Passion key to car enthusiasts (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) You might say

Passion key to car enthusiasts (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
You might say that Lamar Jakes was a natural to fix up an old hot rod and show it off occasionally at a car show. "I've just been around cars all my life," he said. "In fact, I was born in a car -- Aug. 21, 1954 -- on the way to the hospital in Phenix City. I was born in my grandfather's 1954 Ford."

West's natural resources rediscovered by industry (Salt Lake Tribune)
PARACHUTE, Colo. - John Loschke climbs out of his truck in the cramped parking lot outside the Outlaws restaurant and surveys the collection of cars, trucks and RVs. It's lunch hour on a hot summer day and he figures about 70 percent of the vehicles bear the unmistakable signs of oil and gas country. It reminds Loschke, the town's mayor, of the chaotic scene when Parachute's fortunes were

Fort Pierce's gritty waterfront suddenly in hot demand among developers (Palm Beach Post)
FORT PIERCE This coastal city's gritty, storied, industrial waterfront is changing. Enter condominiums, hotels, boutique shops, brick pavement. And millions of dollars from investors, developers and city coffers.

Houston Comes Back to Life After Hurricane (AP via Yahoo! News)
Airlines resumed service and cars flowed easily over freeways as Houston flickered back to life Sunday, avoiding at least for now a repeat of the gridlock that plagued the evacuation before Hurricane Rita.