Lucky Cab Co. takes hybrid cars on a test drive

Lucky Cab Co. takes hybrid cars on a test drive (Las Vegas Sun)
Jason Awad has never shied away from trying something new. The owner of Lucky Cab Co. bucked the taxi tradition of larger cars a few years ago when he began adding small Chevrolet Impalas and eventually even smaller Toyota Camrys to his fleet of 120 automobiles.

U.S. braces for Katrina car scams (Kansas City Star)
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - As the vast vehicular wreckage wrought by Hurricane Katrina is carted away, law enforcement and insurance officials are anticipating the arrival of tens of thousands of those vehicles on used-car lots across the United States.

Auto shop back, but owner unsatisfied (Casper Star-Tribune)
ROCK SPRINGS -- Forced by the wrecking ball to move from his downtown location to make way for a multimillion-dollar road reconstruction project, the longtime owner of Performance Auto Inc. said his business is up and running again at a new location.

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.

Theft of black Santa, graffiti signs of racism, observers say (Belleville News-Democrat)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS -- Vandals once again have struck the home where a black Santa Claus was on display in the yard.

Moving On - part three of a three-part series with outgoing Missoula Mayor Mike Kadas (Missoulian)
As chair of Montana Public Power, Inc., Missoula Mayor Mike Kadas has exuded a certain amount of confidence about the prospects of having five cities buy NorthWestern Energy and turn it into a public utility.

Resolutions to keep (The Tribune)
Saurabh Malik gives you a roll of resolutions the city girls want their guys to keep in 2006.