to Create Bigger Sunroofs
- DuPont's Armored Car Kit a Hit in Brazil
- NASCAR to Use New Template for C-Posts: A Fan’s Take
- Hit-Run Collision Critically Injures Man in Hazel Dell Area
- Newspaper Journalist from Lebanon 'Critical' After Accident

April 13, 2012
- Jury Finds 2000 Ford Expedition Sunroof was Not Dangerous
- Ford Bets Glass Roof Will Reverse 63% Lincoln Sales Drop
- Spyshots: F33 BMW 4-Series Convertible Roof Mechanism
- Robots with Laser Eyes Help Manufacture 2013 Ford Escape
- 12 Charged in Pa. Auto Insurance Scam
- Police Arrest Man with 'Large Axe' Near Honiton

April 12, 2012
- Progressive Loses Appeal to Minnesota Auto Glass Company
- RoadTab App Connects Auto Owners with Repair Shops
- GM Recalling SUVs in Cold States Over Windshield Wiper Concerns
- Scion FR-S Coupe Loses Its Lid
- Car Insurance Changes Will Wait Until 2013
- MDC Launches ZeroLandfill™ Chicago to Keep Expired Interior Design Samples out of Landfill
- Texas Hail Creates Storm of Damaged Cars
- Hilo Man Arrested for Allegedly Throwing Rock Through Van Windshield
- TODAY'S BLOG: Corrosion

April 11, 2012
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Pittsburgh Glass Works Seeks to Connect Lawsuit to Previous Age Discrimination Case
- Consumer Reports Names Top Safe Vehicles for 2012
- 2012 Mini Cooper Coupe John Cooper Works
- Auto Glass Legislation Opens Competition, But Could Cost Jobs
- Business News: Power Window Wizards Celebrating Opening
- Spring Car Care: 4 Windshield Replacement Safety Tips
- Tire from Vehicle Strike Another Vehicle on I-95, 1 Dead

April 10, 2012
- Motor Coach Industries Recalls Transom Windows on Select Motor Coaches
- Illinois Insurance Rates on the Rise
- Glass Roofs Make Mechanics’ Eyes Glaze Over
- 2013 Nissan Altima Sedan - 2012 New York Auto Show
- Cracked Front View
- Object Crashes into Windshield on 6th Avenue

April 9, 2012
-
State Farm Files Notice of Appeal to Overturn Class Action Certification in Repair-Based Lawsuit
- Ford Recalling Over 140k Focus Vehicles for Windshield Wiper Defect
- Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
- Candidate for Marion Area State Senate Seat Lives Outside the District
- Nine Local Companies, Three People Honored by United Way
- Construction Along Highway 77 Causes Many Chips and Nicks for Windshields
- FHP Releases New Information in Deadly 2011 Pasco Hit-and-Run

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