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November 23, 2009
- Windshield Repairman Admits Gun-Smuggling
- The Future Looks Bright, Coast to Coast
- PGW Employee Killed in Accident at Plant
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- Auto Owners Ranks Top in Consumer Ranking of Insurance Claims Handling; Study Finds That Overall Consumer Satisfaction is Up
- If Consumer Prices Are Down, Why Are Car Insurance Rates Up?
- U.S. Serviceman Admits to Okinawa Hit-and-Run
- Cracked Windshield Leads to Arrest: Brecksville Police Blotter
- Yonkers Man Allegedly Smashed Nine Car Windows to Steal Items

November 20, 2009
- Guardian Makes Cutbacks at Sandusky, Ohio, Plant
- Insurers Feel Pinch on Funding Alternative Commitments
- Automotive Glass - A Global Market Perspective - New Report Published
- Close Call for Pilot After a Bird Strike in Arizona
- Goose Crashes Through Car's Windshield on S.R. 51
- Trucker Injured When Deer Crashes Through Windshield

November 19, 2009
- Belron US Case Against Coast to Coast and Employee Casole Dismissed
- AGRR to Honor Most Influential in Celebration of 10-Year Anniversary
- Belle Tire Celebrates the Grand Opening of Two New Locations
- Glass Doctor Opens Franchise in Hayward, Calif., for Window, Windshield Repair
- Sponsored Link: Delta Kits Offers Headlight Restoration System
- Lawsuit Says Hyundai Airbags Fail to Deploy
- Police Arrest Suspect After Return from USMC Training
- Man Takes Wild Ride as His Truck is Stolen
- Denver Uses "Familial DNA Evidence" to Solve Car Break-Ins

November 18, 2009
- D'Ieteren Reports 10-Percent Third-Quarter Growth for Belron; Expects to Spend Nearly $6 Million by End of Year on Belron US Restructuring
- State Auto Suppliers, Other Firms Get Tax Credits
- 27 Winners of 2010 TOP SAFETY PICK award; New Requirement to Win is Good Rating for Protection in Rollovers
- Mazda to Unveil All-New Small Car at 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show
- Auto Body Association Reports Victory in Hartford Case Dealing with Unfair Business Practices
- CANADA - Auto Insurance Claims Spike After First Snowfall, Company Says
- Woman Placed in Shackles to Prevent Broken Windshield

November 17, 2009
- Watch the glassBYTEs Newscast: Auto Glass Week™ in Las Vegas and More
- Glass Doctor of St. George Awarded
- Autonomous Cars Will Make Us Safer
- Recall Alert: Dodge Nitro
- Blind Spot, Parking Assist New Features from Ford Motor for 2010
- Volvo Safety, 2011 Style: It Brakes for Walkers
- Belle Tire Partners With Collex Collision For Wheels of HOPE Program
- Flight Destined for St. Louis Makes Emergency Landing in Albuquerque
- Explosion Blows Out Car Windshield, Injures Teen

November 16, 2009
- Boyd Group Reports Record Third-Quarter; Sales Rise by 2.4 Percent Increase
- CARB Releases Results of Electronic Signal Testing on Reflective Glass
- Sticking to the Plan - No Matter What
- Grand Opening
- New Side-Impact Test to Be Added
- First Drive: 2010 Citroen C3
- Toyota FT-EV II Concept - Auto Shows
- House Passes Bill Amending McCarran-Ferguson Act; Removes Anti-Trust Exemption from Health Insurers
- Flight Destined for St. Louis Makes Emergency Landing in Albuquerque
- Landscape Worker Injured in Hit-And-Run

November 13, 2009
- Marketing Know-How: From Internet to TV, IGA and NWRA Conference Attendees Received Handy Tips
- GGCA On-Hand at GreenBuild to Promote Glass Conservation of All Kinds
- IntelliDrive Program Blends Technology, Safety
- Ford Engineers Win Coveted SPE Award
- J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Satisfaction Increases Considerably among Auto Insurance Claimants, Due to Dramatic Improvements in Settlement Timing and Perceptions of Fairness
- Insurer Group Objects to Proposal to Overhaul Michigan Insurance Laws
- Man Assaulted With Hammer
- Driver Killed After Collision with Deer
- Reward Offered in Tri-County Car Vandalism Spree

November 12, 2009
- Special News Alert: Jury Orders Xinyi to Pay Nearly $11 Million in Damages in Patent Infringement Suit
- Techna Glass and Clear Tech Capital Complete Franchise Agreement
- Safelite Auto Glass Among Top Nominees for Best Places to Work
- Mitchell International Acquires Scene Genesis
- 2011 Kia Sorento - Second Drive
- New Transparent Insulating Film Could Enable Energy-Efficient Displays
- So Far, Storms Lenient on Insurers
- AUSTRALIA —- Customer Copped a Real Slap-Up Job
- AAA Offers Free Anti-Theft Vehicle Window Etching
- Maine Man Hits Moose: Rescued From Burning Car by Motorist
- Appeal Hearing Begins for Shepherdsville Officer Cited in Gambling Case

November 10, 2009
- AGRSS Validation Workshop Answers Questions for AGRSS-Registered Shops
- NEW DELHI - HC Declines Relief to Asahi Glass Against MRTPC Probe
- BMW 5-Series Teaser Video
- Volvo C30EV Review
- Dodge Trucks Improve Aerodynamics
- Loose Horse Crashes Through Van Windshield in Millersburg
- UNITED KINGDOM - Teenage Girl's Car Speared by Mast of Millionaire's Boat in Freak Fatal Accident
- String of Car Vandalisms Reported Over Weekend in Sherman

November 9, 2009
- Auto Glass Expo @ NACE Offers New Software Solutions, Mouldings, Adhesives and More
- Pilkington North America to Begin Promoting AAGA
- A Taste of Working Life
- End Arrives for Debt-Ridden Ford Dealership
- UNITED KINGDOM - New Autoglass Director Appointed
- Safety Insurance May Be Illegally Steering
- No. 4 Progressive Closes in on Auto-Insurance Leaders
- Allstate Swings to Profit, Catastrophe Losses Dip
- SOS: Why Won't County Pay for Windshield?
- Bird Crashes Through Plane's Windshield
- Drive-By Shooter Forgets to Roll Down Window

November 7, 2009
- Breaking News: Glasspro's Browning Takes Gold in AGTO
- Special Show Report: AGTO Finalists Named

November 6, 2009
- Fenner Takes First Place in WRO
- AGTO Opens Today
- U.S. Workflow Management Company Snaps Up Local Photo Management Firm
- Life Force Helicopter, Duck Collide Mid-Air
- Man Says Image of Jesus Appears on Truck Window
- Leadwood Man Gets Probation for Throwing Tire Tool

November 5, 2009
- “We Have a Moral and Ethical Obligation to Do the Best We Can,” Says Capt. Sullenberger
- AGRSS Wraps Up in Las Vegas
- Ketcherside Recognized with First Carl Tompkins Distinguished Service Award
- Windshield Repair Olympics Being Held Today in Las Vegas
- 2010 Honda Accord CrossTour
- Allstate Swings to Profit on Investments, Weather
- Airbag Must Be Deactivated When Children Seated in Front
- Car Auctioned Despite Vandalism

November 4, 2009
- International Auto Glass Safety Conference Opens Today in Las Vegas; Validation Review Program is Hot Topic
- Latest Peugeot More MPV Than SUV
- Ain’t It 'Cool' News? CARB’S Latest Embarrassing Scheme
- The Phoenix Loses $26.6M; Gains Partner
- Repeal of Insurance Changes Sought
- Air Canada Cockpit Fire Sparks Probe
- Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Bird Strike
- Child Safety Group: Millions Injured By Car Windows
- Driver's Windshield Aroused Suspicion
- TRINIDAD - Teenager Guilty of Smashing Car Glass

November 3, 2009
- AGRSS Registration Absolves Montana Glass Shop in Recent Case, Shop Owner Reports
- GlasWeld Serves as Platinum Sponsor for WRO
- HSG|CodeBlue Announces Expansion to Second Location in Springfield, Ohio
- Ford Asks Students to Bring Social Media to Sync
- Man Dies in Beaumont Car Crash
- Zionsville Man Saves Woman from Car Submerged in Pond
- Tossed Pumpkins Damage Vehicles

November 2, 2009
- NIEHS Commissioning Study to Address Chemical Found in Polycarbonate Plastics and Epoxy Resins and Its Effects on Humans
- AGRR Turns 10; To Commemorate Anniversary with Special January/February 2010 Issue
- Recession Wrecks Auto Repair Shops
- FLABEG Opens Facility in Findlay Township
- Glass Franchise Expands in Florida with Help from Franchise Gator
- Dow to Sponsor AGTO
- AGTO Contestant Close-Ups: Three from TechnaGlass to Compete
- Mom Wants 2010 Acura ZDX to Be a Family-Mobile
- 'Worst Parking Job' Victim Given Car
- Bullet Goes Through Officer's Windshield

October 30, 2009
- CARB Attempts to Clarify Misconceptions about Auto Glass Regulations and Reflective Glass That Could Be Required
- Two New Auto Glass DOT Numbers Added
- BELGIUM - Belron Parent D'I'eteren Acquires Own Shares
- Frost & Sullivan Back European Auto Industry Link to Solar Applications
- IGA Publishes October Newsletter
- Happy Halloween from glassBYTEs.com™
- Industry Gears Up for Auto Glass Week™
- Finch Joins HSG as General Counsel
- State Senate Dumps Auto Insurance Reform Bill
- Vandals Use Pumpkin to Smash Car Window
- Texas Pedestrian Accidents Jump 23 Percent During Halloween

October 29, 2009
- Saint-Gobain vs. Xinyi Trial to Begin Monday; Saint-Gobain Alleges Xinyi Infringed on Patents in Three-Year-Long Case
- Vitro Reports 3Q'09 Declines of 36.9 Percent and 36.7 Percent in Sales and EBITDA
- AEGIS to Sponsor Upcoming AGTO
- AGTO Contestant Close-Up: Chris Thompson, Glass Services
- Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey to Keynote the 2010 North
American Insurance Claims Summit

- First Drive: 2010 Lincoln MKT EcoBoost Has Soul of a Sports Sedan, Controversial Looks
- Suspect Vehicle in GreatMall Homicide May Have Gunshot Damage

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