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  • Campaign touts alarms alerting kids left in cars

    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- South Florida officials are partnering with a charity to help reimburse child care providers for installing alarms that alert a driver when a child has been left in the car.The Broward County Board of County Commissioners recently passed an ordinance requiring child care centers and family child care homes to install safety alarms in vehicles carrying six or more ...

  • Model catches eyes at C. China auto show

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  • More burned cars in Stockholm though violence seems to calm riots west of capital

    STOCKHOLM - Police say that overnight violence in suburban districts of Stockholm was less intense than previous nights but as many as 25 cars had been burned. A police officer was slightly injured west of the Swedish capital. Stockholm police spokesman Kjell Lindgren said Saturday 19 people were detained on the sixth straight night of violence, but there had been no hurling of rocks against ...

  • General Motors and Deloitte Touche in $303 million securities class action

    A securities class action brought against General Motors (GM) by German’s DekaBank has led to a cash settlement of $277 million. In one of the biggest shareholder recoveries of 2008, the settlement will be paid to shareholders following an alleged misstatement of the auto company’s financials dating back to 2000. GM’s outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, is ...

  • Consumer Federation of America Leaders Confront Flawed Auto Rule Analysis Poll

    Dramatic Shift To Fuel Efficient Vehicles Began In 2005 New Auto Sales Analysis Reveals Market Reality Missed by Automakers & NHTSA Resulting Rule and Enviro Impact Analysis Flawed New Consumer Poll Shows Greater Demand for Fuel Economy than Available WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) released an analysis of the impact of fuel economy on auto sales ...

Movie Review

Sugar & Spice

Sugar & Spice is a silly teen satire about a group of cheerleaders who decide to rob a bank in order to help their pregnant captain. There is something about the movie's premise that seems almost too close to the absurdities of actual news headlines. In other words, if I read about such a scenario in the paper tomorrow morning, I don't think I would be too surprised. ...

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  • 10 Handy Smartphone Apps for Drivers

    LAMEWhy do I care how many G's my car is pulling?  Anyway the only good apps are Free apps. Check out GasBuddy, It tells you the lowest gas prices in the area and it's maintain by the membership and is ...

  • 10 Most Useless Car Technologies

    Whoever wrote this sounds like some one who just hates technology. Pretty sure the map lights helped me a lot of times, it does get dark in the car and if I drop something I need to see it. ...

  • 10 outrageous options on luxury cars

    Just another example of how much a car can be when engineers have the budget to do it and how people feel that all these options make them more luxurious. Let's be real though. This is nothing to drool about because these cars will only be bought and driven by the wealthy, not rich. That means that 99% of us have a front row seat to view it from the storefront window. Be careful not to ...

  • 10 Things Your Car Will Have By 2020

    I agree with some of this. Cars do need to shave a few pounds that's for sure. The driver seat of a chevy suburban weighs 90+ lbs. I mean come on. The Amish could build a lighter seat. If the Corvette has taught us anything its you can build a lightweight aerodynamic car that gets good fuel mileage and it can still be beautiful.    But on the other hand they coming up ...

  • Lawyer warns auto dealers they face more suits if lemon law gutted

    An outspoken consumer lawyer on Friday warned Wisconsin auto dealers that if lawmakers succeed in modifying the state's lemon law, he'll be suing them instead of the automakers. In a letter to dealerships, Vince Megna asks them to oppose the bills now being considered in Madison because "passage will have a significant adverse affect" on them. The letter explains that the ...

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