Wanted: Fast talker partial to beef curry (Newsday.com) NEW YORK

Wanted: Fast talker partial to beef curry (Newsday.com)
NEW YORK -- The city's most wanted fugitive has a taste for Guinness. He's also a fast talker who rolls his own cigarettes. When eating Chinese, he goes for the beef curry. With extra mustard.

Will we be buried by cars? (Desert Sun) PALM DESERT

Will we be buried by cars? (Desert Sun)
PALM DESERT - "It's not always just the number of cars," said Rancho Mirage resident Fabian Perez, finishing a Thursday shopping trip at Home Depot. "If you're waiting for 10 minutes at a stoplight and nobody else is around, that's just got to be fixed."

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

Top Sport Utilities on MSN Autos
The most popular sport-utility vehicles on MSN Autos, based on visits to the site's vehicle research pages during the third quarter of 2005.
compiled by MSN Autos

Snowstorm Moves to New England; New York Blanketed (Correct) (Bloomberg.com)
(Corrects typographical error in second paragraph.) Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A fast-moving snowstorm headed up the East Coast, bringing snow and freezing rain to Massachusetts and northern New England after dumping 6 inches on New York City and snarling the morning commute.

2001 Oldsmobile Alero GLS from North America (Carsurvey.org)
Head on and still here.. great cars!!! What things have gone wrong with the car? General comments? A great and very reliable car. Fast comfortable and great value for the money. Seems and drives like a more expensive and more luxury car.

In India, truckers pave fast track for spread of HIV

In India, truckers pave fast track for spread of HIV (Dallas Morning News)
NEW DELHI Zalisz Ahmed paid $1 and lost his virginity on the side of the road to one of India's countless young truck-stop prostitutes. He's had unprotected sex with many others since and says he's never heard of AIDS.

Rte. 7 Makeover Part Of Dulles Rail Plan (Washington Post)
Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner is a mishmash of fast-food restaurants, car dealerships and chain stores. Access roads bump up against the main highway, traffic lights are jammed together, and this time of year, cars slow to a crawl.

Roadshow: Behind truck, you're out of luck on I-880, I-680, Highway 84 (San Jose Mercury News)
Q Your Dirty Dozen list of worst commutes seems to have one problem in common: a mixture of trucks and related vehicles with cars. This is the single greatest highway problem in the Bay Area in my opinion, particularly on Interstate 880 and I-580. It relates to trucks coming from the Port of Oakland to the Central Valley. Solutions need to be put on a fast track.

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.
Editors of MSN Autos

Making a scene (Times Herald)
He's jumped off buildings and through windows. He's driven cars at speeds too fast for legal highway driving and brought them to a sudden halt, inches away from slamming into and destroying $60,000 worth of camera equipment.

Sports cars drive Porsche growth (Independent Online)
Porsche remained in the fast lane of growth in the first four months of its current financial year thanks to strong demand for sports models.

Storms bring snow, freezing cold to wide section of nation (WKRN News 2)
UNDATED Commuters in the Northeast could be in for a hard slog in the morning as a major pre-winter storm barrels eastward. Forecasters say the fast-moving storm will be...

MORE BUSINESS BRIEFS: Autonation is facing harassment accusation (Miami Herald)
AutoNation (AN), the biggest retailer of new and used cars in the U.S., subjected employees at an Illinois dealership to harassment on the basis of race, national origin and religion, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Fires Scar the Upper Valley (Valley News) Meriden -- A

Fires Scar the Upper Valley (Valley News)
Meriden -- A family of four is dead after a powerful fire early yesterday morning tore apart their two-story home, destroyed the cars in the driveway and blackened maple trees in the yard.

Roadshow: Behind truck, you're out of luck on I-880, I-680, Highway 84 (San Jose Mercury News)
Q Your Dirty Dozen list of worst commutes seems to have one problem in common: a mixture of trucks and related vehicles with cars. This is the single greatest highway problem in the Bay Area in my opinion, particularly on Interstate 880 and I-580. It relates to trucks coming from the Port of Oakland to the Central Valley. Solutions need to be put on a fast track.

Do speed bumps harm cars? (Northwest Indiana Times Business)
The purpose of this letter is to gauge your opinion about the installation of traffic-calming devices such as speed humps, chicanes, traffic circles, raised crosswalks, etc. Speed humps, as you probably know, are the most ubiquitous traffic-calming devices.

'Upgradation': Cars captivate India (International Herald Tribune) Indians are discovering

'Upgradation': Cars captivate India (International Herald Tribune)
Indians are discovering in cars control and freedom, privacy and privilege, speed and status.

Traffic congestion plan (AME Info)
Dubai Municipality is planning an intelligent transport system that will give early warning to motorists on traffic congestion, which is worsening with the number of cars growing by 10% a year, reported Gulf News. Dubai is growing so fast that infrastructure, including the roads, cannot keep up, according to assistant director Hussain Nasser Lootah.

128 mph fast but not illegal in this case, judge

128 mph fast but not illegal in this case, judge says (Lincoln Journal Star)
NEBRASKA CITY Speeding is not necessarily reckless, even at 128 miles an hour on a motorcycle in Otoe County.

Traffic congestion plan (AME Info)
Dubai Municipality is planning an intelligent transport system that will give early warning to motorists on traffic congestion, which is worsening with the number of cars growing by 10% a year, reported Gulf News. Dubai is growing so fast that infrastructure, including the roads, cannot keep up, according to assistant director Hussain Nasser Lootah.

New Jeep Concepts
Two concept vehicles, unveiled at Europe's largest auto show, provide a peek into the future of DaimlerChrysler's Jeep brand.
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Rally Cars Are a Reminder of the Bygone Era (AllAfrica.com)
For those who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, it was like down memory lane when they saw the East Africa Classic Safari Rally cars in parking at the East Africa Portland Cement.

Fast-tracking engineering knowhow (The Mercury)
WHAT better way to encourage high school students to pursue careers in engineering than to challenge them to design and race their own formula one cars.

Hybrids Are Hot
Automakers that used to downplay the viability of gasoline-electric hybrids are now embracing them.
Ann Job

On the fast lane to Chennai (Express India)
The next wave of globalisation is swelling here in Chennai, not about Gap T-shirts or Dell laptops, software and call centers. Instead, this is about heavier manufacturing, particularly cars. Detroit's panicking firms know it.

Rally Cars Are a Reminder of the Bygone Era (AllAfrica.com)

Rally Cars Are a Reminder of the Bygone Era (AllAfrica.com)
For those who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s, it was like down memory lane when they saw the East Africa Classic Safari Rally cars in parking at the East Africa Portland Cement.

Wallace fast on Monday's Homestead test (Motorsport.com) Sportscar specialist Andy

Wallace fast on Monday's Homestead test (Motorsport.com)
Sportscar specialist Andy Wallace laid down the unofficial fastest lap on Monday at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in the first day of the Grand American Rolex Series Hoosier Tire Test Days.

Downtown Fort Myers continues its rebirth (WBBH) FORT MYERS

Downtown Fort Myers continues its rebirth (WBBH)
FORT MYERS Fast cars and fast development faster than you might think. The city is a lot cleaner now than it was when I moved here, said Jerry Delisle, a Fort Myers resident. There was nothing here, it was dead.

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers (University of Connecticut Daily Campus)
As the customers pushed their carriages around in a daze on a Monday evening, ambulances, fire trucks and police cars piled in the parking lot with their sirens blasting and strobe lights ricocheting off the facade of the retail giant.

Porsche Cayman S Premieres
The largest show in Europe, the Frankfurt show featured worldwide premieres of 80 concept and production vehicles.
Editors of MSN Autos

Toyota: Still No. 1 (The Daily Tribune)
It's still Toyota by a mile! Take any type car that gives enhanced total driving experience and satisfaction, and it's still Toyota that comes to the peoples' minds as this brand name, tried and tested through the years, is still the best brand suited to almost everyone's fast-moving everyday life.

Four auto companies in Fast Track 100 (AutoWired)
FOUR COMPANIES from the UK automotive sector were placed in yesterday's Fast Track 100 list of fastest growing companies.Highest placed was Nationwide Autocentres at 57. The table, published by The Sunday Times, identifies exceptional turnover growth over the past three years.

Pileup shuts down bridge (The Daily Targum) Eight cars were

Pileup shuts down bridge (The Daily Targum)
Eight cars were involved in a multiple accident pileup yesterday at approximately 7:10 p.m. on the ice-covered bridge over Route 18 between the Busch and Livingston campuses. No injuries were reported. The Rutgers University Police Department blocked off both entrances to the bridge, while the Piscataway police conducted their investigation.

Tops in Vehicle SatisfactionNissan models are big winners in this

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models are big winners in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
Editors of MSN Autos

2006 Chevrolet Impala LT: Teaching an Old Antelope to Jump Through New Hoops (New York Times)
Chevrolet claims to have revamped its entire line of passenger cars. Still, the new Impala could be forgiven for having a hand-me-down complex.

Autoblog Gift Guide: Cars on the small screen (Autoblog)
For the time you or your car-loving gift recipient don t actually spend in the car, there are plenty of quality programs and movies available on DVD to occupy the time. Today s gift guide shows you our documentary, how to and movie picks to tide over the car lover in your life. Documentaries: Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers XIV: Future Car Alan Alda visits the

Lowest-Priced New Vehicles for 2006
Low price doesn't mean skimping on safety equipment anymore; some lowest-priced new cars include six standard airbags.
Ann Job

For the record (Salt Lake Tribune)
Slick roads lead to numerous car mishaps The Utah Highway Patrol said snow and slick roadways contributed to more than 100 car accidents Saturday in Salt Lake and Utah counties, including one that briefly closed Interstate 15. As of 8:30 p.m. Saturday, the UHP reported 75 crashes in Salt Lake County and 12 in Utah County on roads it monitors. There were an additional 15 cases of cars sliding

BEING BILLY CRYSTAL (San Jose Mercury News)
In ``700 Sundays,'' Billy Crystal takes us all home for the holidays. The smart-aleck comedian-cum-movie-star invites us into his boyhood home at 549 E. Park Ave., Long Beach, Long Island, back in the days of Eisenhower, Billie Holiday and cars with big fins. There we meet his older brothers, Joel and Rip; his mother, Helen; and his father, Jack, who worked two jobs to keep the family afloat,

Vandal apparently targeted students' cars at high school (Republican American)
WINSTED -- Police and Region 7 officials are seeking a man who vandalized and attempted to break into cars at Northwestern Regional School on Thursday.

Do speed bumps harm cars? (Northwest Indiana Times Business)
The purpose of this letter is to gauge your opinion about the installation of traffic-calming devices such as speed humps, chicanes, traffic circles, raised crosswalks, etc. Speed humps, as you probably know, are the most ubiquitous traffic-calming devices.

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.
Editors of MSN Autos

Do speed bumps harm cars? (Northwest Indiana Times Business) The

Do speed bumps harm cars? (Northwest Indiana Times Business)
The purpose of this letter is to gauge your opinion about the installation of traffic-calming devices such as speed humps, chicanes, traffic circles, raised crosswalks, etc. Speed humps, as you probably know, are the most ubiquitous traffic-calming devices.

Opinion Headlines from the Idaho State Journal (Idaho State Journal)
Thumbs up: To neighbors helping each other this snowy season. In neighborhoods across Pocatello, people are shoveling walks, digging out cars and going the extra mile.

Girls With Their Eyes on a Goal, and a Puck (New York Times)
According to statistics compiled by USA Hockey, 3,000 girls are taking up hockey every year.

Tops in Vehicle Satisfaction
Nissan models are big winners in this annual vehicle satisfaction study.
Editors of MSN Autos