At 82, tailor decides to close shop (St. Petersburg Times)

At 82, tailor decides to close shop (St. Petersburg Times)
For almost 60 years, Angres Chapman has been fitting clothing for just about everyone.

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

Local seniors bemoan change in holidays (Journal Advocate)
STERLING - This Christmas 16-year-old Tanner Johnson will travel six hours away to Nebraska. While it's certainly not a trip worthy of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," it's a change from the Christmases of yore even the Sterling High junior has noticed.

740 Park, world's richest units (The Charlotte Observer)
Enid Haupt, the TV Guide heiress who died in October at 99, used to pull up in front of her Park Avenue apartment in a station wagon filled with flowers for her penthouse. She griped when the limousines blocked her way.

Questions matter more than answers (The Express-Times)
advancement depends on vision. Local man's initiative illustrates this.

Crowell files bill to ban cameras at intersections (SEMissourian.com)
Those already installed would have to be removed. Perched above the stoplights in a few Missouri towns, cameras record automobiles that run through intersections after the lights change to red. A few days later, the owners of those cars receive a citation.

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

Vehicles are worth tax deduction (The Enid News & Eagle)
If you own and operate a business, you very likely use a vehicle in your business. Today let s look how vehicles can help you get a tax deduction. You know fuel prices have gone up, and then apparently have come down a little.

Carbondale forensic scientist published in leading journal (The Southern Illinoisan)
CARBONDALE - The suspect swore he wasn't the driver in the fatal collision that killed two regionally famous musicians, but singe patterns from the deployment of an airbag said otherwise.

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