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Honda will recall 428,000 vehicles in North America, after a defect in some models could cause the car to roll away, when someone parks it incorrectly. The defect occurs when the ignition interlock lever fails. The ignition interlock lever is supposed to prevent drivers from removing the keys from the car’s ignition, when the car is not placed in park. But, the switch has been known to fail. Thus, enabling someone to remove the keys from their cars ignition, even when the car is not placed in park. 10+ car crashes have occurred because of the ignition interlock lever fail.

Customers will be notified by Honda of the defect in September of 2010. Until then, you should know that the warranty will cover the Accord, Civic, and Element Models from 2003 to 2004, in the United States. The warranty will also cover the Acura 1.7ELs model in Canada, along with the models listed above. ABC News reports that a number of accidents have happened because of the defect. One woman claimed that she was almost his by her car, when she parked it in her driveway.

Baltimore Sun and Business Insider are both reporting that Matt Simmons has died. Police reports state that Simmons died of a heart attack. He was 67-years-old. Simmons was an investment banker, who also specialized in the energy industry.

Simmons is known for his book, “Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy,” and more recently, is known for discussing the future of the Gulf of Mexico. The Huffington Post reports that Simmons was also the founder of Simmons and Company — “one of the leading energy investment banks in the world.” In one of his most recent accomplishments, Simmons created www.oceanenergy.org, a site which was created to focus on offshore wind and wave energy (Huffington Post).

From the Huffington Post: “Matt was a man not afraid to speak his mind, even when it did not gel with the view of many of his traditional clients. He was the first to point to the lack of transparency of Saudi and other oil reserves in the hands of national oil companies.“

Thousands and thousands of Tweets have been coming in. Some people are tweeting that Simmons drowned in his home, although police reports are stating otherwise. Many Tweeter’s are posting headlines which seem to be extremely controversial: From, JohnitoBlog RT: @mparent77772 Matt Simmons, oil industry insider who criticised BP’s coverup of Gulf oil spill,’drowns in his home’ http://bit.ly/bkBg9S.” Currently, no other information is available.

HP is one of the most successfully branded computers on the market today. Just go to any college campus and look around. You will see HP everywhere. But today, HP’s CEO, Mark Hurd, has resigned, after cbs5.com reports that a sexual-harassment claim was made against Hurd and the company. CBS5.com reports that the claims were made by a former HP contractor. It is also said that Hurd had “filed inaccurate expense reports.”

Hurd was able to release the following statement regarding the recent issues at HP: “[I] realized there were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity that I have espoused at HP.” He continued, “[It would be] difficult to continue as an effective leader at HP.”

Chief Financial Officer Cathie Lesjak made note that Hurd leaving HP only had to do with Hurd, and not the company, or the company’s finances. “We thought it was important for people to appreciate that the announcement today has nothing to do with the operational performance of the company, it is all about Mark’s behavior and judgment.” Currently, no other information is available. The full details can be seen at CBS5.com

If you don’t like shopping, you may want to avoid Santa Monica Place, at all costs. This holds especially true if you’re in a relationship where your partner likes shopping. The Santa Monica Place mall, which is 550,000 square feet, has finally reopened, after a 2 year, $265 million dollar remodel. The night before the reopen was like a huge celebration. There was a deejay, people camped out, and Coke Zeros, among other items, were being handed out, free of cost. The super fancy mall has many amazing qualities, but if you’re in Santa Monica, I highly recommend checking them out for yourself.

Many people are commenting on the new mall. Cyndi Walters, a 30-year-old nurse from Santa Monica stated, “Finally, finally they’ve done something to improve.” On the reopening of the remodeled mall another individual named Nina stated, “This is, like, a classic American experience; the great mall opening.” Originally, the mall owner planned to demolish Santa Monica Place, and build condominiums, offices, and shops, which would lay over underground parking. These plans changed in 2006, after people around the city said it would cause too much downtown commotion. But luckily, it seems people are extremely satisfied with the new Santa Monica Place. If you haven’t checked it out, I highly recommend doing so, but only if you like shopping.

Source: LA Times

Task Rabbit recently gained popularity. If you haven’t heard of the service, the idea is basic: People don’t have time. People have errands. People need work. With Task Rabbit, you can pay someone $15.00 per errand, to get your tasks done for you. Sounds pretty awesome, right? Currently, Task Rabbit is only available in San Francisco and Boston, but we can definitely see this company gaining popularity.

Today, the website’s keywords reached number 1 on Google Trends: a popular tool used by people to see the top 40 searches every hour on Google. If that doesn’t help promote Task Rabbit, then you should also know that Bloggers and news services will often use Google Trends for stories, and since Task Rabbit was a hot search, today, many news providers and bloggers will be covering this story.

If you’re interested in learning more about Task Rabbit, be sure to check out their official website. Also, be sure to check out the video below.

Although this seems like a great service, I’m curious as to how safe the service actually is. Do complete strangers run the errands? The idea behind the service is great, and will provide jobs for many individuals looking for work, but again, how safe is Task Rabbit? Could the service be safer than Craigslist? If Task Rabbit were in your area, would you use the service? Be sure to leave your comments below.

Anna Chapman is no random hot babe with naked photos of herself on the internet. Okay, well, she is a pretty random babe that most of us have probably never heard of, but not only is she known for her explicit pictures which recently hit the web, she is also known for being a spy for the Russian Government. It’s almost like a real life Hollywood film. I guess Hollywood doesn’t over exaggerate the hottness of female spies.

The 28-year-old undercover agent has been seen mainly around mainstream events in New York, but now is being charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government and
conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the Huffington Post, Chapman and her co-conspirators could spend either 5 or 12 years in jail, “respectively” said the Huffington Post.

Here at News by the People, we don’t try to hate on those individuals looking for racy photos. Instead, we’re required by our advertising agencies to not post such adult photos on our website. If you would like to find Anna Chapman’s racy photos, simply perform a Google Search for “Anna Chapman,” along with some other racy term sported after her name.

According to Perez Hilton, one of my absolute favorite Celebrity Bloggers of all time, Seinfeld Reruns Make BANK! Before I tell you just how much bank, take the time to take the poll below:

Here are some photographs you can look at: (Builds suspense to the answer below the photos.)

Now that the anticipation has been built, I can now tell you that Seinfeld reruns have racked in a whopping $2.7 billion dollars, since the show went off air 12 years ago.

You may now be saying to yourself “That’s totally awesome!” But you may also be asking yourself “Where is all of that money going?”

According to the Big Perez Hilton, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David have a disclosed ownership. Basically, we know they’re making big money, we just don’t know how much. Forbes magazine estimates that Jerry Seinfeld has been making between $65 – $80 million dollars from show reruns, but this is strictly an estimate (Economic Times).

Sadly, other cast members are not included in the deal.

If you’re curious, Seinfeld is the top grossing show in TV history. If you’re like me, you were probably asking yourself “What can beat $2.7 billion dollars?”

If you would like to contribute to the mayhem, feel free to check out Amazon, to see how you can get your Seinfeld groove on.

At this hour, you may just be asking yourself, “Who is Debrahlee Lorenzana, and why is everyone looking for her pictures?” According to CBS News, 33-year-old, Debrahlee Lorenzana, claims that she was fired from her Manhattan Citibank job because she was “too good looking.”

Court papers noted that Lorenzana says that she received “improper comments” and was told not to dress sexy-like. But according to Lorenzana, all she was doing was dressing professionally.

“Everything I wore was professional, things everybody wears in corporate America,”

According to Askville Amazon, she was told that “she must refrain from wearing certain items of clothing, in particular, turtleneck tops, pencil skirts, fitted business suits, or other properly tailored clothing,”

News like this always seems funnier from an outside perspective. LA Late News reports that their have been some pretty hilarious comments being posted on blogs around the web. Here are two of those comments:

“This beauty could short change me and I wouldn’t care”

“Definitely too hot for CitiBank … just right for me”

You can check out Debrahlee Lorenzana Pics for yourself over at her personal gallery on CBS News. If you’re a Twitter fan, be sure to check out the most recent Debrahlee Lorenzana Tweets.

Finally, I have a poll for you guys. Do you think Debrahlee’s apparel is appropriate for corporate America? Be sure to take the poll below, and leave your comments at the end of this post.