Hot club's quarrels with police boil over (Dallas Morning News)

Hot club's quarrels with police boil over (Dallas Morning News)
In the lavish interior of the uber-hip downtown Dallas dance club Blue, the simple, typed black-and-white signs stick out.

Hot Tar Spill on 219 Causes Damage to Drivers' Tires (WIVB-TV Buffalo)
(December 27, 2005) - - Dozens of drivers are falling victim to a tarry, sticky mess that's shut down a busy roadway in the Southern Tier. It's a story you saw first on News 4 Tuesday morning.

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.

Slain businessman known for love of cars, generosity (Chicago Sun-Times)
Known for his love of cars, his handiwork and his generous spirit, John Stilp was the kind of guy who would always lend a helping hand, friends and neighbors said Monday -- two days after the longtime Chicago businessman was found beaten to death inside his South Side business.

Joystiq Review: Project Gotham Racing 3 (Xbox 360) (Joystiq)
Filed under: Reviews , Xbox 360 , Driving , Online , Simulations , Sports Like Playboy, Project Gotham Racing 3 ( PGR3 ) isn't about realism: it's about deliciously impossible bodies glossily reproduced for a mostly male audience sweatily grasping joysticks. PGR3 succeeds because the game's developers packed the game's 75 cars with more polygons than a geometry textbook . And

2005: The year in music (Macworld.com via Yahoo! News)
When the skies are filled with flying cars piloted by our silver-jumpsuited descendants, history will look upon 2005 as The Year of the iPod (Again). Whereas 2004 established the iPod as a genuine phenomenon, 2005 proved that Apple s music player had moved beyond mere fad to institution.

Japan's super hot springs offer much more than baths (Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau)
TOKYO - Tired? Bored? In Japan, a popular solution, especially on a weekend night, is the super hot springs - a one-stop shop for a hot soak in a deep tub, a Jacuzzi bath for the feet, a sauna, a massage, a facial, a great meal - maybe a movie, too. You can stay all night.

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