House Outlaws Pointing Lasers at Planes (AP via Yahoo! News)

House Outlaws Pointing Lasers at Planes (AP via Yahoo! News)
People who aim laser pointers at planes could face fines of up to $250,000 and five years in prison under a bill passed Thursday by the House.

Good Enough To Eat: A delicious collard crop heats up in a cool greenhouse (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Master Gardener Chris Smith reports on his winter greens, including some collard plants that are going "bonkers" in his greenhouse. He also includes a tasty-sounding recipe for salsa.

Survivor: Guatemala | tv : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Entertainment Weekly)
''I'll think about you guys when I see the stars through my sun roof of my new car.'' Cindy, after being voted out at tribal council

Christopher To Daytona (Hartford Courant)
Over the Fourth of July weekend, Ted Christopher competed in five races in four days at three tracks. Christopher was racing Modifieds, but there was another type of car on his mind - the exotic prototype sports cars of the American LeMans Series competing at Lime Rock Park.

Excessive pill pushing is hard to stomach (Whistler Question)
When I came to North America from Holland many years ago everything was new to me. When first exposed to television commercials I remember being amazed at car manufacturers blatantly comparing their products to cars made by the other guys.

XBOX 360 GAMES: the Good, Bad and the Ugly (AP via Yahoo! News)
If you've scored an Xbox 360, some actual games are going to be the next logical purchase unless you auctioned it off for thousands of dollars on eBay.

NEED FOR SPEED: MOST WANTED (Weekly Dig)
WHAT S COOL Fantastic graphics; great voice acting; the chance to win opponents cars; new speed trap races, police pursuits, pursuit breakers, and the new traffic fine and car impound system.

December a good month to go car shopping (MSNBC)
Christmas is just around the corner and television ads are filled with ridiculously idealistic images of beautiful couples buying cars as gifts. But opening your curtains and seeing a shiny new car Christmas morning might not be as crazy a notion as you think.

Second generation Prius strengthens worth of hybrid (Orangeville Banner)
If regular readers are wondering why I'm writing so much on fuel-saving cars these days, it's because people are constantly asking me about them. Even though gasoline prices have stabilized (if you can call 80-90 cents plus per litre stable) you'd think interest in hybrids would have lessened too.

America's Most Loved New Vehicles
Discover which new cars and trucks Americans love the most . . .
Editors of MSN Autos