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>> from americas news headquarters, im ainsley earhardt. the whistle-blowing web site, wikileaks, sparking new concerns about the future price of oil. wikileaks is posting confidential cables said to be from the embass nesaudi arabia, the chief exporter of crude, warning washington that the saudis oil reserves might be overstated by as much as 300 billion barrels. oil prices are already above $100 a barrel because in part because of tensions in the middle-east. the transportation department find...

Higher profits outlook and the results of the u.s. safety investigation. the u.s. government investigated toyota vehicles and the findings agree with toyotas explanation of the cause. at fault, sticky gas pedals, improperly installed floor mats and driver error. >> reporter: for toyota motor corporation, vindication. >> the jury is back. the verdict is in. there is no electronic-based cause for unintended, high-speed acceleration in toyotas. period. >> reporter: the u.s. national highway traffic...

Runaway toyotas first emerged a year and a half ago. >> were in trouble. theres no brake. >> reporter: after four people died after a california driver could not stop his lexus with the passenger calling 911 for help. >> were approaching the intersection. were approaching intersection. hold on. >> reporter: what followed was a wave of reports of runaway toyotas. the speculation about the electronic acceleration system as a cause. transportation secretary raymond lahood said flatly, that was not ...

New research shows patients who underwent extensive surgery to remove all their lymph nodes actually farid no better in terms of survival than those who had only a few removed. removing those to which cancer is most likely to spread would help avoid complications such as infection, swelling, and shoulder pain. other news here, the government has cleared toyota in its investigation of electronic problems. the transpore tag department said yesterday that electronic flaws were not to blame for re...

Second, some sticky pedals made some acceleration too slow to release. >> after numerous reports from drivers and a fatal crash in august of 2009. toyota installed a brake override system to avoid mass acceleration and welcomed the governments findings saying they should put to rest concerns about the design and testing of its electronic throttle control system. the automaker has paid nearly $50 million in fines to the u.s. government. toyota can count on one very important customer now. >> i to...

Government investigation rules out that faulty electronics as the cause of the acceleration problems that reached the crisis point in 2009. our cnns samantha hayes has the story. >> reporter: after a ten-month investigation, the federal government says it knows what did not cause unintended acceleration of some toyota vehicles. at a news conference tuesday, nasas scientists who performed extensive tests, vouched for the findings. >> nasa analysis and testing did not find evidence that malfunctio...

That report found some cases could have been caused by sticky gas pedals or bunched up floor mats. those problems have already been handled through recalls. the top u.s. transportation official declared toyotas are safe to drive. >> the jury is back. the verdict is in. there is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in toyotas. period. >> there were no failures found in the software that would unilaterally cause unintended acceleration. >> the japanese automaker welcome...

Came in third followed by the about to teleport and be investable. no jeddi hand trick. the dow opens at 12,233 after gaining 71 points. the s&p inched up 5 points and the nasdaq gained 13. in tokyo the nikkei shed 18 points while in hong kong the hang seng tumbled 320. well, toyota officials are breathing a sigh of relief after a 10-month federal investigation concluded that faulty electronics did not cause toyota vehicles to accelerate out of control. the federal probe confirmed toyotas ow...

Smith blaming pedals stuck in the floor mat. in the other recall they had was pedals getting stuck just partway down, halfway down, pedals get stuck halfway down and toyota issued recalls for both of those. another factor is probably in the majority of the cases is pedal and people think they are pressing the brake pedal when they are pressing the gas pedal to make the car go faster. >> what impact has all of this had on toyota? >> reporter: well, obviously, it hurt their sales a good bit last y...

Unintended acceleration. i dont know how it could be. sticky pedals are only slow to return. theres no evidence whatsoever. what were asking for is show the evidence. whats the evidence that sticky pedal caused unintended acceleration. >> now all these folks have that lengthy report. federal safety regulators are now considering mandating brake override systems in all vehicles. this way basically if someone passes the gas and the brake at the same time the brake wins. they are continuing standar...