Villages residents have watched golf cars evolve over five decades

Villages residents have watched golf cars evolve over five decades (Villages Daily Sun)
THE VILLAGES - When Ken Zalecki first started playing golf in the 1970s, he used a pull cart to haul his gear around the course. Although motorized golf carts had been around since the 1950s, Zalecki preferred something quieter and perhaps safer, he said.

E-check for cars to be free for next two years (The Plain Dealer)
Starting Tuesday, E-check will be free. Northeast Ohio motorists will no longer have to pay the $19.50 fee when their vehicle's emissions are tested. Cars that are four years old or newer also will be exempt from the test.

Harrodsburg couple to begin street ministry (The Advocate Messenger)
HARRODSBURG - You've heard of meals-on-wheels programs where people prepare and cook hot meals, place them in their vans, cars or trucks and take them to sick people, poor people and elderly shut-ins.

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

S&P 500 Hot Stocks (Schaeffers Research)
A daily feature available on SchaeffersResearch.com is the "SPX Hot Stocks" column...( Read More )

Nauman: New year, new cars at S.J. auto show (San Jose Mercury News)
As San Jose's annual new-car show grows into new space, organizers couldn't be blamed for a offering up a bit of hyperbole. ``It's always bigger and better,'' said San Jose Chrysler-Jeep dealer Mark Normandin, chairman of the 2006 San Jose International Auto Show.

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

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

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used Car
Carfax provides guidance and tips to help you spot vehicles with potential water damage.
Editors of MSN Autos

Harrodsburg couple to begin street ministry (The Advocate Messenger) HARRODSBURG

Harrodsburg couple to begin street ministry (The Advocate Messenger)
HARRODSBURG - You've heard of meals-on-wheels programs where people prepare and cook hot meals, place them in their vans, cars or trucks and take them to sick people, poor people and elderly shut-ins.

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

30 new luxury cars coming to India (Rediff.com)
The Indian auto industry is well on track to becoming the third largest car market.

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

Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks Features General Motors, Weatherford International, Symbol Technologies, Cummins, (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CINCINNATI----Dec. 30, 2005--Among the stocks featured in the December 30 edition of Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks are General Motors , Weatherford International , Symbol Technologies , Cummins , and Circuit City Stores .

New law hits paparazzi in the pocketbook (CNN.com)
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- They lurk in bushes, camp out in cars and hover in helicopters. Some are brazen enough to openly brandish their cameras, like old Western gunslingers.

Hot air balloon narrowly misses landing on Indio homes (KESQ)
Some East Valley residents got quite a scare when a hot air balloon nearly landed on their home. A big balloon landed right next to the Shadow Hills homes near Interstate 10 and Jefferson Street around four yesterday afternoon. We told you about it as it was breaking.

Nauman: New year, new cars at S.J. auto show (San Jose Mercury News)
As San Jose's annual new-car show grows into new space, organizers couldn't be blamed for a offering up a bit of hyperbole. ``It's always bigger and better,'' said San Jose Chrysler-Jeep dealer Mark Normandin, chairman of the 2006 San Jose International Auto Show.

Preview: 2006 Porsche Cayman SPorsche's new mid-engine coupe builds on

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

Top electronics show offers cars, sex, software (Reuters\ via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
A dozen industries will cram into the annual consumer electronics jamboree in Las Vegas next week to clamour for attention in the equally crowded digital media market.

30 new luxury cars coming to India (Rediff.com)
The Indian auto industry is well on track to becoming the third largest car market.

DIRECTING TRAFFIC (New York Press) At breakfast time outside Pastis,

DIRECTING TRAFFIC (New York Press)
At breakfast time outside Pastis, the Meatpacking District's perma-hot bistro, sunlight spreads through a cobblestone plaza. It should encourage goofy sprints or balletic dips. But then a stream of black cars, SUVs and zippy subcompacts threatens to shred your ankles.

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

Troopers Report 'Hot Spots' For Aggressive Driving (KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma)
Washington State Patrol troopers, marking the one-year anniversary of a Web site that takes reports of aggressive driving, say they've given tickets or warnings to more than 44,000 aggressive drivers in 2005.

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

Local classic cars head for Rose Parade (Valencia County News-Bulletin)

Local classic cars head for Rose Parade (Valencia County News-Bulletin)
Los Lunas Two Valencia County couples are going to the Tournament of Roses Parade the old-fashion wayed by "cruzin'" to California on Route 66. Gene and Sarah Hazlett and Joe and Kathy Duffy will drive in New Mexico's Classic Car Caravan that will leave Acoma on Thursday morning.

Hot springs an oasis in the concrete jungle (Miami Herald)
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.

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

Subcompact demand tips scales in Japan's favor (Miami Herald)
After piling into minivans, sport-utility vehicles and even pickup trucks, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market -- itty-bitty economy cars.

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.

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

Winter Driving Tips From the ExpertsWinter conditions can be challenging

Winter Driving Tips From the Experts
Winter conditions can be challenging for drivers of all skill levels. The editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada offers sound advice from the Great White North.
Marc Lachapelle, with Gerry Malloy for Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada

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

Hard-core shoppers back for bargains (The Morning Call)
'Twas the day after Christmas, and half-price beef sticks were selling like hot cakes, remote-controlled cars were flying off the shelves and a box of 100 mini lights was just 63 cents.

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.

DIRECTING TRAFFIC (New York Press)
At breakfast time outside Pastis, the Meatpacking District's perma-hot bistro, sunlight spreads through a cobblestone plaza. It should encourage goofy sprints or balletic dips. But then a stream of black cars, SUVs and zippy subcompacts threatens to shred your ankles.

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.

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

Holocaust-era railcar arrives at Houston museum (Austin American-Statesman)
HOUSTON A World War II-era German railcar's arrival at a Texas museum brought back horrific memories for Al Marks, one of millions of Jewish people who were loaded onto similar cars and hauled to Nazi concentration camps.

Subcompact demand tips scales in Japan's favor (Miami Herald)
After piling into minivans, sport-utility vehicles and even pickup trucks, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market -- itty-bitty economy cars.

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

Drivers hot for carpool decals (The Sacramento Bee) They are

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.

Winter Driving Tips From the Experts
Winter conditions can be challenging for drivers of all skill levels. The editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada offers sound advice from the Great White North.
Marc Lachapelle, with Gerry Malloy for Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada

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.

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.

Hard-core shoppers back for bargains (The Morning Call) 'Twas the

Hard-core shoppers back for bargains (The Morning Call)
'Twas the day after Christmas, and half-price beef sticks were selling like hot cakes, remote-controlled cars were flying off the shelves and a box of 100 mini lights was just 63 cents.

Line Man (Baltimore Sun) Robert Schroeder was eking out a

Line Man (Baltimore Sun)
Robert Schroeder was eking out a quiet living doing pinstriping and flames for custom cars. Then Bon Jovi discovered him. Sitting in a cluttered auto shop in a sleepy southern Pennsylvania farm town, 45-year-old artist Robert Schroeder confesses that he's worried about groupies finding him.

HOT NEWS (Zaman Online)
An express commuter train in north of Japan derailed, killing four and reportedly wounding 33 in the accident. Japanese Kyodo news agency has informed five of the six cars derailed.

2006 NAIAS CoverageThe Official Web Site of the North American

2006 NAIAS Coverage
The Official Web Site of the North American International Auto Show.
Editors of MSN Autos

The calm before the storm (Florida Today)
Yes, it's the Christmas shopping season and ideally businesses count on a buying frenzy during the holidays to bolster their bottom lines. Of course, clothing, electronics and toys are traditional hot sellers November through January.

Hot-rodder Carbone dead (South Bend Tribune)
COLLINSVILLE, Okla. (AP) -- World-champion race-car driver Steve Carbone, who won the American Hot Rod Association World Finals in 1969, has died. He was 61.

More tiny cars enter market (Honolulu Advertiser)
WASHINGTON After piling into minivans, sport utility vehicles and even pickup trucks, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market itty-bitty economy cars.

Hot soup warms the holiday (The Mail Tribune)
Surrounded by a heavy fog, Marlin Webb and his friend Perry sat in the pavilion at Bear Creek Park on Christmas Eve to watch a football game on a little, portable television.

Hot Yaris is on way (AutoExpress)
oyota is upping the power stakes with a hot T Sport version of its new Yaris supermini. The Japanese company plans to confront Ford's Fiesta ST, Vauxhall's next-generation Corsa VXR and the 2.0-litre Renault Clio GT - due to appear next October - with the little charger.

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

The Truth About Fuel Economy RatingsIf your new car's actual

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

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used Car
Carfax provides guidance and tips to help you spot vehicles with potential water damage.
Editors of MSN Autos

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

Winter Driving Tips From the Experts
Winter conditions can be challenging for drivers of all skill levels. The editor of Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada offers sound advice from the Great White North.
Marc Lachapelle, with Gerry Malloy for Sympatico / MSN Autos Canada

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

MOTOR CALENDAR (San Francisco Chronicle) Auto Show: Models from more

MOTOR CALENDAR (San Francisco Chronicle)
Auto Show: Models from more than 30 manufacturers will be displayed at the 2006 San Jose International Auto Show, Jan. 4-8, at the McEnery Convention Center. For the first time, the show will feature an "Aftermarket Alley" that highlights exotic cars, hot...

More tiny cars enter market (Honolulu Advertiser)
WASHINGTON After piling into minivans, sport utility vehicles and even pickup trucks, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market itty-bitty economy cars.

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

Race-car driver, businessman Steve Carbone dies (Sports Illustrated)
COLLINSVILLE, Okla. (AP) -- World-champion race-car driver Steve Carbone, who won the American Hot Rod Association World Finals in 1969, has died. He was 61.

Our top 10 autos of 2005 (Investors.com)
DARNESTOWN, Md. (MarketWatch) -- It's been a record year for the number of cars that we've either fully road-tested, taken for a first-time drive or had an initial glimpse.

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