Valentines embrace the Internet (Cortez Journal) If bars are no

Valentines embrace the Internet (Cortez Journal)
If bars are no longer a cool place to meet someone in Cortez, "Where can you go for social interaction nowadays?" asked Valentino (an alias) in a rhetorical sort of way.

Worst Case Scenario in the Chill Zone (Jalopnik) The Dodgies

Worst Case Scenario in the Chill Zone (Jalopnik)
The Dodgies made a semi-big deal about the Caliber's Cool Chill Zone, a glove-cum-icebox large enough to hold four 20oz drink bottles when doin' one Dew just ain't Xtreme enough, brah. Interestingly,...

Can MTV Stay Cool? (BusinessWeek)
MTV is turning 25 this year, and CEO Judy McGrath is organizing a "digital Marshall plan" just in time for the party

How U.S. policy undermines hybrid cars (International Herald Tribune)
The more time you spend looking at the economics of the hybrids, the less comfortable you get.

Can MTV Stay Cool? (BusinessWeek) MTV is turning 25 this

Can MTV Stay Cool? (BusinessWeek)
MTV is turning 25 this year, and CEO Judy McGrath is organizing a "digital Marshall plan" just in time for the party

Buy a Hybrid, and Save a Guzzler (New York Times)

Buy a Hybrid, and Save a Guzzler (New York Times)
The more time you spend looking at the economics of hybrid cars, the less comfortable you get.

Can MTV Stay Cool? (BusinessWeek)
How CEO Judy McGrath must remake her TV empire for a digital world

Staind to rock Speedway Saturday (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
DAYTONA BEACH -- Those explosive sounds coming from Daytona International Speedway Saturday night may not be cars in the Budweiser Shootout.

Daytona 500: Media Day - GM drivers quotes (Motorsport.com)
ON RUSTY WALLACE: "I've known Rusty for a long time and we've always gotten along great. At the Las Vegas test, I saw the No. 2 car go by and for a minute I thought it was still Rusty. Well no, it's not Rusty. He'll still be around and we'll get to see him at the race track."

2006 Rolex 24 at Daytona
Coverage of the world's toughest sports car endurance race.
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When cruising Manteca was cool (Manteca Bulletin) When the sun

When cruising Manteca was cool (Manteca Bulletin)
When the sun set a half century ago and most people in Manteca were in their homes, it was time for the young people in town to hit the streets. After Frank Vieira would drop his sweetheart, Lillian off at her home, he d meet up with Frank Brazil and his other buddies to cruise down Yosemite Avenue.

Web Sightings: Learn to be tech savvy (News 14 Carolina)
Are you feeling a little lost with new technology? Well, as long as you know how to use the Internet, some websites can teach you about cool gadgets and how to get them for a good deal.

Robotic toy makes a big impression at the DEMO convention (Ars Technica)
The DEMO convention in Phoenix is home to the cool and the strange, and this year's most interesting entry is a robotic dinosaur trying to take the title of Man's Best Friend.

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

Getting a grip on oil 'addiction' (Wisconsin State Journal)
Is President Bush right that America is "addicted" to oil? Do you favor his call for better hybrid and electric cars, more solar, wind and nuclear energy, and more research into hydrogen fuel and other technology?

Cars develop killer heat, even on cooler days (New Scientist)
Sunlight can heat car interiors to lethal temperatures in just 30 minutes, even if the weather is relatively mild, a new US study finds

Ortiz y Pino (Alibi)
An urgent call from a friend on my voice mail set off alarm bells. Jerry! I just went past your house and there are cops and SWAT team cars all over the place! Give me a call; hope you and your family are all right.

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

Web Sightings: Learn to be tech savvy (News 14 Carolina)

Web Sightings: Learn to be tech savvy (News 14 Carolina)
Are you feeling a little lost with new technology? Well, as long as you know how to use the Internet, some websites can teach you about cool gadgets and how to get them for a good deal.

Buy a Hybrid, and Save a Guzzler (New York Times)
The more time you spend looking at the economics of hybrid cars, the less comfortable you get.

Getting a grip on oil 'addiction' (Wisconsin State Journal)
Is President Bush right that America is "addicted" to oil? Do you favor his call for better hybrid and electric cars, more solar, wind and nuclear energy, and more research into hydrogen fuel and other technology?

Robotic toy makes a big impression at the DEMO convention (Ars Technica)
The DEMO convention in Phoenix is home to the cool and the strange, and this year's most interesting entry is a robotic dinosaur trying to take the title of Man's Best Friend.

How U.S. policy undermines hybrid cars (International Herald Tribune)
The more time you spend looking at the economics of the hybrids, the less comfortable you get.

Straight Outta East boise ... and into IHOP (Boise Weekly)
Sometimes, we at BW wish we were rappers instead of writers. The reason--aside from the obvious, "rappers have those cool metal teeth"--is that we can't help but notice how much grade-A gangsta-pating is going down in this town without getting immortalized in rhyme like it should.

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival (The Weekly)
Stone Mountain, GA (Feb. 3) YearOne presents the 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival at Stone Mountain Park on April 1, 2006. This automotive festival is for the whole family and has an incredible array of cool cars, manufacturer s midway, chassis dyno, kids play village and a Dream Car Rides fundraiser (guests can pay $5.00 for a ride in everything from a Model T to a modern muscle car, with

Lexus Claims 'World's Best Car'
The luxury carmaker claims to have the world?s best car in an all-new flagship.
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The little hybrid engine that could (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
One of the most impressive cars at this week's Philadelphia Auto Show doesn't come from Japan, Germany or Detroit. It came from the auto shop at West Philadelphia High School.

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

Exulting the obscure (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) The Winter Olympics

Exulting the obscure (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
The Winter Olympics are cool, and I say that not because they are scheduled in iceboxes like St. Moritz, Switzerland, or Lillehammer, Norway, or Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

'Vanilla' mayor for New Orleans? (MSNBC)
Joe Scarborough blogs, "New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagan must be feeling the heat from his political base or the brutal Louisiana sun. As you probably know, the dumbstruck mayor used this year s Martin Luther King celebration to declare that God had told him New Orleans would always be a "chocolate city" run by African Americans."

2002 Ford Ka from UK and Ireland (Carsurvey.org)
Cool, Quick and Funky! What things have gone wrong with the car? Nothing so far. Well I have only had the car for just over a week. Fingers crossed for its long-term reliability though.

Fast Track: Spotlight will be on Crocker, Duncan (Winston-Salem Journal)
Erin Crocker, the fiery redhead from the Sprint car world, and Allison Duncan, a cool, calculating Californian from the sporty-car set, are the two NASCAR women on stock-car racing's fastest fast track this season, and they have the highest profiles.

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival (The Weekly)
Stone Mountain, GA (Feb. 3) YearOne presents the 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival at Stone Mountain Park on April 1, 2006. This automotive festival is for the whole family and has an incredible array of cool cars, manufacturer s midway, chassis dyno, kids play village and a Dream Car Rides fundraiser (guests can pay $5.00 for a ride in everything from a Model T to a modern muscle car, with

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival (The Weekly)
Stone Mountain, GA (Feb. 3) YearOne presents the 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival at Stone Mountain Park on April 1, 2006. This automotive festival is for the whole family and has an incredible array of cool cars, manufacturer s midway, chassis dyno, kids play village and a Dream Car Rides fundraiser (guests can pay $5.00 for a ride in everything from a Model T to a modern muscle car, with

STOP THE HATRED (Daily Record)
MINISTERS yesterday urged both sides to "cool it" as the row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed raged on across the world. Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain called for tough action against the Muslim protesters who preached terrorism and murder in the heart of London on Friday.

Stephen Harper sworn in as Canada's 22nd prime minister (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
OTTAWA (CP) - Stephen Harper, who was dismissed less than two years ago as unelectable, has been sworn in as the country's 22nd prime minister.

The little hybrid engine that could (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
One of the most impressive cars at this week's Philadelphia Auto Show doesn't come from Japan, Germany or Detroit. It came from the auto shop at West Philadelphia High School.

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

Vote for Your Favorite!
Vote now for the best concept car of the NAIAS 2006 in Detroit.
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Tampa Bay residents dry out, assess damage (St. Petersburg Times)
As residents retrieve flooded cars and clean up waterlogged homes, a cold front settles in behind Friday's storms and ushers in several days of cool weather.

Lincoln's New Luxury CUV
Lincoln unveils a feature-rich crossover-utility vehicle with advanced safety features.
Editors of MSN Autos

Muslim Anti-Cartoon Clashes Turn Deadly (AP via Yahoo! News) Afghan

Muslim Anti-Cartoon Clashes Turn Deadly (AP via Yahoo! News)
Afghan security forces opened fire on demonstrators Monday, leaving at least four dead, as increasingly violent protests erupted around the world over published caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad. European and Muslim politicians pleaded for calm.

Tampa Bay residents dry out, assess damage (St. Petersburg Times)
As residents retrieve flooded cars and clean up waterlogged homes, a cold front settles in behind Friday's storms and ushers in several days of cool weather.

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

Polamalu, Bettis halftime divas? (The Salt Lake Tribune) As the

Polamalu, Bettis halftime divas? (The Salt Lake Tribune)
As the NFL people explored entertainment options for halftime of today's Super Bowl, they overlooked the obvious Detroit connection. Oh, sure, the Rolling Stones are cool and all, but their only relationship to the Motor City is the unmentionables done in American cars. Paul Tagliabue should have trotted out Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu, the man who looks like a cross between

Tampa Bay residents dry out, assess damage (St. Petersburg Times)

Tampa Bay residents dry out, assess damage (St. Petersburg Times)
As residents retrieve flooded cars and clean up waterlogged homes, a cold front settles in behind Friday's storms and ushers in several days of cool weather.

Sandwiched, and in a pickle (Chicago Tribune)
More consumers are pinching (pennies) on some products to maximize their (cash) to splurge on other goods. This `hourglass economy' phenomenon is putting pressure on traditional middle-market brands a To Kevin Illingworth, cheese is cheese.

More autos getting that touch of personality (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Like hamburgers and personal computers, more cars are built to specification at the factory or the dock for buyers who ordered them in advance and are willing to wait.

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...

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual

YearOne and Stone Mountain Park Announce Date For 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival (The Weekly)
Stone Mountain, GA (Feb. 3) YearOne presents the 2nd Annual Cool Car Festival at Stone Mountain Park on April 1, 2006. This automotive festival is for the whole family and has an incredible array of cool cars, manufacturer s midway, chassis dyno, kids play village and a Dream Car Rides fundraiser (guests can pay $5.00 for a ride in everything from a Model T to a modern muscle car, with

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...

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.

Stewart Testing His Car, and His Ribs, as Season Nears (New York Times)
Tony Stewart, the reigning Nascar Nextel Cup champion, injured his ribs in a crash last month but would still rather be in a racecar than sitting and fretting over his aching right side.

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

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

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...

Family, friends confront loss after young mother dies in crash (The Palm Beach Post)
As the priest covered Lisa Vichlenski's casket with a beige shroud at the beginning of her funeral Mass, 3-year-old Cody looked down from his father's arms and asked, "Why are they doing that to my mommy?"