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. >>> volkswagen's passat has been named the car of the year. they say the handling is tastest. and it dominates its category. the mid-sized passat has a starting price tag of around $20,000. google unveiled its new online music store. the download destination features songs from 3 of the 4 world's biggest music companies. after buying songs for around a dollar apiece, users can share one or two free listens of the song with their contacts on google's social networking service. >>> here you go, betty. your official sexiest man of the year. >> oh, who is it? >> oh, yeah! "people" magazine has bestowed the title on actor bradley cooper. check him out. the 36-year-old hollywood heartthrob says his mom will be so happy. well, i don't really know what this has to do with wall street or finance, betty, but i just wanted to get it out there! let's just linger. >> congratulations to him. i'm sure his mom is very happy and lots of ladies just as happy as well. ashley, thank you for that. >>> you want to stick around for this storey, ashley. new evidence suggests how much love hurts, espe

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. >>> in other news, the volkswagen passat is named motor car of the year.t has a clean and simple style, typically seen on extensive luxury vehicles. they called the ride in handling tasty. and prices for the mid-size passat start around $20,000. >>> and hybrid cars, they might be safer than traditional ones. insurance industry report released today finds the weight of the hybrid car battery might be the reason that they perform better in crashes. the insurance institute for highway safety says that the occupants in the hybrid car were 25% less likely to get hurt in a crash. >>> and there is some new automotive technology out there to make the difference between life and death out on the road. federal transportation officials contested to what they call it a connected vehicle demonstration today. and it is at rfk stadium. this technology would allow them to connect or talk with each other and that would allow them to warn the driver of a possible collision. and the warnings include things like do not pass alert, sounding the alarm, warning the vehicle ahead

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. >>> volkswagen passat won the car of the year award today.prices back up $100 a barrel today. that news plus europe's debt crisis with stocks sharply lower. erin burnett is here with a preview of "outfront," looking at a very important question. could china overtake the united states as the global superpower? >> the president in a few moments will be addressing the australian parliament, putting more u.s. marines in australia. they don't want to say the reason why. but the reason why is because the u.s. is trying to show china who is boss. when you look at who does all the business with australia, it actually is china. the markets fell, part of that was fear about europe and fear about the super committee. south dakota's christy snoem will talk about whether tax increases are on the table, whether they have what it takes to get the deal done. a man who just won $100 million in a sex abuse case against a priest in miami. >>> like erin, we're fascinated by the china challenge. when we come back, general michael haden answers this question. chin

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