Your Link to Germany (Deutsche Welle) In December, 2002, the

Your Link to Germany (Deutsche Welle)
In December, 2002, the 200-metre-long car carrier Tricolor sank after colliding with a container ship in the English Channel. Its cargo was 3,000 luxury automobiles. When an oil tanker ran into the wreck, it became clear that the it had to be salvaged.

SLS to get play on 'The Apprentice' (Springfield Business Journal)
From network television to the American Stock Exchange, Ozark-based SLS International Inc. is getting its name out.

Record imports of automobiles in 2005 (Iceland Review)
2005 will go down as a record year for automobile imports, reports Icelandic National Broadcasting Service. Never before have as many cars been imported into Iceland; automobile imports increased 50% in 2005 from the year before.

Police shoot dead knife wielding man in New Orleans (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Police in New Orleans shot dead a knife wielding man after a showdown caught on amateur videotape, sparking new controversy over law enforcement in the hurricane-hit city.

Prohibition brought with it plenty of problems (Salisbury Post)
No era in the history of this nation was more crime-ridden than the years from 1920 to 1933. Those were the days when one could not get a legal drink of alcohol anywhere.

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.

Rant, Rave (Dallas Observer)
Most of the year, I try to live up to the general rule of thumb around the offices of this newspaper, which is: "Every little chance you get, please try to tell the readers something they don't already know."

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.

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