2006 North American International Auto Show Opening Weekend Yields Strong

2006 North American International Auto Show Opening Weekend Yields Strong Attendance (The Auto Channel)
DETROIT, Jan. 16 -- Opening weekend at the 2006 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) yielded strong attendance. Public Days began Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 with 95,662 attendees and continued to gain momentum with more than 245,000 total visitors by Sunday evening.

Laser guns aid police in speed detection (Macon Telegraph)
In the dark of night on Interstate 75 South, Macon police officer William Barron squeezed his finger on the trigger.

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

Love and winter (The Times Argus)
Janisse Ray grew up in Georgia along U.S. Highway 1, the onetime main road between Maine and Miami. Drivers, however, never seemed to notice her house. Their eyes gravitated like magnets to the hundreds of dilapidated automobiles and appliances around it.

Reporting on the world's largest from the Great Plains (Bismarck Tribune)
ALLIANCE, Neb. - At first it was the world's largest pelican at Pelican Rapids, Minn. Then, later, the world's largest loon at Vergas. The world's largest buffalo brought North Dakota into the game - with some dignity - in 1959. After that ... well, you know the rest.

Derailment Disrupts Freight, Passengers (WTOK-TV Meridian)
A train derailment in Cuba, Ala., disrupted business for a lot of people. A CSX freight train traveling east derailed around noon Monday. The railroad track is owned by Norfolk Southern, but is also used by Amtrak.

Platinum storms to record high (Business Report)
London - Platinum prices hit a record high of $1 050.25 per ounce in London trade on Monday of as investment funds piled into the market amid tensions caused in part by Iran's disputed nuclear program.

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

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

Let nature be your guide to design, Duke prof says (The News & Observer)
To appreciate Duke University scientist Adrian Bejan, think back to comedian Jerry Lewis. In his prime, Lewis was loved in America but idolized in Europe.