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Of blame to go around. turns out the japanese automaker with a sterling reputation has had its share of manufacturing defects in the past and federal regulators failed to crack down. some toyota owners have been in rebellion as they say the company ignored their repeated reports of problems involving both those brakes and the more serious issue of uncontrolled acceleration. >> the national highway traffic safety administration says it received some 2,000 complaints, and this is for the sudden acceleration dating back to 2004. >> the national highway traffic safety administration is investiga...

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In jail for throwing snow balls. the james madison students targeted a city plow during the blizzard. the driver called the police who responded in an unmarked car that the two students reportedly then pelted with another frosty fuselage. the two were charged with, quote, throwing missiles at occupied vehicles, a felony. they could face between 1 and 5 years in prison and a fine of $2,500. toyota is recalling almost half a million prius vehicles and other hybrids because of a glitch that has led to some accidents. senior correspondent brian wilson reports it's the latest dismal news in a depre...

Movement in the carmakers today. as toyota takes its lumps for continued problems they keep announcing. gregg: it gets worse day after day, and keeps on coming for toyota. the automaker announced more recalls, this time braking issues, forcing the recall of about 400,000 toyota and lexus hybrid vehicles, worldwide. and while toyota may be feeling the heat. it is hard the only company forced to recall its vehicles, brian wilson is live in washington with more, sounds like the problems continue to mount for toyota this morning. >> reporter: let's recap here, first it was rusting truck frames and...

Accelerator problems in other toyota models and they did nothing. they said they failed to investigate because of "limited resources." toyota has since recalled about 8 million vehicles because of accelerator problems. for more, let me bring in david lazarus, business columnist for the "l.a. times." mr. lazarus, how have they managed this? i know have you a column coming out on this. the dos, the donts, what have they done well and not done well? >> the list of things they've not done well is voluminous. i've spoken with a lot of crisis managers about specifically toyota but generally how you ...