50 years ago James Dean was killed; to some he

50 years ago James Dean was killed; to some he still defines cool (Seattle Times)
At 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 30, 1955, a Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford Tudor sedan in Cholame, killing a 24-year-old actor from Los Angeles...

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
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Frankfurt Motor Show Favorites
Public days for this huge auto show run through September 25, and concept cars continue to be a big draw. Our editors pick their ten favorites.
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StrategyPage.com - Military Blog by the Staff (Strategy Page)
Great article on one the new Iraqi battalions and their relationship with a US battalion. Amazing the NY Times could do such a positive article. This is a very cool site. They send me alerts on my cell phone with information on cars that were just stolen in my area.

Fuel-efficient cars outmuscling SUVs (Honolulu Advertiser)
WASHINGTON John Mathews, of Universal Toyota in San Antonio, has witnessed the day that auto industry executives in Detroit said would never come.

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Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
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Utah's desert radioactive waste dump grows bigger and bigger (Salt Lake Tribune)
CLIVE - Envirocare of Utah is bursting at the seams. Long lines of rail cars cool their wheels at rail yards in Ogden and Wendover. More cars from big government cleanups at Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Rocky Flats, Colo.; and Fernald, Ohio, rest on the rails along Interstate 80. Still more wait on the mile-square Tooele County site to be unloaded, cleaned and returned to their owners This year's

Stewart back in Chase lead after Talladega (Motorsport.com)
Experts surmised that Talladega would be the weekend that would shake out the Chase field. They were right. This time, however, it wasn't non-Chase cars that shook up the final standings.

COOL 2 DO (New York Newsday)
Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. ... International Pickle Day Festival, Orchard Street between Houston and Stanton Streets, LES, 11 a.m to 4:30 p.m. ...

Schoolyard Gardens Just Crawling With Lessons (Washington Post)
The second-graders were very quiet. They put their hands behind their backs and stepped gingerly onto the turtle-shaped steppingstones, past the yarrow, past the lantana flowers, past the cucumbers and beans. The sun hadn't yet peeked into Cora Kelly School's courtyard, and the grass was cool.