Tanker Cars Jump the Tracks (WTOL News 11) SOUTH TOLEDO

Tanker Cars Jump the Tracks (WTOL News 11)
SOUTH TOLEDO -- People in south Toledo are now back in their homes after several tanker cars in a freight train jumped the tracks. It happened around midnight at Hawley and Whittier, not far from Libbey High School in south Toledo.

Chinese cars snatch spotlight at Frankfurt auto show (USA Today)
Among the buzz at the Frankfurt Auto Show, which runs through Sunday, is the appearance for the first time here of Chinese cars. Also a big attention-grabber: Cool new Mini concept car.

Retail sales hit record in July with strong sales of cars, food, furniture (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
TORONTO (CP) - Surging auto sales, fuelled by employee-pricing discounts, helped kick retail sales into overdrive in July, as spendthrift Canadians eagerly forked out a record $31.3 billion during the month.

www.delawareonline.com The News Journal Hybrid heaters cool fuel bills (Delaware Online)
After a summer of heat waves, hurricanes and high gas prices, the promise of cooler months ahead would seem to offer some relief -- until it's time to turn on the heater.

A Pox on My Child: Cool! (Washington Post)
When Trish Thackston's 7-year-old son, Connor, broke out with chickenpox recently, she quickly scheduled play dates with four families over the next four days at their Alexandria house. Chickenpox is a highly infectious disease that causes tiredness and fever in addition to its blister-like...

Mr. Boom Boom joins ranks of unsafe drivers (St. Petersburg Times)
It's the wee hours of the morning and Mr. Boom Boom has arrived. I know this because my walls and windows are rattling again as Mr. Boom Boom makes his way down the entrance to my subdivision, his way-cool car stereo blaring bass all the way to his parents' home, a few streets over.

A world beneath the earth (San Francisco Chronicle)
The key was turned, the gate unlocked, and we entered an underground world that few have seen. Ahead were miles of tunnels, rooms, shafts and connectors. It was hot and dry outside, but here the air was cool and moist.

2005 Monterey Historics
A weekend of amazing cars and racing superstars at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California.
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