. >>> japan's mazda motor says it will end production of rotary engine cars next year. the company announced on friday that it will not make the rotary engine mounted rx 8 sports car after next june. the rotary engine has rotating triangular-shaped rotors and is more powerful than a conventional piston-driven engines. mazda was the first car maker to succeed marketing rotary gine cars since it first started rolling out thoseehicles in 1967, it has put about two million of them on the market. they include passenger and sports cars. but production declined after the oil shocks of the 1970s, since the rotary engine is less fuel-efficient than regular engines. for the rx 8 sports car launch in 2003, mazda introduced a new cleaner rotary engine, with improved fuel efficiency. but global sales totalled only 2,800 units last year. the automaker says, however, that it will continue research and development of a new type of rotary engine. >>> and here are the latest market figures. >>> mai shoji is up next with weather. >> hi there, and welcome back. time now it talk about our w

mazda was the first car maker to succeed in marketing rotary engine cars. since it first started rolling out the vehicles in 19, it has put about two million of them on the market. they include passenger and sports cars. but production declined after the oil shocks of the 1970s, since the rotary engine is less fuel-efficient than regular engines. for the rx 8 sports car launched in 2003, mazda introduced a new, cleaner rotary engine, with improved fuel efficiency. but global sales totalled only 2,800 units last year. the automaker says, however, they will continue research and development of a new type of rotary engine. >>> here are some images from a festival in nagasaki, southwestern japan. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now more news in brief around the world. >>> russian prime minister, vladimir putin, insists he is the person who can stabilize domestic politics. speaking ahead of his run for the presidency next march, putin said he will not hurry to reform russian society, but he promised to create a safer economic environment for investment and business

the car is described as a red or burgundy mazda between 2001 and 2003 model year. if you have information, call baltimore county police at 410- 307-2020. >>> man was shot in the head in west baltimore overnight and died at the scene it happened after 10:00 in the 1200 block of braddish avenue. the man was lying in the street. no suspects or motives have been identified in this case. >>> patient at a state mental hospital has been charged this the death of a fellow inmate. fellow patient, the second time in the week that this happened. mayio murdered a man last night at the cliffton t perkins facility in jees is jessup. he was the only person shown entering the man. >>> a man has been charged in first degree murder in connection with a killing of a burger king manager last march. he is in federal custody now on charges he reentered the country illegally after being deported. he was convicted of robbery in 2008. he was shot to death while working at the fed rick burger  king last march. >>> state comptroller wants to give you a break. he is calling for a 2-year free

>>mark: toyota, mazda and honda held top spots with automakers. we will be right back as the kron 4 news continues. here is a live look outside on this wednesday morning. traffic on the nimitz is starting to grow northbound. >>george: here is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza of westbound. traffic is in backing out once again last round. there is an accident on the west end of this band at the fremont street offramp. the ride was down will be slow. and there are crews on the scene trying to clear the crash of a motorcycle accident. soft we will talk of a drive time and have up for you in our next court hearing in of her fan calf unless you type in an elegant pronounced like cuts not we're when you first open and lacquer screen remember we were typing in outdoor clemson then is right and head of the accord that is what and listening and that first clan nothing's gonna be over here when as far would just make sure to enter heretofore where michelle months and is her coat and not in this room in mcpherson sleeves and: and as a need to leave adde

toyota, honda, mazda and acura. last year ford was ranked 10th by "consumer reports." three of the new models, the explorer, the fiesta and focus scored below average in reliant testings in their -- reliability testings for their first year. >>> well, ten years after it was created a new report suggests the tsa is not nearly as successful as we might think. >> gary nuremberg talks to one of the men responsible for creating the tsa and the problems. that story and more up in two minutes. we'll be back. >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now. it is 4:42 and it is wednesday mike. >> it is. >> he wasn't sure about what day sit. we're almost over the hump and ready for the weekend but are we going to be excited about the weekend? >> i don't think so. saturday -- saturday is just not looking good. it's going downhill. storm system yesterday we thought would stay south. it's going to come toward us. that means some cold rain. >> good movies out there you know what i mean? have a good time. >> glass is half full. >> holiday shopping. >> late next week another cold storm h

japanese automakers continued to dominate with a toyota, honda and mazda holding top spots. chrysler jeep was the top brand for u.s. automakers. >>darya: the attorney for a former san ramon police officer says that his client will plead guilty for stealing and selling drugs seized during raids. lombardi was arraigned in korea today on multiple felony counts that he stole cash, jewelry and drugs during raids while working on a narcotics task force. he was an agent with the contra costa county narcotics enforcement team. lombardy intends to cooperate and hopes to receive a lighter prison sentence. >>mark: a stanford university professor in the field of artificial intelligence has passed away. john mccarthy research computer intelligence, finding ways to stimulate aspect of the human mind. he made the term artificial intelligence prominent after writing a paper in 1975. he also developed a voice recognition technology. he was fighting parkinson's disease and died at 84 years old. >>darya: we are back with more and a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside. a chilly morni

top spots grabbed by toyota, acura, mazda, and honda. ford took a big tumble. it ranked 20 out of 28 brands. last year the american auto maker was ranked 10th by the consumer organization. three of ford's new models, the explorer, fiesta, and focus scored below average reliability in their first year. >> it is official. alexandria has a brand-new city manager. young worked in the same position in greensboro, south carolina, for the last two years. the 35-year-old will be alexandria's first african american city manager. he succeeds james heartman who left the job in may to go to florida. >>> coming up, michael jackson's nurse takes the stand in the trial against the pop star's physician. hear what she says jackson begged her to do two months before he died. >>> but up next, people at a catholic church in arizona are hoping for divine interveption after two men are spotted on camera stealing a statue of jesus. : don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us, we'll be >>> caught on tape, thieves stealing a statue of jesus. it was swiped from a pedesta

acura, mazda and honda after that. >>> all right. our time is 5:52. a new deadline if you are harry potter fans. what you need to know if you want to buy copies of the wizard movie in the future. >>> plus, which bay area city has a new message for the occupy protesters and why the protesters may like it. >>> welcome back to the morning news. >> time now 5:55. early this morning a wall of police officers moved in and arrested more than 50 protesters taking part in the occupy atlanta movement. they were camping out in woodruff park located in downtown atlanta. police say protesters were warned a couple of times about vacating the park or facing arrest. state senator vincent supported was one of the people arrested. >>> back here at home in san francisco occupy protesters at justin herman plaza fear police could soon break up their encamp. . they say police chief greg state route issued a warning. protesters are vowing to stay and they have the support of supervisor john avolas. the full board will consider the proposal by next month. >>> harry potter fa

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there was a gorgeous series of paintings he did in the 1920s that were really done as ads for edison mazda. but at this time, people like maxwell parish were doing--he and rockwell were doing these ads to show light as a new--the importance of light--of electric light. and they're beautiful paintings that stand on their own as art, but general electric owns that whole series, for instance, of 20 paintings. c-span: what book is this for you? >> guest: well, it depends upon how you count, which life. my life as an academic, if i count that, this would be my fourth book. if--if--at writing for a public that's not just in the--in the academies, it would be my second. c-span: where were you in academic and--and are you still doing it? >> guest: no, i'm not still doing it. the us naval academy, i finished my phd in '86, i think it was, and taught there for 10 or 11 years as a professor of english, very enjoyably. c-span: why the academy? >> guest: let's see, at the time, the dictates of my husband entered into it to into where he needed to be in washington. and so the job offers i got, i had to

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