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Phoenix finally hops on the train - CNN Money
PHOENIX (Reuters) — With a hearty “All Aboard,” Phoenix launched a sleek new $1.4 billion light-rail system Saturday amid uncertainty people will hop out of their cars and onto the train. About 75 people became the first riders of the 20-mile system

Md. Firm To Ship Cars From Tampa Port To Africa, Mideast - Tampa Bay Online
TAMPA - AAA Lines, a specialized vehicle delivery service based in Baltimore, will launch an export service at the Port of Tampa on Sunday that will transport cars, trucks and construction equipment to West Africa and the Middle East. The “roll on

Who needs to own a car when you can rent one by the hour? - Walletpop.com
How often do you really need a car? Instead of owning your own ride, what if there was a fleet of cars conveniently stationed nearby that you could rent by the hour when the need arose? Following in the tread print of Zipcar, Hertz has started just

Stock Picker: Old Cars, New Opportunity - CNBC
Detroit’s nightmare could be a dream come true for auto-repair stocks, according to Anthony Cresitello of BB&T Capital Markets. “It’s a combination of keeping cars longer, and the age of the fleet on the road today keeps getting older and older,” he

The Catalog Alarm - Kommersant
In the Far East, the regional authorities stepped in Monday in an attempt to reconcile the Far East Customs Department and car owners . The drivers oppose new methods for calculating the value of used cars imported to Russia, as the cost of the Asian

Nevada train derailment won’t disrupt service after all - NebraskaTV
RENO (AP) - Omaha-based Union Pacific Railroad officials are investigating the cause of a weekend freight train derailment in northern Nevada. Railroad officials say there will be no disruption to rail service on 1 of the country’s main east-west

City income tax to be proposed to Iowa lawmakers - Clinton Herald
DES MOINES — A measure that would allow cities to tax the income of residents to reduce their reliance on property taxes will be proposed to lawmakers when they convene next month. Cities and counties generate more than 80 percent of their budgets

Nissan, NEC To Spend $1 Billion On Battery Output - TechWeb
The joint venture will start manufacturing lithium-ion batteries next year with an initial capacity to supply 13,000 units a year. TOKYO, Dec 29 - Japan’s Nissan Motor Co and NEC Corp will invest at least $1.1 billion to make lithium-ion batteries

Madera Speedway will offer packed 2009 slate - Fresno Bee
The green flag will go down on Madera Speedway’s 24-date racing season March 21 with the Smokey Hanoian Classic and fireworks show. The one-third-mile asphalt track will feature four races for USAC Sprint Cars, six for USAC/BCRA Midgets, three for

The General Motors exec behind the Chevrolet Volt electric car hands environmentalists another twig to beat GM with when he reportedly calls global warming “a crock of sh-t.” Bob Lutz, GM’s vice chairman for product development, later addresses the FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Hawthorn premiership ruckman Brent Renouf was interviewed by police over an alcohol-fuelled incident where he damaged two parked vehicles on Saturday night. The incident occurred after Renouf was leaving a Melbourne hotel. The 20-year-old, who played FirstChoiceAutoFinder

DRESBACH, Minn. — Railroad officials say a crew has pulled a locomotive from the Mississippi River after last week’s train collision. Mike LoVecchio, a spokesman for Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., says crews pulled the locomotive up the embankment FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Riot police in Vladivostok in the far east of Russia broke up a protest yesterday against a steep rise in car import duties. Witnesses said at least 100 people were detained as police closed in on the unsanctioned rally, beating protesters and FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Protesters have clashed with riot police in central Athens following a memorial for the teenager who was shot dead by police. Mourners gathered at the site where 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed on December 6, in the central Athens FirstChoiceAutoFinder

ST. PAUL, Minn. New numbers are coming on cars, guns and cash forfeited in drug cases and other crimes in Minnesota. State Auditor Rebecca Otto releases figures for 2007 on Monday. Her 2006 report says criminal property forfeitures have been on the FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Holden has announced that it will build a four-cylinder fuel-efficient car at its Elizabeth production plant in Adelaide. The car maker says it will start building the small cars in 2010 on a second production line at the plant, in Adelaide’s FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Real-estate tycoon-turned-reality-TV star Donald Trump has filed a $100 million lawsuit against a small city outside of Los Angeles over his plans to revamp his world-class golf course in the suburb. Trump accused the city of Rancho Palos Verdes of FirstChoiceAutoFinder

People protest against a government decision to hike car import tariffs in downtown Moscow, Russia , Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. The poster, bottom, reads: “Today they raise car tariffs tomorrow food prices!” The banner, top, reads: “Let lawmakers ride FirstChoiceAutoFinder

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens of people in the Pacific port of Vladivostok Sunday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across Russia by people outraged over an increase in car-import FirstChoiceAutoFinder

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens of people in the Pacific port of Vladivostok Sunday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across Russia by people outraged over an increase in car-import FirstChoiceAutoFinder

People protest against a government decision to hike car import tariffs in downtown Moscow, Russia , Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008. The poster, bottom, reads: “Today they raise car tariffs tomorrow food prices!” The banner, top, reads: “Let lawmakers ride FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Real-estate tycoon-turned-reality-TV star Donald Trump has filed a $100 million lawsuit against a small city outside of Los Angeles over his plans to revamp his world-class golf course in the suburb. Trump accused the city of Rancho Palos Verdes of FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Holden has announced that it will build a four-cylinder fuel-efficient car at its Elizabeth production plant in Adelaide. The car maker says it will start building the small cars in 2010 on a second production line at the plant, in Adelaide’s FirstChoiceAutoFinder

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Riot police clubbed, kicked and detained dozens of people in the Pacific port of Vladivostok Sunday in a harsh crackdown on a protest that was one of dozens across Russia by people outraged over an increase in car-import FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Hawthorn premiership ruckman Brent Renouf was interviewed by police over an alcohol-fuelled incident where he damaged two parked vehicles on Saturday night. The incident occurred after Renouf was leaving a Melbourne hotel. The 20-year-old, who played FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Protesters have clashed with riot police in central Athens following a memorial for the teenager who was shot dead by police. Mourners gathered at the site where 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed on December 6, in the central Athens FirstChoiceAutoFinder

ST. PAUL, Minn. New numbers are coming on cars, guns and cash forfeited in drug cases and other crimes in Minnesota. State Auditor Rebecca Otto releases figures for 2007 on Monday. Her 2006 report says criminal property forfeitures have been on the FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Slick streets and bitter cold greeted commuters around Puget Sound this morning, but early indications were many motorists were heeding warnings and avoiding the commute. “The side streets are just terrible. They’re just a sheet of ice,” said State FirstChoiceAutoFinder

CENTRAL JERSEY — Snow is falling in Central Jersey, and speed limits are being dropped as ice trucks hit the roads. As of 10:30 a.m., the white stuff was beginning to steadily fall in Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon and Union counties. The speed FirstChoiceAutoFinder

DETROIT — Michigan’s Lower Peninsula is expecting up to 10 inches of snow from a storm that has moved into the Great Lakes region from the southern Plains. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning through Friday for a large FirstChoiceAutoFinder

The town spent Thursday gearing up for the first major snowstorm of the year, prepping plow trucks and sanders to clear the roadways for what is forecast to be a messy evening commute. Snow and sleet could begin falling early this morning, with the FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Snow Emergencies Declared For Friday Storm (12/19/2008) Will The Snow Cause Another Traffic Nightmare? (12/18/2008) Foot Of Snow Expected Friday (12/19/2008) State Workers Kept Home In Advance Of Storm (12/19/2008) People in South Boston and all over FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Winter doesn’t officially start until Sunday, but Fairfield and the region are in for the first blast of the season today. According to the National Weather Service, www.weather.gov , a Winter Storm Watch went into effect for the Northeast at 10:02 p FirstChoiceAutoFinder

New vehicle sales in the U.S. for December are expected to rise 15% from November but fall 38% from a year ago, according to car-shopping site Edmunds.com . Edmunds said December sales are usually about 18% higher than November’s. Based on this FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Anticipating heavy snowfall this afternoon, Gov. Deval L. Patrick this morning told non-emergency state employees to stay home from work. The governor encouraged private employers to take similar action. The announcement was made in anticipation of FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Newton, Ia. - Iowa Speedway president Jerry Jauron smiled during an impromptu news conference Thursday. “This really puts us over the top,” he said of Wednesday’s announcement that the track would host a Sept. 5 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series FirstChoiceAutoFinder

I left Japan about three weeks ago. The commercial flight went from Okinawa to Utapao, Thailand, to Dubai, finishing in Manas, Kyrgyzstan. We stayed there for 24 hours, then boarded a military flight to Bagram Air Base. The processing there lasted FirstChoiceAutoFinder

My brother retired from a management position in Ford about 10 years ago. He told me then that the SUV , truck division was the highest profit account for Ford. Why, because that is what the consumer was buying. Sorry but that is not a failed FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Mike Warney at Firestone on Commercial Street was so busy he barely had a moment to spare Monday. “I just can’t get off the phone,” Warney said after fielding his fifth call in as about as many minutes. “People want snow tires or chains — that’s FirstChoiceAutoFinder

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - Traveling in a convoy of 30 supply trucks escorted by security guards, the young Afghan driver hauled bottled water through Afghanistan’s dangerous south to a U.S. outpost in Helmand province. Stanekzai then headed FirstChoiceAutoFinder

Police thwart opposition rally in Moscow; between 90-130 detained - KPNews.com
MOSCOW (AP) — Police thwarted a banned anti-Kremlin protest in central Moscow on Sunday, seizing demonstrators and shoving them into trucks. Organizers said 130 people were detained around the capital but police put the number at 90. The opposition

Central Security trucks and a wrecked car seen the - Egypt Today
WHAT EXACTLY, MOTIVATES thousands of people to demonstrate in protest of a two-year-old DVD recording of a stage play that the vast majority of them have neither heard nor seen? It’s a question that has puzzled me ever since the shockingly violent

Police thwart Moscow rally, seize 90-130 people - Washington Post
Plain clothed police officers detain an opposition demonstrator during an anti-Kremlin protest in Moscow, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008. Police thwarted an anti-Kremlin protest organized by Garry Kasparov’s opposition group on Sunday, seizing demonstrators

Militants Burn Afghan Trucks Destined For Western Troops - Radio Free Europe
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) — Militants in northwest Pakistan have raided a depot for trucks taking supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan, destroying 12 trucks but causing no casualties, police said. The attack was the fifth in a week on the

25 more trucks for NATO supplies torched in Peshawar by militants - Nation
Militants in northwestern Pakistan on early Saturday torched 25 trucks transporting supplies for the Afghanistan-based coalition forces. The militants used patrol bombs to set fire to the trucks sitting at a freight terminal in Peshawar, capital of

The automaker expects to build 1.29 million cars and light trucks at plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico, in its year ending March 31, down from an initial goal of 1.47 million, spokesman Ed Miller said Friday. The latest reductions bring FirstChoiceAutoFinder