Buy a hybrid, get a tax break (ABC 13 Texas)

Buy a hybrid, get a tax break (ABC 13 Texas)
Hybrid cars are a good bet for tax breaks in 2006.

'Lost' Actresses Arraigned (CBS 2 New York)
"Lost" stars Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros were arraigned on charges of drunken driving Thursday, nearly a month after the actresses in the hit castaway drama series were arrested in separate cars.

Unmarked patrol cars target aggressive drivers (The Daily News)
SEATTLE -- As traffic began to thicken one recent morning on Interstate 90, a red Dodge Caravan suddenly slashed left in front of another car. The driver had cut it close and hadn't signaled his lane change. The Caravan then sped up and cut left again into the HOV lane.

Vehicle Retriever suits city towing and recovery. (ThomasNet) Providing access

Vehicle Retriever suits city towing and recovery. (ThomasNet)
Providing access to tightly parked cars, Jerr-Dan Side Loading Vehicle Retriever never blocks more than one lane during towing operations. Boom and mast assembly with lift arms allows pick up on both sides of retriever, and lifts and slides vehicle onto retriever's platform. Arms are hydraulically operated to open and close around vehicle's tires and accommodate wheelbases from 88-145 in.

You Drive A What? (BusinessWeek)
Few U.S. and European drivers have heard of Geely. But the Chinese carmaker plans to change that fast

State record: $312 mil land sale (The Arizona Republic)
Two home builders and a mall developer are planning what amounts to a small city on a vast piece of West Valley land used to test cars.

Tax breaks await buyers of hybrid vehicles in early 2006 (Monterey County Herald)
WASHINGTON - Hybrid cars are a good bet for tax breaks in 2006. The new year will bring more savings for buyers of at least 13 gas-electric vehicles, with those showing the biggest improvements in fuel efficiency getting the bigger tax breaks.

Spirited Lucerne helps fast-forward Buick (Seattle Times)
There's a simple way to convince consumers your product is no longer locked in the past: Replace the car and its name. That's what Buick did...

Salisbury native 'fast tracks' career WCU's Sara Kepley learns of life in broadcast business (Salisbury Post)
CULLOWHEE Have you ever wondered what life on the road as part of a broadcast crew videotaping some of the world's fastest race cars would be like? Just ask Sara Kepley, a junior at Western Carolina University.

Mysterious accident haunts used car's past (San Jose Mercury News)
Q When my single daughter wanted to buy a car two years ago, I advised her to buy a manufacturer's certified used car, as she didn't know much about cars. She bought a 2003 Toyota RAV4 from a Toyota dealer in Maryland.

News: Charitable donation changes (WNDU 16)
Time is running out fast if you plan on making some charitable donations before the end of the year, and receiving tax deductions. However, before you pack up those old clothes, or write that check, there are a few changes you'll need to know about this year.

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

Vehicle Retriever suits city towing and recovery. (ThomasNet) Providing access

Vehicle Retriever suits city towing and recovery. (ThomasNet)
Providing access to tightly parked cars, Jerr-Dan Side Loading Vehicle Retriever never blocks more than one lane during towing operations. Boom and mast assembly with lift arms allows pick up on both sides of retriever, and lifts and slides vehicle onto retriever's platform. Arms are hydraulically operated to open and close around vehicle's tires and accommodate wheelbases from 88-145 in.

Spirited Lucerne helps fast-forward Buick (Seattle Times)
There's a simple way to convince consumers your product is no longer locked in the past: Replace the car and its name. That's what Buick did...

You Drive A What? (BusinessWeek)
Few U.S. and European drivers have heard of Geely. But the Chinese carmaker plans to change that fast

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

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

State record: $312 mil land sale (The Arizona Republic)
Two home builders and a mall developer are planning what amounts to a small city on a vast piece of West Valley land used to test cars.

Preview: 2006 Porsche Cayman S
Porsche's new mid-engine coupe builds on the Boxster S, but kicks it up a notch in the performance department.
Mike Meredith

News: Charitable donation changes (WNDU 16)
Time is running out fast if you plan on making some charitable donations before the end of the year, and receiving tax deductions. However, before you pack up those old clothes, or write that check, there are a few changes you'll need to know about this year.

Salisbury native 'fast tracks' career WCU's Sara Kepley learns of

Salisbury native 'fast tracks' career WCU's Sara Kepley learns of life in broadcast business (Salisbury Post)
CULLOWHEE Have you ever wondered what life on the road as part of a broadcast crew videotaping some of the world's fastest race cars would be like? Just ask Sara Kepley, a junior at Western Carolina University.

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

Personal Phone Booths? More Drivers Gab In Cars (40/29 KHBS/KHOG)
WASHINGTON -- More people than ever are turning their cars into personal phone booths, with a million and a half drivers gabbing on cell phones at any given time. Women and young people are the most common yakkers.

Fla. Trailer Town May Agree to Disappear (Washington Post) BRINY

Fla. Trailer Town May Agree to Disappear (Washington Post)
BRINY BREEZES, Fla. -- The news traveled fast, as it usually does in this tiny trailer-park town.

High-Priced Offer Sets Municipality Abuzz (The Ledger)
BRINY BREEZES -- The news traveled fast, as it usually does in this tiny, trailer-park town. A secret suitor was offering to buy the entire municipality for $500 million -more than $1 million per mobile home. Over shuffleboard courts, pinochle tables and whittling benches, word of the fabulous price soon spread.

Doha Asian Games buy $3 million worth of Club Cars (Mena Report)
Dubai based Hydroturf International, the distributor of Club Car in the Middle East has just signed their biggest contract with the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the region, the Doha Asian Games, scheduled from the 1 15 December 2006. The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee has selected Hydroturf to be the sole supplier of 250 Club Cars, a deal worth a staggering US $3 million.

Doha Asian Games buy $3 million worth of Club Cars

Doha Asian Games buy $3 million worth of Club Cars (Mena Report)
Dubai based Hydroturf International, the distributor of Club Car in the Middle East has just signed their biggest contract with the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the region, the Doha Asian Games, scheduled from the 1 15 December 2006. The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee has selected Hydroturf to be the sole supplier of 250 Club Cars, a deal worth a staggering US $3 million.

CHRONICLEWATCH / Working for a better Bay Area (San Francisco Chronicle)
Results: Day 5 Lines repainted in San Francisco: Jacqueline Darrigrand is impressed with the fast action of city crews in repainting several crosswalks on Fulton Street, but the Richmond District tipster is still worried by the fast-moving cars on the...

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

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

November 2005 Japan Auto Production Rises 3.9% (The Auto Channel)

November 2005 Japan Auto Production Rises 3.9% (The Auto Channel)
TOKYO December 28, 2005; Japan Today reported that production of cars, trucks and buses in Japan in November rose 3.9% from a year earlier to 962,378 vehicles for the first rise in two months, while auto exports edged up 0.5% to 445,607, extending a rising streak to four months, an industry body said Tuesday.

Cell-phone film fest calls for those who can think small (Newsday.com)
ITHACA - Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast-food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big.

Family Mourns A Young Man Full of Potential (Washington Post)
Christopher James Buro's family had a nickname for him that summed up his good looks, charisma and love of fast cars: They called him "Hollywood."

Doha Asian Games buy $3 million worth of Club Cars

Doha Asian Games buy $3 million worth of Club Cars (Mena Report)
Dubai based Hydroturf International, the distributor of Club Car in the Middle East has just signed their biggest contract with the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the region, the Doha Asian Games, scheduled from the 1 15 December 2006. The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee has selected Hydroturf to be the sole supplier of 250 Club Cars, a deal worth a staggering US $3 million.

Contest: Think big with small tool (Seattle Times)
Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast-food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. An Ithaca College dean...

Alcohol: what good is it? (The Wessex Scene Online)
"I spent a lot of money on booze, women and fast cars, the rest I just wasted!" - George Best . For the average student, propping up the non-league of the financial standings, a mantra of "booze, books and fast-food" is perhaps more recognisable.

Fla. Trailer Town May Agree to Disappear (Washington Post)
BRINY BREEZES, Fla. -- The news traveled fast, as it usually does in this tiny trailer-park town.

Family Mourns A Young Man Full of Potential (Washington Post)
Christopher James Buro's family had a nickname for him that summed up his good looks, charisma and love of fast cars: They called him "Hollywood."

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

CHRONICLEWATCH / Working for a better Bay Area (San Francisco Chronicle)
Results: Day 5 Lines repainted in San Francisco: Jacqueline Darrigrand is impressed with the fast action of city crews in repainting several crosswalks on Fulton Street, but the Richmond District tipster is still worried by the fast-moving cars on the...

Cell phone film contest inspires small thinking (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to instead think small. And she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it.

`Small minds' wanted to shoot film with a cell phone (San Jose Mercury News)
Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to think small. And she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it.

Pocked Paths Now Commuter Corridors (Washington Post)
In fast-growing southern Loudoun County, the desperation of commuters knows no bounds. Pavement? Not necessary. No bridge? No problem.

CHRONICLEWATCH / Working for a better Bay Area (San Francisco

CHRONICLEWATCH / Working for a better Bay Area (San Francisco Chronicle)
Results: Day 5 Lines repainted in San Francisco: Jacqueline Darrigrand is impressed with the fast action of city crews in repainting several crosswalks on Fulton Street, but the Richmond District tipster is still worried by the fast-moving cars on the...

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

Car buying bride was probably taken for a ride (Hampton

Car buying bride was probably taken for a ride (Hampton Roads Daily Press)
Dear Tom and Ray: Please, please help! When my single daughter wanted to buy a car two years ago, I advised her to buy a manufacturer's certified used car, as she didn't know much about cars. She bought a 2003 Toyota RAV4 from a Toyota dealer in Maryland. Fast-forward to today - she is getting married in three weeks, and she wants to sell the car. As the father of a busy daughter who's preparing

Click and Clack Talk Cars (Independent Record) Dear Tom and

Click and Clack Talk Cars (Independent Record)
Dear Tom and Ray: Please, please help! When my single daughter wanted to buy a car two years ago, I advised her to buy a manufacturer s certified used car, as she didn t know much about cars. She bought a 2003 Toyota RAV4 from a Toyota dealer in Maryland.

Preview: 2006 Porsche Cayman S
Porsche's new mid-engine coupe builds on the Boxster S, but kicks it up a notch in the performance department.
Mike Meredith

Drivers hot for carpool decals (The Sacramento Bee)
They are popping up in carpool lanes from Los Angeles to Sacramento - high-mileage hybrid cars sporting jaunty yellow decals on their haunches.

Cell phone film contest inspires small thinking (San Jose Mercury News)
Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big.

Car buying bride was probably taken for a ride (Hampton Roads Daily Press)
Dear Tom and Ray: Please, please help! When my single daughter wanted to buy a car two years ago, I advised her to buy a manufacturer's certified used car, as she didn't know much about cars. She bought a 2003 Toyota RAV4 from a Toyota dealer in Maryland. Fast-forward to today - she is getting married in three weeks, and she wants to sell the car. As the father of a busy daughter who's preparing

Beware the drink trap (New Straits Times)
I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars the rest I just squandered. - Best

At Least Four Dead in Japan Trail Wreck (AP via

At Least Four Dead in Japan Trail Wreck (AP via Yahoo! News)
An express train traveling through strong winter winds derailed in northern Japan on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring more than 30, a police official said.

Movie contest requires small thinking (NorthJersey.com)
ITHACA, N.Y. - Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast-food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to think small instead. And she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it.

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

Death Toll Now Three in Japan Train Wreck (Idaho Press-Tribune)
Most of the injured passengers were on the first two cars, Oe said. It was unclear how many passengers were on the train. One official said 30, but public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo put the number of injured alone at 33.

Cell phone film contest inspires small thinking (San Jose Mercury

Cell phone film contest inspires small thinking (San Jose Mercury News)
Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big.

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 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

Ice causes multicar pileup in Snowmass Canyon (The Aspen Times)
Four cars, including a Pitkin County Sheriff's Office vehicle, collided in a multicar pileup in Snowmass Canyon on Christmas Eve.

Unmarked patrols snag dangerous drivers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) The Washington State

Unmarked patrols snag dangerous drivers (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The Washington State Patrol is pulling over more aggressive drivers than ever these days in unmarked cars that prowl local highways for hyper-fast lane changers, tailgaters and others who are uncivil on the road.

Budding filmmakers can phone it in (Chicago Sun-Times)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to instead think small. And she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it.

Northstar Know-how (CARkeys)
Perhaps it's because it's American, and people over here feel that Americans can't build cars properly. Or perhaps it's because it's front-wheel drive, and luxury cars aren't meant to be that way.

Costs of DUI Arrests Add Up Fast (KXTV)
The American Automobile Association estimates 80 percent of all Californians will travel by car this Christmas weekend. Some of them, however, will be drunk behind the wheel. It can be a costly error in judgment.

Film contest asks entrants to think small (The Plain Dealer)
Ithaca, N.Y.- Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast-food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. Really big. An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to think small instead. And she's offering a $5,000 prize to do it.

$5,000 winner needs to think small (Kansas City Star)
ITHACA, N.Y. Bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger portions at the local fast-food joint. In America, the guiding maxim is to think big. An Ithaca College dean is encouraging students to instead think small. And she is offering a $5,000 prize to do it.

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

Click and Clack Talk Cars (Independent Record)
Dear Tom and Ray: Please, please help! When my single daughter wanted to buy a car two years ago, I advised her to buy a manufacturer s certified used car, as she didn t know much about cars. She bought a 2003 Toyota RAV4 from a Toyota dealer in Maryland.

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