Saturday, July 26th, 2008
In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer in a day. With gasoline at $4 a gallon, all that driving is tearing up the Highway Patrol’s budget. It is the same story elsewhere around [...]
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
In a blast of Passion Orange, Ford proudly revealed its all-new global small car ?” the Ford Fiesta ?” today as a vibrant five-door hatch. The all-new Ford Fiesta has been reinvented for a new generation of customers. Designed and developed in Europe for sale in Europe, Asia, South Africa, Australia and the Americas between [...]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Man Killed On Route A New York man was killed in a fatal head-on collision that shut down Route 7 for several hours, Tuesday afternoon.
The accident occurred at 2:07 p.m. in an area in front of Canine Fence at 493 Danbury Road. A rack truck, owned by a used auto parts company from New Haven [...]
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Nick Erondy isn’t taking SUVs or pickups as trade-ins anymore.
The deal-breaker came in April when gas prices hit $3.50 a gallon. That’s when large-vehicle purchases at Crown Motors in Schenectady came to a standstill.
Customers want cars with better fuel efficiency. But Erondy, a used car dealer, can’t afford to take on any more gas-guzzlers.
“I have [...]
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
After fielding upwards of 30 complaints from consumers who bought a car but never saw the vehicle’s title, the Ohio attorney general is suing a used-car dealer in Grove City, alleging it failed to turn over ownership papers and improperly sold new vehicles.
Attorney General Nancy Hardin Rogers this week filed suit in Franklin County Court [...]
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Grand Theft Auto Vice City good, you know this. The question is how good? Luckily for you, I have the answer. Grand Theft Auto Vice City isn’t just good, but it’s amazing. It takes everything Grand Theft Auto 3 did well and improves on it. The game is like a prime example of style over [...]
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Employees of the newest Wal-Mart in the metro region, located in Heartland Crossing in Camby, are stocking shelves and getting ready to open the doors Wednesday morning.
A brief opening ceremony is planned at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, when Wal-Mart will announce gifts totaling $18,000 to 10 local charities and civic organizations. The store previously made a [...]
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Despite sliding 0.5% to 184,467 units, vehicle sales in Canada have posted their second-best month of May and are on track to perhaps their best year ever, says auto analyst Dennis Desrosiers.
“Rarely does Canada go counter-cyclical to the U.S. market for any length of time and it has now been a couple of years,” said [...]
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
U.S. auto sales failed to gain traction in May, with General Motors (GM - Cramer’s Take - Stockpickr) and Ford (F - Cramer’s Take - Stockpickr) reporting hefty declines for the month.
GM, the nation’s No. 1 auto seller, said auto sales fell a greater-than-expected 30% in May to 272,363 vehicles. Truck and SUV sales dropped [...]
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Saturday, May 31st, 2008
The Haven Avenue Bike Route is Ocean City’s first shared bicycle/auto route and extends between the two major entrance corridors of the City: 9th Street and 34th Street.
A ribbon cutting of the Haven Avenue Bike Route took place Friday, May 23. The dedication occured at the intersection of 9th Street and Haven Avenue.
The Haven Avenue [...]
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