'Cool county' is a draw, Konop says (The Toledo Blade)

'Cool county' is a draw, Konop says (The Toledo Blade)
In an effort to foster a "creative economy," Ben Konop, a Democratic candidate for Lucas County commissioner, says the local government should consider extending low-interest loans to art galleries.

In Defense of a Lack of Cool: Hecklerspray on the Rover 200 (Jalopnik)
Laverty seems to be reaching a bit this week; both in his car of choice and his defense of it. This week's example of automotive crapitude? The Rover 200. The Hecklerspray scribe suggests buying a...

The chase is on (Florida Today)
For 2006 movies, you've got your man of steel and your mutant superheroes, pirates, an overturned luxury liner and cartoon cars and talking animals. And don't forget an action spectacle from Tom Cruise and a passion project from Mel Gibson.

NOW THIS, THIS IS A FAN BASE (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Wardrobe malfunctions are not wholesome. A commercial featuring a gas-passing horse is not wholesome. Keith Richards ? assuming he, Mick and the Stones can stay awake till halftime ? should get the lifetime achievement award for being less than wholesome.

New York: Kick Out the Cars (Gridskipper)
Die, filthy cars. A new exhibit, "Livable Streets: A New Vision For New York City," opened this week at the Urban Center Galleries. Most of it is concerned with changing various streets or...

The KM teen certainly a rough rider (The Shelby Star)
Make a list of a 17-year-old s hobbies and it would probably cover a lot of ground. Cars, video games and sports top the lists of most young men, and it s a sport that takes up the majority of Ches Robbins time as well.

Wheel Love (Portland Tribune) If you re looking for your dream

Wheel Love (Portland Tribune)
If you re looking for your dream car or you just enjoy watching the action, don t miss this auction of classic and custom cars as they re put on the block and sold to the highest bidder. Preview begins at 8 a.m., bidding begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 7 p.m.

In Defense of a Lack of Cool: Hecklerspray on the Rover 200 (Jalopnik)
Laverty seems to be reaching a bit this week; both in his car of choice and his defense of it. This week's example of automotive crapitude? The Rover 200. The Hecklerspray scribe suggests buying a...

The chase is on (Florida Today)
For 2006 movies, you've got your man of steel and your mutant superheroes, pirates, an overturned luxury liner and cartoon cars and talking animals. And don't forget an action spectacle from Tom Cruise and a passion project from Mel Gibson.

The KM teen certainly a rough rider (The Shelby Star)
Make a list of a 17-year-old s hobbies and it would probably cover a lot of ground. Cars, video games and sports top the lists of most young men, and it s a sport that takes up the majority of Ches Robbins time as well.

Volvo to Offer New Small Car
The Swedish automaker unveils a small car intended for young professionals in urban areas.
Editors of MSN Autos

2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Coverage of the world's toughest sports car endurance race.
Editors of MSN Autos

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
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'Cool county' is a draw, Konop says (The Toledo Blade)
In an effort to foster a "creative economy," Ben Konop, a Democratic candidate for Lucas County commissioner, says the local government should consider extending low-interest loans to art galleries.

New York: Kick Out the Cars (Gridskipper)
Die, filthy cars. A new exhibit, "Livable Streets: A New Vision For New York City," opened this week at the Urban Center Galleries. Most of it is concerned with changing various streets or...

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'The luxury carmaker claims to have

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Wallace leaning on fast friends (Indy Car)
Rusty Wallace spent the past 22 years racing a 3,400-pound stock car, winning 55 NASCAR races and a season championship along the way. Now that he has retired as a driver and is heading to the television booth to serve as an analyst of ABC and ESPN broadcasts of the 1,525-pound winged cars of the IndyCar Series, he knows he has to get up to speed.But Wallace has some excellent teachers ready

Camry to Get Hybrid Version Soon
The best-selling passenger car in the U.S. will soon get a hybrid version.
Editors of MSN Autos

Cool kids sit in the back of the class (Cavalier Daily Online)
My erstwhile roommate gets a lot of packages from eBay. His eBaying antics have become something of a legend among his friends; the man must get five boxes a week. Though I fought the temptation, this example of the power of modern e-commerce slowly drew me into its powerful grip.

The chase is on (Florida Today)
For 2006 movies, you've got your man of steel and your mutant superheroes, pirates, an overturned luxury liner and cartoon cars and talking animals. And don't forget an action spectacle from Tom Cruise and a passion project from Mel Gibson.

New York: Kick Out the Cars (Gridskipper)
Die, filthy cars. A new exhibit, "Livable Streets: A New Vision For New York City," opened this week at the Urban Center Galleries. Most of it is concerned with changing various streets or...

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
Editors of MSN Autos

Hybrid myths revealed (Lifehacker) A while back we explored whether

Hybrid myths revealed (Lifehacker)
A while back we explored whether or not a hybrid car is worth the money. For those who want to know more BusinessWeek has a good overview of common hybrid myths. If you are having a tough time...

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

Stewart returns to action despite sore ribs (Sports Illustrated) LAS

Stewart returns to action despite sore ribs (Sports Illustrated)
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Though his ribs are still sore from a sprint car crash last month, reigning NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart would still rather be in a race car than sitting and fretting over his aching right side.

Mears will wear victory with pride (The Charlotte Observer)
Casey Mears hasn't really thought about where he's going to put the trophy he won as part of the victorious team in the Rolex 24 of Daytona. But he knows exactly what he's going to do with the custom watch he earned for the victory.

Bus' Parents Host Steelers for Dinner (AP via Yahoo! News)

Bus' Parents Host Steelers for Dinner (AP via Yahoo! News)
This is why it's so hard to tackle Jerome Bettis.

President Bush Speaks on his 2006 Agenda (Washington Post)
President Bush spoke today in Nashville in response to last night's State of the Union address.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

Bus' parents host the Steelers for dinner (Fox Sports)
This is why it's so hard to tackle Jerome Bettis. "We've got turkey, dressing, roast beef, ham, green beans, candied yams, macaroni and cheese, rice, jasmine rice, rolls," family friend Erima Saxton said in the Bettis kitchen Wednesday night. Suffice to say, this was unlike any other team dinner for the Pittsburgh Steelers. With the Super Bowl in his backyard, the Bus invited the boys and a few

Buick Enclave Debut
This luxury crossover SUV with high-tech features, which debuted at the auto show in Detroit, should be in production during 2007.
Editors of MSN Autos

Cool cars make their debuts at Detroit's big auto show

Cool cars make their debuts at Detroit's big auto show (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Every year, we're wowed by what we see at the North American International Auto Show. And this year was no different. What's fun about the show is the chance to see all the cool cars and concepts in one place. It's a great place to see what you might be driving down the road someday.

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

10 Questions: Mears (Nascar)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Last weekend, Chip Ganassi Racing's Casey Mears got the best possible kickoff to any race driver's season -- a victory in one of the most high-profile motorsports events in the world.

Heavyweights lock recruiting horns (Denver Post)
In the end, living room chats with Pete Carroll and the weight of Charlie Weis' Super Bowl ring in his hand became peripheral for Butch Lewis. Lewis, a 6-foot-7, 295-pound lineman from Regis High School, was the target of college heavyweights Southern California and Notre Dame.

video: God Is the DJ (Gridskipper)
Obser-ev: A wonderful little video of giant MC hands doing serious scratch with the very fabric of time and space. Though the cars sub for turntables, pity the poor pedestrian who stands in for a jog...

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

2005 Peugeot 206 GTi 180 from UK and Ireland (Carsurvey.org)
What things have gone wrong with the car? General comments? This car is a disappointment. I was given if to use for a few months as I wouldn't have bought one. It looks really cool and has a sleek front, Peugeot now make some really attractive cars.

January on record as second-warmest (The Toledo Blade)
It was a January for the record books - Toledo's second-warmest on record - with warm Pacific air keeping the Great Lakes ice-free and the Toledo Area Metroparks full of visitors.

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'The luxury carmaker claims to have

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

GM ads say to 'Google Pontiac' - but Mazda buys search term for its ads (The Arizona Republic)
DETROIT - General Motors' TV commercials tell consumers to ''Google Pontiac''for more information. That's great, except Mazda bought the words ''Pontiac'' and ''Pontiac Solstice'' as search-engine terms for its ads for the redesigned Mazda MX-5 two-seater sports car.

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Means, Stremme - Dodge interview (Motorsport.com)
NOTE: Mears, along with drivers Dan Wheldon and Scott Dixon, teamed to win the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona on Sunday.

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'The luxury carmaker claims to have

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

For a Fee, Shrewsbury Company Loads Music Players (RedNova)
By David P. Willis, Asbury Park Press, N.J. Jan. 28--John Colucci recently got a pretty cool present, an iPod, Apple's hot portable digital music player.

Mazda pulls Web-search switcheroo with Pontiac (USA Today)
General Motors' marketing idea looks so hip: For more information at the end of TV commercials, they tell consumers to "Google Pontiac." The problem? Mazda bought the words "Pontiac" and "Pontiac Solstice" as search-engine terms, so a Google search for Pontiac also provides Mazda ads.

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star) BLOOMINGDALE -

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

X Prizes for DNA, Nanotech, Autos, Education (Slashdot)
An anonymous reader writes "Larry Page and Craig Venter are now on the X Prize Board of Trustees, and Peter Diamandis, the man behind the $10 million space prize, said new X prizes are in the works for innovations in automobiles, education, nanotech and DNA reseach. Diamandis, from the article: "Why do we still drive cars that use an internal combustion engine and only get 30 miles per gallon? I

SpeedTV.com Book Review: BILLY F. GIBBONS: Rock + Roll Gearhead (Speed TV)
It s all here from AA to ZZ. The book, BILLY F. GIBBONS: Rock + Roll Gearhead is divided into three tracks -- The Life -- The Cars -- The Guitars.

Excerpt of 'Sunstroke' (USA Today)
Read a portion of Jesse Kellerman's latest book.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

In sleepy Sayulita, it's Mexican paradise down a rutted road (USA Today)
Last summer, GQ magazine put Sayulita on its short list of couple's getaways for its surf culture and the inexpensive but opulent rooms at Villa Amor, the Mexican's beach town's boutique hotel. It's a romantic paradise if you don't mind the rutted roads you must take to get there.

'Dead or Alive 4' will have you frustrated, amazed at

'Dead or Alive 4' will have you frustrated, amazed at same time (Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
''Dead or Alive 4'' was supposed to launch with the Xbox 360 in November, but it was pushed back. And pushed back again. And again. It finally was released a few days before the end of the year, and the wait was worth it. The 360 needed a fighting game, and this is a great start.

Anthrax in Los Angeles (KNAC.COM)
Ah yes, concert night. Weeks and weeks off, counting down the days until we get to stomp around with alcohol-fueled brutality finally here. It doesn t get any better than this boys and girls, Anthrax , Saturday night, a venue in Los Angeles with a big floor perfect for dancing .

Cool cars make their debuts at Detroit's big auto show (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Every year, we're wowed by what we see at the North American International Auto Show. And this year was no different. What's fun about the show is the chance to see all the cool cars and concepts in one place. It's a great place to see what you might be driving down the road someday.

Thousands of credit card numbers stolen from RI gov't. website

Thousands of credit card numbers stolen from RI gov't. website (ABC 13 Texas)
Thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a state government Web site that allows residents to register their cars and buy state permits, authorities said Friday.

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Museum grapples with art of balancing crowds vs. neighbors (Contra Costa Times)
Pity the Getty Trust. Assaulted by allegations of stolen artifacts and beleaguered by top-level resignations, its leaders now face a new problem as they unveil the revamped Getty Villa on Saturday: too much success at the box office.

Mr. Roadshow: Readers cherish their older cars, but they do emit lots of pollution (San Jose Mercury News)
Q I choke on the exhaust of older cars and out of tune diesels that will not die. The old cars in your recent column with 200,000 or more miles might be maintained well and might not be gross offenders, yet many run bad, smoke and pollute many, many more times than a new car or truck. Efforts of the state Air Resources Board might be better used to get these gross polluters off the road. This has

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
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High-End Luxury Vehicles Without Rival
Luxury automobiles priced above $100,000.
Editors of MSN Autos

Camry to Get Hybrid Version Soon
The best-selling passenger car in the U.S. will soon get a hybrid version.
Editors of MSN Autos

Winds of change (The Indianapolis Star)
At the Indiana Statehouse, Republicans are turning a shade of green. Some Republicans, typically warm to business interests but cool to environmental causes, have tried this year to advance bills to encourage -- and even to require -- Hoosiers to use more clean energy.

These days all it takes is a virtual thumb to

These days all it takes is a virtual thumb to catch a ride (Daily Record)
It was back in the mid-'70s and Ave Miller was attending school in Wilkes Barre, Pa. Cars were scarce and rides down the mountain to town were few and far between. So what's a free-spirited town-bound student to do?

JVS students visit auto show (The Steubenville Herald-Star)
BLOOMINGDALE - There are not too many students who receive the opportunity to view some really cool cars as part of their educational experience. However, for one area school, that opportunity presented itself in a unique way last week.

2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Coverage of the world's toughest sports car endurance race.
Editors of MSN Autos

Little engineers enjoy train show (Courier-Post)
To the sounds of toots and whistles, Hadley Christman and her friend, Lauren Lynch, both of Haddonfield, counted aloud 13 cars as they watched the freight train cross in front of them.

Cool cars make their debuts at Detroit's big auto show (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)
Every year, we're wowed by what we see at the North American International Auto Show. And this year was no different. What's fun about the show is the chance to see all the cool cars and concepts in one place. It's a great place to see what you might be driving down the road someday.

Machine guns come out of the closet (The Oregonian)
After a week of delicately etching out cavities with a laser, dentist Rob Dugger of Wilsonville heads to the target range with his modified M-16.

High-End Luxury Vehicles Without Rival
Luxury automobiles priced above $100,000.
Editors of MSN Autos

Highlights From the 2006 NAIAS
MSN Autos highlights the eight things you should know about this year's show in Detroit.
Ann Job

Thousands of credit card numbers stolen from RI gov't. website (ABC 13 Texas)
Thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a state government Web site that allows residents to register their cars and buy state permits, authorities said Friday.

Preview: 2007 Toyota Camry
With sleeker styling, a more powerful engine and a new hybrid version, America's best-selling car sets a new benchmark.
Ann Job

[2005-03-10] (T3) Siemens five phone blitz! [2005-03-09] A handful of

[2005-03-10] (T3)
Siemens five phone blitz! [2005-03-09] A handful of new phones were unveiled by Siemens at CeBit, including the company s first entry into 3G. [ more ]

Mr. Roadshow: Readers cherish their older cars, but they do emit lots of pollution (San Jose Mercury News)
Q I choke on the exhaust of older cars and out of tune diesels that will not die. The old cars in your recent column with 200,000 or more miles might be maintained well and might not be gross offenders, yet many run bad, smoke and pollute many, many more times than a new car or truck. Efforts of the state Air Resources Board might be better used to get these gross polluters off the road. This has

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
Editors of MSN Autos

Winds of change (The Indianapolis Star)
At the Indiana Statehouse, Republicans are turning a shade of green. Some Republicans, typically warm to business interests but cool to environmental causes, have tried this year to advance bills to encourage -- and even to require -- Hoosiers to use more clean energy.

Thousands of credit card numbers stolen from RI gov't. website (ABC 13 Texas)
Thousands of credit card numbers were stolen from a state government Web site that allows residents to register their cars and buy state permits, authorities said Friday.