Relax and enjoy this classic pastime (TimesLeader.com) ORLANDO, Fla.

Relax and enjoy this classic pastime (TimesLeader.com)
ORLANDO, Fla. Sometimes Stephanie Thomas will stroll into the evening cool, set one of the rocking chairs on her front porch in motion and, with her son Gabriel on her lap, watch planes flicker past.

Pacific Coast Motorsports 2005 season review (Motorsport.com)
Having captured the 2004 Toyota Atlantic Championship California-based Pacific Coast Motorsports switched its title-winning, open-wheel pedigree to the endurance world of sports car competition in 2005.

The Truth About Fuel Economy Ratings
If your new car's actual fuel mileage does not match the fuel economy numbers on the window sticker, it's not necessarily your car's fault.
Ann Job

At Lion Country, cats cut off from cars (Miami Herald)
In the competition for most feared creature, lawyers have now eclipsed lions. If Lion Country Safari can't stop people from opening their car windows in front of the dangerous cats, they can put up a fence to prevent a potential frightful outcome -- lawsuits.

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamor for attention in the equally crowded digital media market.

Today's King of the Road needs more than vroom (San

Today's King of the Road needs more than vroom (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Dec. 29 (UNION-TRIBUNE): Sure, the new Ford Mustang seems cool with its retro styling and revved-up performance. But if you really want to impress your fellow drivers, you'll need a little something extra.

Detroit's 'Big Three' Automakers Launch New Incentive Programs
General Motors, Chrysler and Ford announce new programs in efforts to boost slackening year-end sales.
Perry Stern

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (Reuters\ via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamour for attention in the equally crowded digital media market.

Top Electronics Show Offers Cars, Sex, Software (RedNova)
By Philipp Gollner and Eric AuchardSAN FRANCISCO -- A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamor for attention in the equally crowded digital media market.With entertainment being cut loose from the living room as never before, the challenge is to offer the products and software that consumers will want as the next badge of cool --

IIHS's Top 10 Safety Picks
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety picks the ten safest cars of the 2006 model year.
Perry Stern

SOME people have said that actress Sharifah Amani Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya is destined for big things. No one knew (Malay Mail)
I want a Hummer! said the 19-year-old. I love it because a Hummer is so huge. Well, I think it would be quite funny for a person my size to step out of such a big vehicle. And if I get married, I can just throw my kids at the back. No need for a second car.

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamor for attention in the equally crowded digital media market.

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (RedNova)
By Philipp Gollner and Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamor for attention in the equally crowded digital media market. With entertainment being cut loose from the living room as never before, the challenge is to offer the products and software that consumers will want as the next badge of

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (RedNova) By Philipp

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (RedNova)
By Philipp Gollner and Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamor for attention in the equally crowded digital media market. With entertainment being cut loose from the living room as never before, the challenge is to offer the products and software that consumers will want as the next badge of

Winter Driving Tips From the Experts
Winter conditions can be challenging for drivers of all skill levels. The editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada offers sound advice from the Great White North.
Marc Lachapelle, with Gerry Malloy for Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used CarCarfax

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used Car
Carfax provides guidance and tips to help you spot vehicles with potential water damage.
Editors of MSN Autos

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (RedNova)
By Philipp Gollner and Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamor for attention in the equally crowded digital media market. With entertainment being cut loose from the living room as never before, the challenge is to offer the products and software that consumers will want as the next badge of

At Lion Country, cats cut off from cars (Miami Herald)
In the competition for most feared creature, lawyers have now eclipsed lions. If Lion Country Safari can't stop people from opening their car windows in front of the dangerous cats, they can put up a fence to prevent a potential frightful outcome -- lawsuits.

AP Takes a Backroads U.S. Bicycle Journey (AP via Yahoo! News)
When you bicycle across the country, people tell you their dreams, because they see you are living yours.

Bedtime Story (MetroActive)
I'm ready to put 2005 to sleep. Nothing does the trick like a bedtime story based on the last 365 days in the world of cars. A giant monster that stalked the streets of North America, the gas guzzling SUV, is slowly disappearing. The wizards who created the beasts all live in a town called Detroit.

Experts say helmets are cool (Oakland Press)
Last week's tragic snowboarding death of a 12-year-old White Lake Township boy reminded Dr. Frank McGeorge of William Beaumont Hospital of the day a few years ago when a steady stream of children - six altogether - was brought to the emergency room with snow-sport-related head injuries.

The viper's nest (The Age) The club that killed River

The viper's nest (The Age)
The club that killed River Phoenix is exactly as it seemed. -

ATVs barred from refuge (The Prairie Advocate)
All-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and cars and trucks are not permitted to cross or travel on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge lands with one exception. They may travel on the refuge only if they remain on the ice. Access for winter vehicles is available from boat ramps and public launching facilities.

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser (The Car Connection) A retro-cool concept

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser (The Car Connection)
A retro-cool concept makes the scene with some established connections.

Heart of the Holidays (Daily Press)
Essay and art contest Christmas morning. A family gathers around a twinkling tree as the children dig into their gifts and gleefully unwrap them one by one, leaving a mess of wrapping paper, ribbons and boxes in their wake.

Experts say helmets are cool (Oakland Press)
Last week's tragic snowboarding death of a 12-year-old White Lake Township boy reminded Dr. Frank McGeorge of William Beaumont Hospital of the day a few years ago when a steady stream of children - six altogether - was brought to the emergency room with snow-sport-related head injuries.

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?
After decades of market share losses, look for a leaner and more focused Big Two.
Ann Job

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser (The Car Connection) A retro-cool concept

2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser (The Car Connection)
A retro-cool concept makes the scene with some established connections.

Couple wants D.M. to allow Segways on city sidewalks (The Des Moines Register)
Motorized personal scooters that reach speeds of 13 mph could help draw people to Des Moines-area trails and tourist spots, supporters...

Hawks' Williams a Young player with an old soul (Seattle Times)
Jimmy Williams has always had the ability to draw a crowd. Be it walking the city streets in Japan, where locals mistook the teenager for...

Rock on -- the relaxing view from the front porch (Sun-Sentinel)
Sometimes Stephanie Thomas will stroll into the evening cool, set one of the rocking chairs on her front porch in motion and, with her son Gabriel on her lap, watch planes flicker past.

Analysts cool on Detroit s healthcare deals (Financial Times)
Securities analysts have issued a new flurry of warnings about the financial health of General Motors and Ford Motor , in spite of recent deals by the two Detroit-based carmakers with the United Auto Workers union to bring down healthcare costs.

Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3Editors at MSN Autos take

Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3
Editors at MSN Autos take Microsoft's latest driving game out for a spin.
Perry Stern

Rock on -- the relaxing view from the front porch (Sun-Sentinel)
Sometimes Stephanie Thomas will stroll into the evening cool, set one of the rocking chairs on her front porch in motion and, with her son Gabriel on her lap, watch planes flicker past.

Hella Says LED Rear Lamps Add Individuality, Safety (The Auto Channel)
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga., Dec. 27, 2005 -- Hella Inc. will market new tail lamp kits for the automotive aftermarket featuring a combination of its innovative CELIS(R) (Central Lighting Systems) and LED technology.

Best after-holiday buys (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Looking for great deals? Focus on electronics, appliances and cars.

Detroit's 'Big Three' Automakers Launch New Incentive Programs
General Motors, Chrysler and Ford announce new programs in efforts to boost slackening year-end sales.
Perry Stern

Travel Trends: Exotic Sites, Packages, More Control (Hartford Courant)
Warm weather. Adventure. Europe. Warm weather. Battered destinations on the rebound. Package tours. Internet bargains. Warm weather.

The 50 Best Robots Ever (Wired News)
They're exploring the deep sea and distant planets, saving lives in the operating room, transforming factories and filmmaking. They're -- oh c'mon, they're just plain cool! From Qrio to the Terminator, here are some favorites. By Robert Capps of Wired Magazine .

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used Car
Carfax provides guidance and tips to help you spot vehicles with potential water damage.
Editors of MSN Autos

Local New Hampshire News (Portsmouth Herald) 12/26/05 - PORTSMOUTH -

Local New Hampshire News (Portsmouth Herald)
12/26/05 - PORTSMOUTH - "It s bedside nursing, curbside." That s the way director and nurse Maureen Keating describes the 4-year-old Health Care for the Homeless Project with Families First.

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used Car
Carfax provides guidance and tips to help you spot vehicles with potential water damage.
Editors of MSN Autos

Airbags: high risk? (Autoblog)
Could airbags actually increase the likelihood of injury in crashes rather than reducing it? That s what some researchers of the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, are proposing. The team obtained information from the U.S. National Trauma Data Bank on vehicle collisions between 1988 to 2004. While seatbelt and airbag combinations reduced the risks of injury, the

Rock on -- the relaxing view from the front porch (Sun-Sentinel)
Sometimes Stephanie Thomas will stroll into the evening cool, set one of the rocking chairs on her front porch in motion and, with her son Gabriel on her lap, watch planes flicker past.

Detroit gearing up for chance to shine (Chicago Tribune) DETROIT

Detroit gearing up for chance to shine (Chicago Tribune)
DETROIT -- With a month and a half to go before it plays host to the Super Bowl, Detroit is like a self-conscious teenager, anxiously trying to cover up blemishes and impress the cool kids.

Quotes of the Year (BBC News)
Freddie Flintoff leads the charge in part I of the year's funniest quotes.

Self-conscious Detroit prepares to host the Super Bowl (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
DETROIT -- Less than two months before it hosts the Super Bowl, Detroit is getting ready for its big moment like a self-conscious teenager -- anxiously trying to cover up blemishes and hoping to impress the cool kids.

Analysts cool on Detroit s healthcare deals (Financial Times)
Securities analysts have issued a new flurry of warnings about the financial health of General Motors and Ford Motor , in spite of recent deals by the two Detroit-based carmakers with the United Auto Workers union to bring down healthcare costs.

Toy collector loves the thrill of the hunt (Lima News)
Lima News correspondent ST. MARYS When Jerry Wesner was a child he wanted cap guns for Christmas. He had visions of the open range where men wore cool hats, rode horses and kept the cattle safe from bad men, vicious animals and the elements.

Detroit gearing up for chance to shine (Chicago Tribune) DETROIT

Detroit gearing up for chance to shine (Chicago Tribune)
DETROIT -- With a month and a half to go before it plays host to the Super Bowl, Detroit is like a self-conscious teenager, anxiously trying to cover up blemishes and impress the cool kids.

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

Most-read travel and outdoors stories on seattletimes.com (Seattle Times)
Our top 20 travel / outdoors stories for 2005 and top five month by month for the year.

Lighting upthe night forthose in need (phillyburbs.com) Christmas Eve luminaries

Lighting upthe night forthose in need (phillyburbs.com)
Christmas Eve luminaries raise funds to help the needy in Bucks County.

Public growing wary of threats to civil liberties (San Jose Mercury News)
Like many Americans, the Rev. Dan Hutt of Palo Alto was prepared to sacrifice some freedom for more safety in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

DESIGNER SCHOOL (AlertNet)
Nurazisah, an 11 year old who lost her fisherman father, suggests air conditioning. It s quite hot and I need a cool class room, she says. And I dream of toilets and a place to wash my hands. And a garden.

Self-conscious Detroit prepares to host the Super Bowl (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
DETROIT -- Less than two months before it hosts the Super Bowl, Detroit is getting ready for its big moment like a self-conscious teenager -- anxiously trying to cover up blemishes and hoping to impress the cool kids.

Applescript for OmniGraffle to create graphical map of music taste (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Filed under: Audio , Software , Cool tools , iTunes Another day, another slick new tool for graphically viewing artists in your iTunes library. OMGT (OmniGraffle Musical Taste) is an applescript that will generate an OmniGraffle file containing a graphical map of all of your artists, emphasizing the ones you play most. For those who aren't familiar with OmniGraffle : it's a really

IIHS's Top 10 Safety Picks
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety picks the ten safest cars of the 2006 model year.
Perry Stern

Christmas for a new family (Journal-News)
HAMILTON Right now, families the world-over are gathered in front of their Christmas trees preparing to unwrap presents. Inside one particular Preble County home, four-year-old Cody is in search of toy cars as he peels off wrappings.

Advertising: An ever-changing game (Wisconsin State Journal)
Madison advertising executive Rick Stone enjoys creating brand messages that engage consumers where they live.

Toy collector loves the thrill of the hunt (Lima News)
Lima News correspondent ST. MARYS When Jerry Wesner was a child he wanted cap guns for Christmas. He had visions of the open range where men wore cool hats, rode horses and kept the cattle safe from bad men, vicious animals and the elements.

Test Drive: Project Gotham Racing 3
Editors at MSN Autos take Microsoft's latest driving game out for a spin.
Perry Stern

Public growing wary of threats to civil liberties (San Jose

Public growing wary of threats to civil liberties (San Jose Mercury News)
Like many Americans, the Rev. Dan Hutt of Palo Alto was prepared to sacrifice some freedom for more safety in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Toy collector loves the thrill of the hunt (Lima News)
Lima News correspondent ST. MARYS When Jerry Wesner was a child he wanted cap guns for Christmas. He had visions of the open range where men wore cool hats, rode horses and kept the cattle safe from bad men, vicious animals and the elements.

Self-conscious Detroit prepares to host the Super Bowl (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
DETROIT -- Less than two months before it hosts the Super Bowl, Detroit is getting ready for its big moment like a self-conscious teenager -- anxiously trying to cover up blemishes and hoping to impress the cool kids.

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?After decades of market

How Will America's Big Two Automakers Survive?
After decades of market share losses, look for a leaner and more focused Big Two.
Ann Job

Applescript for OmniGraffle to create graphical map of music taste (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Filed under: Audio , Software , Cool tools , iTunes Another day, another slick new tool for graphically viewing artists in your iTunes library. OMGT (OmniGraffle Musical Taste) is an applescript that will generate an OmniGraffle file containing a graphical map of all of your artists, emphasizing the ones you play most. For those who aren't familiar with OmniGraffle : it's a really

Detroit braces for barbs as Super Bowl comes to town (North County Times)
DETROIT -- Less than two months before it hosts the Super Bowl, Detroit is getting ready for its big moment like a self-conscious teenager -- anxiously trying to cover up blemishes and hoping to impress the cool kids.

Christmas for a new family (Journal-News)
HAMILTON Right now, families the world-over are gathered in front of their Christmas trees preparing to unwrap presents. Inside one particular Preble County home, four-year-old Cody is in search of toy cars as he peels off wrappings.

iPods and Macs taking over cars (The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Filed under: Audio , Hardware , Multimedia , Software , Video , Airport , Bluetooth , iTunes , PowerMac G5 , Mods , Mac mini Woops, I take my " Macs aren't going anywhere " post back, as they're certainly going one place in a big way lately: cars. I have a double dose of iPod/Mac in-car news coming at you from our sibling site, Autoblog. First up: they caught wind of a projection

Top Luxury Cars on MSN Autos
The most popular luxury cars on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle pages during the third quarter of 2005.
compiled by MSN Autos